Therapy for Therapists, Helpers, and Healthcare Workers
Support for the people everyone else leans on
This space is for therapists, social workers, case managers, nurses, physicians, NPs, midwives, crisis workers, first responders, advocates, and other helpers who know the language of burnout and vicarious trauma because you live in it every day.
You might be great at advocating for your patients, clients, and community while quietly falling apart off the clock. You may know every coping skill, every model, every diagnosis, and still feel stuck in loops you cannot think your way out of.
Therapy here is not supervision and not a performance. It is a place where you get to be a human who happens to be a helper, not a helper who is trying very hard to act like a human.
Who this work is for
Therapists, social workers, psychologists, counselors, and trainees who are holding heavy caseloads, complex trauma, system pressures, and the expectation that you should “know better” than to struggle.
Nurses, physicians, NPs, midwives, and other healthcare workers who are navigating understaffed shifts, moral injury, medical trauma, and the quiet grief of watching systems fail the people you care for.
First responders, advocates, community workers, and front line staff who absorb crisis after crisis while trying to stay professional and “okay” in environments that rarely slow down long enough to ask how you really are.
What we work on together
We look at how your role is landing in your nervous system and in your life. That can include burnout, compassion fatigue, numbness, rage, resentment, overfunctioning, people pleasing, and the sense that you are never doing enough no matter how hard you try.
We explore the overlap between your personal history and your professional role. Many helpers are drawn to this work for a reason. That can be a strength and it can also mean old patterns get triggered in high stress systems that do not care about your limits.
Together we work on boundaries, grief, identity outside the role, and building a relationship with yourself that is not based on what you produce or who you take care of.
What sessions feel like
You do not have to code switch into “clinical mode” with me. You can talk like yourself, vent, think out loud, swear, and name the parts of the work you would never say in a staff meeting or chart note. This is not a place where you need to impress anyone with insight.
Some days we focus on immediate survival in your role: what to say no to, how to recover between shifts or sessions, how to not bring everything home with you. Other days we go deeper into the trauma, losses, and histories that your nervous system is still carrying under the armor of being “the strong one.”
I bring my training and my own lived experience as a therapist and helper into the room, but the focus stays on you as a person, not you as a provider.
Tools we might use
We may use EMDR, Brainspotting, or Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to process specific cases, incidents, deaths, ethical conflicts, or moments of overwhelm that will not leave you alone. These tools can help reduce the emotional load without erasing your sense of meaning or responsibility.
We also use nervous system education, parts work, and concrete strategies to help you notice your limits earlier, honor them more often, and tolerate the discomfort that comes with not being everything to everyone all the time.
You know a lot. This work is about letting that knowledge finally land in your own body, not just your clinical brain.
All sessions are held online through secure telehealth so you can meet before or after shifts, on a lunch break, or from a space where you do not have to wear your professional face.
I currently see clients who live in Hawaii, Arizona, Washington, North Carolina, and South Carolina, based on my clinical licenses.
You are allowed to fall apart a little in a room that is just for you
You do not have to wait for a crisis or a complaint to get support. If any part of you is tired of only being the one who holds everyone else, that is enough to reach out. We can figure out what care looks like for you as a person, not just as a role.
I review every message myself and will let you know if I am a good fit or help you find next steps.