As an Introvert and Highly Sensitive Person, I understand the struggles of balancing self-care while supporting others. I want to help you reduce overwhelm and honor your Strengths as a Sensitive Therapist so you can feel fulfilled in your work again.
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Sensitive Therapists seem more likely to get filled with self-doubt. You question whether or not you’re seeing enough clients, if you should trust your intuition to narrow your clinical focus, and whether or not you can follow your own path to licensure and beyond. You’ll also wonder how you’ll ever get enough self-care to feel okay with this heavy emotional work!
When you’re rushed between seeing clients and getting home, your nervous system can get easily overstimulated, creating feelings such as anxiety or irritability. This article includes four ways you can approach the transition from therapist self to personal life more intentionally.
Supporting clients who are experiencing some of the same emotions and uncertainties as we are could lead to overwhelm, compassion fatigue, and burnout. It’s vital that we set strong boundaries, take time to ground ourselves, create space between sessions, get support from our therapist communities, and take time off if we need to.
As Highly Sensitive Therapists, we need to take our self-care practice to the next level to deeply nourish ourselves and prevent burnout.
Instead of burning yourself out each day trying to do everything perfectly, try leaving some fuel in your tank so you have the energy to focus on your self-care routine and personal responsibilities. This practice can help you maintain energy levels over time, get more done and feel more balanced.
As Highly Sensitive People, we are deeply impacted by criticism and failure, therefore we set high (often impossible) expectations for ourselves in an attempt to be perfect. The pursuit of perfectionism is a straight path to stress, overwhelm and exhaustion.
