Did you know that over half of mental health professionals experience burnout? People are often leaving our field because of burnout! If this continues to happen, we will have less quality professional helping with the overwhelming burden of caring for the declining mental health of our world. Burnout prevention is the solution, but what is the best way to approach this? There is a lot more to burnout prevention than just self care and boundaries. This episode is full of insights that are crucial to preventing overwhelm from setting in and stealing your joy in the counseling profession. You will learn more about healthy ways to have compassion and empathy without depleting yourself as well as how to processing difficult situations that inevitably come our way as mental health providers. Lastly, there is information in this video that will give you strategy to last for the long haul and not only tolerate but be invigorated and passionate as a helper of those who are hurting. Please comment below with questions, additional insights or ideas for upcoming episodes.
