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Wellbeing & Self-Care

To care for others, you must care for yourself too. But finding the time to do so can be a challenge, so we're sharing practical guidance to help find more balance and enjoyment in your life outside the office.

Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
Why Cooking Dinner Matters: Four Benefits for Therapists
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
You’re Not Just Tired: Naming and Navigating Therapist Burnout
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
How to Make and Keep Friends as a Busy Therapist
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
Burning Out? Block Off 30 Minutes for a Real Lunch—and Protect That Time
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
The Two-Minute Reset: The Benefits of Deep-Breathing Micro-Breaks Between Sessions
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
Compassion Fatigue is Real: How Therapists Can Recognize and Manage It
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
Keeping Your Energy Stable Between Therapy Sessions with Healthy, Portable Snacks
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
Six Ways for Therapists to Stay Hydrated on Busy Days
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
Therapists: Design Your Day to Make Work/Life Boundaries Airtight and Sustainable
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
How to Optimize Physical and Digital Environments for Therapist Wellbeing
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
Is Empathy Keeping You Up at Night? Sleep Hygiene Strategies for Therapists
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
Can Reflecting on Daily Sources of Meaning and Joy Balance a Therapist’s Emotional Labor?
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
Wind Down & Disconnect: Nighttime Rituals for Therapists After Emotionally Heavy Days
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
The Cycle of Work-Life Boundaries: Sustainable Practice for the Modern Therapist
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Grief at Work: Honoring the Invisible Losses of Clinical Practice
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Nervous System Recovery: Vicarious Trauma and Supporting Your Body
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Managing the Cognitive Load: Reducing Mental Clutter for Therapists to Prevent Compassion Fatigue
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Travel Anxiety Is Real: How to Plan a Mentally Peaceful Trip
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Therapist Book Club: Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Empathy Fatigue: Recognizing, Preventing, and Recovering from Emotional Depletion in Therapists
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
The Time In Between: How to Optimize the Moments Between Sessions for Therapist Resilience and Effectiveness
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Therapist Evening Routine Tips to Help Regulate Emotions
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
How to Deal With Loneliness: Clinical Insight and Personal Healing as a Therapist
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jun 2025
Therapist Friend: How to Stop Being the Therapist Friend and Reclaim Boundaries in Your Personal Life
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
How to Deal With Anger: Strategies for Therapists
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Mindful Break: Small Pauses That Sustain Therapist Presence and Well-Being
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Compassion Fatigue: Recognition, Prevention, and Recovery for Therapists
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Practical Self‑Care Ideas for Therapists
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Self Care for Therapists: Pillars to Protect Your Mental Health
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Therapist Book Club: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Why Spring Is the Perfect Time to Improve Your Mood
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Mar 2025
Top Therapist Podcasts: 9 Must-Listen Shows for Professional Growth and Insight
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Mar 2025
How Spring Cleaning Also Declutters our Emotional and Mental Health
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Compassion Fatigue vs Burnout: Understanding the Key Differences for Therapists
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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May 2025
Top Psychology Journals and Magazines Every Therapist Should Know
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jan 2025
How Extreme Weather is Impacting our Mental Health (Wherever You Are)
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Jan 2025
How to Spot and Help Prevent Therapist Burnout
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Dec 2024
When the Winter Days Get Shorter, the Nation’s Sleep and Mental Health Gets Worse. Here’s How to Deal.
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Dec 2024
The Top 7 Mental Health Challenges of the Holidays and How to Navigate Them
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Dec 2024
How to Set your 2025 Mental Health New Year's Resolutions
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Nov 2024
Inflation and mental health: Tackling financial stress for a healthier 2024 holiday season
Wellbeing & Self-Care
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Feb 2023
Why automated documentation might be the antidote to staff burnout your practice has been looking for
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