therapy for therapists, helpers, & healers
As a highly sensitive helper or healer, do you feel like no one understands you?
HSP therapists and other healers often struggle to find their own therapist who really gets them. They often feel misunderstood and pathologized by therapists who don’t know what it means to be highly sensitive
If you’re a highly sensitive therapist or healer who’s struggling to find the right support, welcome. We’re here for you.
Highly sensitive therapists, helpers, and healers need the right support.
It’s okay if you’re not perfect. It’s okay if you’re struggling. We tell our clients things like this every day, but we may struggle to show ourselves the same grace. If you need some reminders that it’s okay for you to be flawed or to have a hard time, you may want to consider making time for your own regular therapy sessions. At Therapy for Highly Sensitive People, our knowledgeable professional therapists are happy to provide virtual therapy for therapists in our San Diego practice. Whatever your reason for reaching out, we’re happy to walk with you on your journey to living your most fulfilling life and offering the best therapy solutions for your clients.
Therapists and other healers seek therapy support for any of the reasons that other people seek help from a clinician — grief, depression, anxiety, challenging relationship patterns, or a myriad of other life challenges. We are just people after all. Over the course of our day to day lives, we may find ourselves struggling with conflict within our family or romantic relationships, overwhelming emotional responses, developing poor coping mechanisms, grieving a loss, or yes, having a hard time at work. In addition to managing our own interpersonal conflicts, complex emotional responses, and daily difficulties, we’re called upon to help others take care of theirs. Helping other people process their life’s struggles can and will take its toll, so therapists and other healers must plan to minimize the impact that doing the work of helping others has on their lives. For this reason, it may be even more important for therapists, helpers, and healers to regularly work with skilled therapists.
Therapy for Highly Sensitive People appreciates how important therapy can be for both personal and professional development for interns and associates. We can offer reduced rates to students and pre-licensed therapists who are experiencing financial constraints.
"only the wounded healer can truly heal."
— IRVIN YALOM
How Therapy Benefits Therapists, Helpers, & Healers
We all tell our clients the benefits of doing their own work. When they feel hesitant about scheduling a session or they feel frustrated or generally they’re unsure about whether or not therapy is necessary, we take time to tell them all about how therapy can benefit them as individuals, in relationships, professionally, and through all aspects of their lives. For therapists and other healers, therapy offers all of these benefits as well as:
Ensuring you feel stable, focused, and ready to provide effective support when working with others
Offering a sounding board (who understands ethical boundaries) when you’re struggling to support your clients
Giving you a set time and place to decompress every week
Allowing yourself to prioritize self-care
Gaining the advantage of another therapist’s expertise to increase your own knowledge
When you’re in your own therapy…
you get to be the client. As a therapist, you're pretty familiar with what happens during therapy sessions from the therapist's perspective. But what's it like being on the other side — to be the one given the space to talk about your challenges, focus on what you want to change, and explore what's making your life harder than it needs to be?
Therapists and healers don't always realize that they can be the client, too. When you take the time to prioritize your own emotional and mental health, you’ll find yourself feeling better able to support your own clients and face everything that your life throws at you. When you’re ready, Therapy for Highly Sensitive People is here for you.
When was the last time you got to be the most important person in the room?
How do I know if therapy would be helpful?
If you are experiencing any of these challenges, therapy can help:
You're dealing with your own anxiety or depression and aren't getting help for it
You've experienced a significant loss that you are struggling to cope with
You have challenging relationship patterns that you want to break
You feel burned out as a clinician and it's impacting your work with clients
You want to make a change in life but are afraid to take action
You know that your own "stuff" is limiting your efficacy with your clients
Therapy isn't supervision — it's not a space to consult about difficult clients. It is a safe space to explore your own challenging life patterns that hold you back from happiness, as well as your own countertransference and the things that may stop you from doing deeper work with your own clients. If you're looking for a place to heal, where you feel understood by someone who gets it, reach out and schedule a consultation with Therapy for Therapists. We're here to help.