^{If you are offering care for a family member or as a professional; overriding your needs can become your default when others see you as their “rock”.} 

You've powered through to hold everything together — even when it was costing you more than anyone could see. 

 It makes sense to you that “you can’t pour from an empty cup” — and yet, in a high-stress, high-demand environment, it's hard to know what filling your cup even looks like!  

Burnout prevention tips may make sense in theory, but in your reality, rest feels like a risk and saying "no" is irrelevant when you carry the moral obligation to care and protect.

You could never turn your back on those who count on you even when you were running on empty. 

Is it time to set aside inaccessible self care tools for now and seek new realistic, practical and deeply restorative experiences?

Here, you can address challenges including grief, difficulty communicating with the person/people you support, fatigue, anxiety and sleep issues. If you need an action plan, you can use the science and art of building new self care habits that fit your specific role and environment. 

A nourishing experience that helps you increase your resilience, mental clarity and patience while supporting others, may also help you: 

 Look back upon the care you offered as a value driven and empowering journey; even if your hard work didn’t exactly yield all the outcomes you desired.

Wherever you are in your caregiving journey, you are welcome to schedule an online consultation. 

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Benefits of Consultations for Clinicians and EMDR trained therapists include:

• Increased clarity and assurance when working with clients with acute, chronic, and complex trauma.

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• Refined case conceptualization skills and utilization of a culturally attuned, integrative lens that honors nuance, intergenerational trauma, systemic factors, and complexity.

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• Skillful integration of EMDR, somatic, relational, and culturally responsive approaches without overwhelming the process or the client.

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• Nervous System centered pacing to track and co-regulate effectively at a pace that clients can tolerate.

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• Develop rhythms and systems that enhances your vitality as a clinician not just in between sessions but while actively delivering impactful care.

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• Experience consultations that are collaborative, relational, and shaped by your goals

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•  EMDR trained therapists working toward certification can receive hours that count toward the formal requirements to become EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist while gaining access to learning advanced emdr skills for individual and group settings.  

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Some losses leave behind unfinished business, unanswered questions —  and heaviness that can feel heavier than the grief you carried in the past.

Changes including lower cognitive performance, compromised nervous system regulation, unexpected waves of intense sadness, unfulfilling relationships and lack of vitality can be related to unresolved grief.  

Unaddressed grief can block healing, health and connection with what matters to you; no matter how much access you have to strategies, services or information. 

Counseling can facilitate coping with the loss of loved ones as well as the loss of roles, physical ability, relationships and communities. Counseling can help you discover why time didn’t really “take care of it” and how to live healing journeys that foster resilience while honoring the pain that may be unvalidated by social norms.

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