You as a Mental Health Professional are stressed.
And why wouldn't you be?
Let’s face it: being a mental health provider is more stressful than ever before. With the rising mental health crisis, shortage of providers, and overbooked schedules, it’s no wonder that up to 61% of mental health practitioners reported experiencing burnout before COVID-19.1 Since the pandemic, the situation has only worsened, with the demand for virtual therapy and telemental health services growing by a staggering 302%.2
The retirement of Mental Health Professionals is outpacing the rate at which new professionals are entering the field. The increase in demand, combined with an innate draw to help others, has forced many mental health workers to push their personal and professional boundaries by committing more time to their patients and less to their own self-care. Additionally, being constantly exposed to the stressors, traumas, and unfortunate circumstances of others can take a toll on practitioners’ own mental health and result in empathic distress and fatigue.
As a mental health professional, you are committed to caring for others. But are you caring for yourself?
Mindfulness for Mental Health Professionals, taught by a Clinical Psychologist
A comprehensive approach to stress management for mental health professionals. Our 10 module online program is specifically designed for individuals working within the field of mental health.
Our courses are rooted in Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, and Self-Compassion, with a bonus module on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
You will learn how to create sustainable rituals for self-care, cultivate resilience, and explore various Mindful Awareness Practices.
This is not another thing you have to do for your patients. This is for YOU.
Approximately 10 hours of video content and practice exercises covering the following topics:
Meet your program co-hosts, get an introduction to the foundations of Mindfulness, and learn the importance of practicing sustainable self-care rituals as a Mental Health Professional.
Build your capacity to focus. Learn to calm your mind, focus your attention, and stay present with what is happening inside you and around you.
Understand why positive emotions have a significant impact on our resilience and how to cultivate them in daily life. Start to give yourself permission to feel good and contribute to your own wellbeing.
Explore the science of stress and understand our inherent “negativity bias” as humans. Learn how to be present with feelings of discomfort and negative emotions in order to transform your experience with stressful situations.
Take a closer look at your ingrained habits and patterns that may no longer be serving you. Understand how to navigate periods of transition in order to foster growth and resilience.
Explore foundational Positive Psychology topics such as Grit, Character Strengths, and Hopefulness to help shift your perspective and develop a greater sense of meaning and purpose.
Discover what Self-Compassion truly is and the various practices you can use to cultivate deeper compassion for yourself and others. Use Self-Compassion to prevent and heal stress and burnout and provide a sense of balance in your daily life and work.
Learn how to apply the practices of Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, and Self-Compassion to the specific context of your work as a Mental Health Professional. Explore practical exercises and tools to use at work in order to reduce burnout and compassion fatigue, reconnect with yourself, and be more present with your patients. It’s time to care for you, the caregiver.
Use Mindfulness to communicate with more presence, clarity, and patience to help strengthen your connection with others. Learn useful communication strategies and phrases in order to respond to triggers in a more skillful way.
As the program comes to a close, learn how you can continue your exploration of Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, and Self-Compassion with both formal and informal practices. Consider how you can continue practicing sustainable self-care in a way that works for you. While the modules have come to an end, your journey has only just begun!
