Being a Mental Health Therapist for me.

I’m new I just started. I’m in the last 5 months of my 4 year long program. But have gotten to be a full time therapist for 6 months now.

I love my clients and helping them grow and see the amazing quality’s they all have. It’s a beautiful gift to get to empower them. But it also gets tiring some days putting out all the emotional support and effort goes get draining. I don’t regret it as seeing the changes is worth it but I am glad I have days to rest.

Everyone deserves to have support and grow

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riseofthemachine · 41-45, M

God Almighty - You thought exactly what way i was feeling .
I was thinking the hardest jobs in the world is a psychiatrist and a mental health job .
See im listening to people for the last 15 , 16 years with mental health difficulties and im not trained or nothing and u said it , it can be very draining. I need time on my own a lot over it being honest and that could be 3 hours a night but when i see psychiatrists 10 hours a day listening to problems , that's about to take a toll on someone , i don't care who you are , that would take a toll .
A psychiatrists told me when i ssid it to her , would it take a toll on you i said listening to probems all the time ? She said to me you learn to detach . I tried it on what i was listening to for years to detach and u never can i think cause the holy spirit isn't about detachment , unless u don't feel nothing yourself

revenant · F

What kind of therapist are you ?

Bleach14443 · 22-25, M

@revenant Sorry Updated it. Mental health

WhateverWorks · 36-40

It’s nice to meet you. 🙂 I won’t be in the field for another year-ish, but I can appreciate what you wrote. I think a lot about life-work balance. There’s such need for mental health services and also a shortage of other supports that would make the counseling more effective.

SW-User

Free sessions please 😛

Bleach14443 · 22-25, M

@SW-User haha sure

Notladylike

I remember what it was like to feel new and fresh as a therapist. Doesn’t take long till burnout land unfortunately

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Notladylike

@WhateverWorks Different things like any personal issues/grief etc when they happen can make it challenging to be fully present for people…The nail in the coffin for me was the early days of covid during the lockdowns. As a crisis service the demand was unprecedented and it was very hard having to go in to work as usual and be exposed when others were all in lockdown.

WhateverWorks · 36-40

I’m sorry. That’s a tough place to be in. Where I live most mental health services switched over to Telehealth and clear wall dividers.. that sort of thing @Notladylike

Notladylike

@WhateverWorks Yeah it was the end of nearly ten years in frontline crisis response for me so it was probably the content and cortisol that caught up with me. Now I focus on training and providing clinical supervision

DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F

I have had several therapists. Only one of them was good- because he was relatively new to the field and not burned out. The others had been in the job for a long time and you could tell they just didn't care anymore.

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