Therapy for Therapists
When you’re the one who usually holds the space.
You spend your days listening carefully, noticing what others miss, and helping people untangle some of the hardest parts of their lives.
You know the language of emotions.
You know the theories.
You know the interventions.
And yet, being a therapist doesn’t make you immune to being human.
Sometimes the very skills that make you good at your work make it harder to reach out for support yourself.
You might find yourself:
Over-functioning for everyone else while quietly feeling depleted
Analyzing your own reactions instead of letting yourself simply feel them
Carrying the weight of your clients’ stories long after sessions end
Wondering who you’re allowed to be when you’re not the therapist in the room
Feeling like you “should know how to handle this”
If any of this resonates, you’re not alone.
Many therapists eventually reach a moment when they realize they need a space that is just for them.
A space where they don’t have to be the one holding it all together.
Therapy for Therapists and Helping Professionals is Different.
When therapists come to therapy, the work can look a little different.
You may already have insight.
You may already understand your patterns.
You may even catch yourself noticing interventions while they’re happening.
But insight alone doesn’t always bring relief.
Therapy for therapists is about having a space where you can step out of the role of the helper and into the role of being supported.
In our work together, therapy becomes a place where you don’t have to perform competence, hold it together, or stay in the role of the one who understands everything.
Instead, we slow down and make room for your experience.
Not as the therapist.
Just as the person.
Common Reasons Therapists Seek Therapy
Therapists often reach out when they are navigating:
Burnout or compassion fatigue
Holding other people’s pain and trauma over time can take a real emotional toll.
The emotional impact of clinical work
Sometimes the stories we hold as therapists stay with us long after sessions end.
Boundary fatigue or over-responsibility
When being the one who carries emotional weight for others begins to feel exhausting.
Professional identity shifts
Changes in career direction, private practice stress, or questioning your place in the field.
Life transitions
Many therapists who reach out are also navigating the transition into parenthood — including fertility journeys, pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, and the complex emotional terrain of raising children while holding space for others professionally. When you spend your days supporting families and caregivers, it can feel especially vulnerable to need support in your own family life. Therapy can be a place where those overlapping identities — therapist, partner, parent, caregiver — all get room to be explored with care.
Other therapists are seeking support around other transitions — relationships, loss, fertility, caregiving.
Sometimes the work is about your life outside the therapy room.
Sometimes it’s about how the work itself is impacting you.
Often, it’s both.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What therapy for mental health professionals sessions are like?
A: Therapists often tell me they’re looking for a space where they don’t have to:
educate their therapist about the field
translate clinical language
feel self-conscious about insight or self-awareness
My goal is to create a space where you feel understood not just as a client, but also as someone who knows this profession from the inside.
Together we create room to explore what feels stuck, heavy, or unfinished — at a pace that respects both your insight and your humanity.
Therapy becomes a place where you can reconnect with yourself outside the role of therapist.
Q: Is it common for therapists to seek therapy?
A: Yes. Many therapists seek therapy at different points in their careers. Therapy can provide a place to process the emotional impact of the work, navigate personal challenges, and sustain a long career in the field.
Q: Will I need to explain therapy concepts?
A: Not necessarily. Many therapists appreciate working with someone who understands the profession and can meet them where they are.
Q: Do you work with therapist burnout?
A: Yes. Burnout, compassion fatigue, and the emotional toll of clinical work are common reasons therapists seek therapy.
Q: Can therapy focus on both personal and professional issues?
A: Absolutely. Often the personal and professional overlap in meaningful ways. Therapy can be a space to explore both.
Q: Where is your office located?
A: Currently, I see all my clients remotely through encrypted video chat. I serve the Greater Bay Area and California. I also offer walk and talk therapy throughout Marin.
Q: Do you take my insurance?
A: At this time, I do not take insurance. I can provide you with a superbill for you to submit to your insurance provider.