An Open Letter to My Fellow Therapists: What I’m Doing for Self-Care During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Thanks to the global Coronavirus pandemic, therapists and healing practitioners of every discipline have been thrust into a therapeutic world that we didn’t expect and have no map for navigating. Our normal practice has been turned upside down. Most unsettling of all, for perhaps the first time, we are experiencing and trying to deal with the very situation and impacts that our clients are coming to us for. It can be overwhelming and exhausting. Add in the nature of what we do, the intense emotional space that we hold for our clients, and compassion fatigue becomes a significant risk.