Therapy for Therapists
You Hold Space for Others—You Deserve Space Too
Being a therapist, counsellor, psychologist, or mental health professional means carrying responsibility that is often invisible. You sit with pain, trauma, grief, and uncertainty day after day. You regulate yourself so others can feel safe. Over time, this emotional labour can accumulate quietly, even when the work is meaningful and aligned with your values.
Many therapists delay seeking their own support. There can be subtle pressures to “handle it,” to self-reflect your way through difficulty, or to worry that needing help says something about your competence. At Lodestone Psychology, we take a different view: therapy for therapists is not a sign of struggle—it is a core part of ethical, sustainable practice.
Common Reasons Therapists Seek Therapy
Therapists come to therapy for many of the same reasons as their clients, alongside challenges specific to the profession. Common themes include:
Burnout and emotional exhaustion
Compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma
Imposter syndrome and self-doubt
Difficulty maintaining boundaries
Feeling emotionally overloaded or numb
Navigating private practice pressures
Career transitions or questions about longevity
These concerns often build gradually and are easy to minimize until they begin to affect wellbeing, presence, or satisfaction with the work.
Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Vicarious Trauma
Burnout is not simply about workload—it reflects a mismatch between demands, capacity, and recovery. Compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma can arise from sustained exposure to clients’ pain, even when you feel competent and skilled.
Therapy offers space to process emotional residue, reconnect with meaning, and restore nervous system balance without needing to be “on” or professionally attuned.
Therapy Without Evaluation or Performance
One of the most important aspects of therapy for therapists at Lodestone Psychology is that it is non-evaluative. You are not being supervised, assessed, or analysed as a clinician. You are met as a person.
Sessions are a place where you do not have to manage impressions, justify your reactions, or translate your experience into clinical language unless you want to. The work centres your humanity, not your role.
Our Therapeutic Approach
Therapy for therapists is collaborative, respectful, and tailored to your needs. Depending on what you bring, therapy may focus on:
Processing burnout, compassion fatigue, or vicarious trauma
Exploring boundary challenges and workload balance
Working through imposter syndrome and perfectionism
Reconnecting with values and professional meaning
Supporting personal life stressors or transitions
Developing sustainable practices for long-term wellbeing
We integrate relational, trauma-informed, and nervous system–aware approaches, always pacing the work with care.
Confidentiality and Professional Safety
We understand the importance of confidentiality and professional safety. Therapy is provided with discretion, respect, and clear boundaries. Many therapists choose to work with us because they value a space where their professional identity is understood but not centred.
Therapy for Therapists in Calgary
We support therapists, psychologists, social workers, counsellors, and other mental health professionals across Calgary and Alberta. Both in-person and virtual therapy options well as individual and group consults are available to accommodate busy schedules and varied practice demands.
You spend your days supporting others—your wellbeing matters too. Therapy can offer a place to rest, reflect, and reconnect with what sustains you.
