The Grow Your Private Practice Show Counsellor Burnout: Signs You’re Running on Empty and How to Support Yourself
Oct 2, 2025
11:57
You hold space for everyone else - clients, family, friends. From the outside, it looks like you’re coping. But inside? You’re tired in a way that rest doesn’t touch.
In this episode, I share my own story of counsellor burnout, the subtle signs you might be missing, and a few gentle ways to support yourself when you’re running on empty.
Because burnout doesn’t always look like collapse. Sometimes it looks like silence, stillness, or sighing at another message you can’t face replying to.
If that sounds familiar, this episode is for you.
What You’ll Hear:
- Subtle signs of counsellor burnout
- My personal experience during lockdown
- 5 gentle, sensory ways to support yourself
- Encouragement if you’re feeling flat, foggy, or disconnected
Links & Resources:
- Explore Grow Your Blog + Framework First
- Related episodes on burnout with amazing guests:
- Compassion fatigue and burnout: What therapists need to know, with Howard Baumgarten
- Therapist burnout: How to spot it and take action, with Charlie Hyde
- And for more of my free and paid resources CLICK HERE