Therapy for Empaths and Helping Professionals

Offering tailored therapy for empaths and helping professionals, designed to balance emotional well-being and enhance professional effectiveness.
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Empowering helping professionals to thrive by combatting burnout and stress

Individuals in helping professions - therapists, social workers, nurses, teachers etc. often shoulder a great deal of stress as well as compassion fatigue.


Our team loves supporting these individuals in navigating their own needs, establishing better boundaries to reduce burnout, and simply providing a space of reprieve from being the one who is needed.

How therapy for empaths and helping professionals can improve your life..

Therapy for empaths and helping professionals offers tools to manage emotional labor.



It helps them maintain balance while caring for others.


  • Prevents burnout
  • Enhances emotional boundaries
  • Supports personal well-being
  • Improves self-care strategies
  • Strengthens resilience
  • Fosters healthy work-life balance
  • Encourages self-reflection and growth

Resources we recommend to help with your healing journey

We've carefully compiled a list of resources, drawing from expert opinions and successful strategies, to address this and other mental health concerns.


Each resource is chosen for its effectiveness and reliability.

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Common questions about therapy for empaths and helping professionals

  • How can therapy help empaths in their personal and professional lives?

    Therapy helps empaths establish healthy boundaries, cope with emotional overload, and understand their unique traits, enhancing both their personal relationships and professional effectiveness.

  • What are common challenges faced by helping professionals?

    Common challenges include compassion fatigue, burnout, and balancing personal and professional responsibilities. Therapy addresses these by developing coping mechanisms and self-care practices.

  • Can therapy assist in dealing with secondary traumatic stress often experienced by helping professionals?

    Yes, therapy can be very effective in addressing secondary traumatic stress by providing strategies for emotional processing and resilience building.

  • Is therapy for empaths and helping professionals different from regular therapy?

    While it includes many standard therapeutic practices, it also incorporates specific strategies tailored to the unique experiences and challenges faced by empaths and helping professionals.

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"I would highly recommend Erin Smith at a Work of Heart Counseling. She provides a warm, empathetic and supportive environment to work through your perinatal journey and life transitions such as becoming a parent."


- Caitlin N.

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Flexible mix of in-person and online therapy sessions.

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