Practitioner Wellbeing
5 articles about practitioner wellbeing.
The Chair Was Still There When I Got Back
A composite story about returning to practice after surgery: the guilt of a lighter caseload, the clients who ask if you're really ready, and what a slow return teaches about pacing a practice around a body instead of a calendar.
The Year I Cared for My Father Between Sessions
A composite story about holding a full caseload while quietly caring for an aging parent, and what it taught one practitioner about capacity, honesty, and letting the schedule breathe. On the double shift no one sees, and the permission it takes to make it lighter.
The Session That Turned Out to Be the Last One
A composite story about a client who left right when the work was getting good, and what a practitioner learned by sitting with the silence instead of solving it. On endings you do not get to choose, and the quiet grief of doing this work well.
What You Carry Home After the Last Client
The last session ends, the door closes, and something comes home with you anyway. This is the invisible part of private practice nobody schedules: the residue of the day, the client you keep thinking about at the sink, and the quiet skill of setting it down. A composite look at the weight practitioners carry, and a few honest ways to lighten it.
When a Client Asks How You're Doing
The client walks in, sits down, and instead of the usual small talk they ask how you are, and mean it. It is one of the trickiest micro-moments in private practice. Share too much and the hour tilts. Deflect too fast and it lands cold. This is a practical look at what the question is really asking, and a few honest ways to answer it without losing the frame of the session.