Counsellor Burnout is Real
Niamh Jenkins Niamh Jenkins

Counsellor Burnout is Real

At the end of 2021 I’d been in private practice for three years and I realised I needed professional help, the kind that I usually gave to others. This was due to a medical trauma I had at the end of 2020, plus other stressors. I’ve had lots of therapy over the years (like a lot of therapists) and understood my own therapy would be an intermittent part of life, but the situation snuck up on me. Just because we are therapists doesn’t mean we can always see the wood for the trees with our own issues!

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Five ways to build your career and personal confidence
Niamh Jenkins Niamh Jenkins

Five ways to build your career and personal confidence

When I first qualified, I looked at established counsellors and therapists who had unique and powerful branding or who made definitive and authentic decisions about their career path or those who voiced marginal and even controversial opinions about their profession or work with envy. I wanted to be them and had no idea that one day I could or would be in that same situation.

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The F Word…
Niamh Jenkins Niamh Jenkins

The F Word…

If you are reading this, you probably already know that it costs a lot to be a therapist or counsellor in private practice. Some of us might think ‘I’d be doing okay if it wasn’t for the tolls I have to pay to run my business.’ This includes supervision, room hire, insurance, CPD, membership of a governing body, advertising and our own counselling should we need it.

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