We’re in the business of PREVENTING BURNOUT one private practice at a time

MEET SARAH

Burnout has been my story one too many times. After working with college students for six years, I found myself apathetic and questioning if the work I did mattered. I was having my first experience with burnout.

I took the advice of a wise friend and decided to give myself some space to heal by switching industries while I prepared to apply to grad school.

Over the next few years, I found satisfaction in completing admin tasks, had a better work-life balance, and started to understand just how many aspects of my life contributed to my burnout issue - from people-pleasing and codependency, to not having enough alone time and not feeling challenged enough in my work.

Additionally, I noticed a pattern amongst many of my friends who had entered the mental health field. Almost all of them were experiencing burnout within only a few years of graduating.

I started to get really fired up and realized this was the reason I wanted to get my MSW - to specialize in solving the issue of burnout amongst professionals in the mental health field.

This year, I will be finishing my Masters of Social Work at the University of Kentucky and a graduate certificate in HR Management. I believe the burnout issue needs to be addressed at the systemic and organizational level as well as individual level. I am committed to improving the working environments for mental health professionals. I hope to one day work with mental health organizations to focus on worker wellbeing and healthy organizational cultures so that therapists will be supported and feel empowered to do this work as long as they want to.

For now, I know one way I can address burnout is by using my small business management experience to support therapists in private practice. This private practice management work is a joy for me because I am supporting therapists taking active steps to address and prevent burnout in their own lives. Private practice doesn’t solve the issue. Setting yourself up well in private practice takes intentionality because burnout in private practice is an issue, too…but I believe there are ways you can set yourself up for sustainability, health, and freedom. I’m here to help you do just that.

And on a less serious note…

I’m an Enneagram 2w3 who loves breakfast food, airport lounges, and watching Friends reruns for the thousandth time. You can usually find me taking way too long to write another research paper on burnout (again) and/or planning my next weekend trip. While I swore I was never one of “those” people who liked administrative work because I’m such a people person, here I am. Turns out, I’m great at it and it’s actually pretty satisfying getting a bunch of things done for other people. Who knew! Also, I think the tangible success of the work helped cure my burnout…so there’s that.

MEET TABITHA

So nice to meet you! My passion for supporting therapists in private practice runs deep. I have an MS in Marriage and Family Therapy and I am a registered LMFT #138927. Due to my experience, I have an understanding of the compassion, care, and attentiveness necessary while performing administrative tasks. It is a vulnerable and brave thing to reach out for therapy and I strongly believe your clients should be responded to warmly and in a timely manner.

Now, you may be wondering: what has led Tabitha to shifting directions to being a private practice manager right as she is nearing licensure? Great question! During my time in the field, my passion for helping others grew and so did my understanding of myself. In an effort to be more honest about the entirety of my passions I have decided to pursue a career as a practice manager. I love that working in this role allows me to engage my creative side while still getting to provide support to others as they pursue their goals.

Now, if you know me at all, you know that I love the desert. I grew up taking frequent trips to go camping in the desert, and as a result, I have a deep love for this challenging, awe-inspiring landscape. This appreciation overflows to the numerous books I own about the southwest and to the artwork on my walls. Other decorations in my home display my interests of collecting colorful glass, tending to my plants, and creating art through yarn.