Professional Caregivers

Who You Are

Professional caregivers are a diverse group of individuals whose professional or paraprofessional responsibilities include the provision of care and support to others. For example:

• Psychotherapists & counsellors
• Physicians
• Nurses & technicians
• Therapists
• Priests, ministers & pastoral caregivers
• Paramedics
• Teachers
• Medical office assistants
• Home support workers
• Social workers... and many others

Why Care for a Professional Caregiver?

It is not unusual for helping professionals to find themselves "helping" both at work and in other areas of their lives. When you give more than you have available to give you can find yourself in a state of depletion that places you at risk for both physical and emotional health problems.

Depleted professional caregivers can experience:

• anxiety
• depression
• burnout
• learned helplessness
• relationship stress
• delayed grief
• compassion fatigue
• physical injuries and stress-related illnesses

The Caregiver Wellness Program can help. Through individual therapy you can:

• focus on yourself
• ease painful feelings
• learn new coping skills
• discover and learn to manage your personal pattern of stress response

Please contact Jan Spilman at 604-926-0609 with queries or to make an appointment.