Beyond Self-Care: Slowing Down & Tuning In With Compassion & Self-Kindness
As therapists, we work within a system that is perpetually under-supported and underfunded, and this is leading to high levels of...
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We're Lorena Abarr (she, her), a licensed clinical professional counselor and registered yoga teacher, and Cyn McDonald (she, they), a graduate student in clinical mental health counseling.
We've created The Therapist Sanctuary to offer an accessible and inclusive space of compassion, self-care, support, and encouragement for heart-centered mental health therapists everywhere.
We especially wish to offer a safe and nurturing place of support for those of us who are experiencing the stress of marginalization while also meeting the emotional demands of clinical work within a field that inherently struggles with systemic issues that can often lead to burnout.
We hope you join us!
What is The Therapist Sanctuary?
The Therapist Sanctuary is a new and growing online community of nurturing support for mental health therapists, those studying to become therapists, and retired therapists.
Each month, we host a live online meetup where community members can get to know one another in a relaxed space, share connections and support, and nurture new friendships and connections with fellow therapists in the community.
We offer gentle audio and video practices that can be accessed anytime in the audio and video libraries to support therapists and their nervous systems.
These practices are designed with the unique emotional, physical, and mental needs of therapists in mind and are specifically created to fit into a therapist's typical workday.
Additionally, we share videos on researched therapist support and self-care topics based on community member interests, needs, and feedback. We're also just starting to share video interviews with fellow therapists to highlight their knowledge, experience, and wisdom.
A growing reading library offers insightful therapist interviews, articles with downloadable resources, and favorite poems shared by fellow therapists.
We offer a marketplace where you can share or browse mental health or creative goods and services offered by community members, and a resource page for therapist self-care and social justice resources.
One new audio or video practice, essay, therapist interview, or related offering is shared and added to the community member libraries each Friday.
Apply to become a member
(Membership Applications Are Paused Currently)
For $19 per month, you’ll receive the following:
**We offer a reduced monthly membership fee to therapists and therapists in training who are experiencing financial barriers to joining. We invite you to get in touch with us at support@thetherapistsanctuary.us to explore this option!
✓ Monthly live meetup where members can share a relaxed online space of connection and support with fellow therapists in the community.
✓ Gently guided therapist self-care practice or researched therapist support topics are added to the audio, video, and reading libraries each week.
✓ Therapist interviews to celebrate our vital work and highlight the paths, knowledge, and experience of fellow therapists.
✓ A growing library of articles with downloadable resources on a wide range of researched therapist support and self-care topics.
✓ The ability to share your therapy-related and creative offerings in the Therapist Marketplace at no additional cost.
✓ A growing resource page of therapist self-care and social justice resources; member-suggested additions are always welcome.
✓ A space to discuss ideas of advocacy for our profession and field for those interested.
✓ The opportunity to contribute content for interested community members. Contributors are paid for their content. The voices of community members from typically marginalized communities are especially invited and encouraged.
✓ Safe, secure *newly forming online community forum to share support, resources, information, and ideas. *The forums are currently in the very beginning stages of getting started!
✓ Favorite poems of therapists; poem suggestions from community members are invited.
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