Kat answers a listener’s question about compassion fatigue and talks about burn out in helping professions.  

Our listener has been having a difficult time coping with work lately – she works with cancer patients trying to help them engage in meaningful leisure activities. The job is so rewarding but she is feeling drained.

She’s finding a lack of motivation in motivating others and asks Kat for advice because compassion fatigue is real!

Most jobs come with their struggles, you can have gratitude for the specific brand of “hard” that you get to deal with but also acknowledge that things are difficult, frustrating and there will be times when you are “over it”.



Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com.

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

Follow the podcast Instagram: @YouNeedTherapyPodcast

Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: Kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!



Produced by: @HoustonTilley

Kat answers a listener’s question about compassion fatigue and talks about burn out in helping professions.  
Our listener has been having a difficult time coping with work lately – she works with cancer patients trying to help them engage in meaningful leisure activities. The job is so rewarding but she is feeling drained.
She’s finding a lack of motivation in motivating others and asks Kat for advice because compassion fatigue is real!
Most jobs come with their struggles, you can have gratitude for the specific brand of “hard” that you get to deal with but also acknowledge that things are difficult, frustrating and there will be times when you are “over it”.
 
Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to <a href="mailto:kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com">kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com</a>.
Follow Kat on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kat.defatta/">@Kat.Defatta</a>
Follow the podcast Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/youneedtherapypodcast/">@YouNeedTherapyPodcast</a>
Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: <a href="mailto:Kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com">Kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com</a>
Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? <a href="https://threecordstherapy.com/">Click here!</a>
 
Produced by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/houstontilley/">@HoustonTilley</a>

Kathryn DeFatta, who has earned her Masters of Education from Vanderbilt University in Human Development Counseling, is inviting you into conversations around what it’s like to live fully in a world where we’ve become accustomed to shut parts of ourselves off. Here you will find a space that welcomes in discomfort, tough questions, and hard truths, all while showing how to find joy through it all.

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