A self-care weekend for therapists
A self-care weekend for therapists: Energy psychotherapy to self-regulate and minimise stress, burnout and vicarious trauma
With Paul Croal and Ruthie Smith
This in-person restorative weekend introduces you to the invaluable resource that energy psychotherapy offers, working with the mind, the heart, and physical/bodily systems and our inherent self-healing capacities. This reflective space allows you to consider your choices and steps towards personal well-being, and explore, identify and treat any inhibitory blockages.
Together, we will develop some personalised, effective self-care practices to address dysregulation and introduce you to some stress-relieving practices.
Clients frequently present with overwhelming external and internal conflicts; our bodies and nervous systems register this through mirror neurons and co-regulation. When working with transference and countertransference, we can become impacted, feeling drained and depleted — ‘tired and wired’ — by the challenges of complex and in-depth work.
Online working brings additional stressors, which can cumulatively diminish vitality and creativity. When we become exhausted and suffer brain fog and somatic discomfort, this alerts us to the need for self-care.
When the life force, Freud’s libido is ‘in flow’, we feel healthy and balanced, which brings ease and grace to the work. We gain resilience and grounding through regenerative self-care, bringing clarity and better boundaries to our clients’ material.
Ruthie Smith and Paul Croal bring a wealth of experience and expertise to this restorative weekend, offering deep insight into the extraordinary power of energy psychotherapy. Ruthie, an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist, specialises in trauma work and integrates subtle energy practices into her therapeutic approach.
Paul, an integrative transpersonal therapist, blends creative modalities such as dreamwork and imagery with energy psychotherapy. Together, they provide a compassionate, reflective space for participants to self-care and address the challenges of clinical work. Their combined knowledge ensures a rich, supportive environment for some personal exploration and healing.
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