A Greeting for the Season of NO

Published over 1 year ago • 1 min read

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It's a Season for No!
*To whom and/or what are you saying no?*
Are you noticing signs of burnout? I'm starting to - apathy, dread, overwhelmed...those are some of my earlier signs I've learned to recognize.

I've made some tough decisions, with the help of some colleagues and friends, to do some cutting back on my obligations. What this means: I'm not going to be active on much social media aside from Instagram & Twitter. And who knows what's happening on Twitter, so you can find me through email and/or my Linktree.

I'm going to delay the retreat planning for another year. It was starting to feel like too much with my upcoming EMDR training. I needed to make these tough decisions to protect myself. If you want any retreat recommendations, I do know of some coming up and would be happy to send them your way- please email me if you'd like more information about that. How about you? Is there anything you want to/need to cut back on?

Our First Connections with Clinicians Event was incredible-I don't know if I can find the words to adequately describe how happy I felt to see the faces who joined. It was a fun and heart-warming hour of connections with clincians from all over the US (and 2 people from other countries as well!) I'm already so excited about our next one---reminder, October's Connections with Clinicians will be Friday, 10/27 at 12:00 p.m. EST

Take care of yourself today,

Elizabeth 💙

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About Elizabeth
I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, originally licensed in Virginia in 2008 and in more recent years in Kansas and Washington. The first 15 years of my career were spent in a community non-profit organization that specialized in adolescent mental health care. There I had numerous roles, including in the therapeutic day school, partial hospitalization program, intensive outpatient program, Leadership, and outpatient services. I became an approved supervisor in 2010 in Virginia and enjoy providing supervision and consultations. I currently own MH Matters, LLC, a private practice that is 100% virtual.

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