Burnout Recovery with Shaina Siber, LCSW
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Psychotherapist and host Jessica Fowler interviews Shaina Siber, LCSW—founder of Affirm Mental Health and host of the Affirming Minds podcast—about burnout and Shaina’s book, Using ACT and CFT for Burnout Recovery: Beyond the Blueprint. Shaina shares about her own burnout after working in a hospital during COVID, where burnout and moral injury were pervasive. Shaina explores symptoms of burnout such as exhaustion, cynicism/disengagement, cognitive impairment, and emotional impairment. Shaina explores how values and self-compassion play a role in recovery of burnout.
Show Highlights
Why Burnout
Defining Burnout Signs
First Steps and Values
Systemic Causes and Fixes
Book Blueprint Overview
Self-Compassion That Works
Favorite Exercises and Tools
About the author:
Shaina Siber, LCSW, is the founder of Affirm Mental Health, an accredited continuing education program for therapists and the host of The Affirming Minds Podcast. She is an integrative therapist and educator with over 15 years of experience. She specializes in burnout recovery for high achievers, healthcare workers and parents and champions trauma informed, culturally humble and LGBTQ affirming care.
The information shared on the podcast What Your Therapist is Reading and on this webpage is for informational and educational purposes only and although Jessica Fowler is a licensed clinical therapist in the state of New York, this program is not intended to provide mental health treatment and does not constitute a patient/therapist relationship.