
Compassion Fatigue/ Caregiver Burnout
Supporting those who care for others, we help restore balance, resilience, and well-being
How we can help
At Eveningstar Psychotherapy, we recognize the unique challenges faced by those who dedicate their lives to caring for others. Whether you are a healthcare professional, caregiver, or someone supporting a loved one in need, the emotional, physical, and mental demands of caregiving can take a toll. Compassion fatigue and caregiver burnout are common yet often overlooked experiences that can leave you feeling drained, disconnected, and overwhelmed.
Compassion fatigue, often referred to as the "cost of caring," occurs when the constant giving of yourself to others leads to emotional exhaustion and reduced empathy. Similarly, caregiver burnout can result from prolonged stress and feelings of being overburdened, making it difficult to maintain balance and prioritize your well-being. At Eveningstar Psychotherapy, we provide a safe, nonjudgmental space to explore these feelings and offer strategies to help you reclaim your sense of self and emotional health.
Through therapy, we aim to help you recognize the signs of compassion fatigue and burnout, set healthy boundaries, and develop practical self-care routines. Our evidence-based approaches focus on restoring your energy and emotional resilience, so you can continue to care for others without compromising your own well-being.
You don’t have to navigate these challenges alone. At Eveningstar Psychotherapy, we are here to support you in regaining balance, rediscovering your joy, and learning how to care for yourself as compassionately as you care for others. Reach out today to start your journey toward healing and renewal.
Caregiving is a noble gift we give to our love ones, it is a role that many of us will play at some point in our lives. It does however, have an inherit risk of leaving us feeling overwhelmed. This is often called “Burn-out”, burn-out occurs when we begin to neglect our own needs and become overwhelmed with the care of another. We begin to feel that we have no control, we put our own needs aside which can often lead to us feeling overwhelmed and have difficulties coping with day to day activities which previously we could handle. Burn-out is described as a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress.
Health care providers can also experience “burn-out” and left untreated can lead to compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue occurs when we start to absorb the trauma , and emotional stressors of others. Early symptoms of compassion fatigue often involves intense tension or extensive preoccupation with the cognitive, physical, and emotional pain and suffering of others.
Burn-out and compassion fatigue can negatively impact our personal, social and occupational functioning, and psychological health such as anxiety, hyper alertness, feelings of depression, difficult social relationships, and potential for substance abuse to numb the feelings.
Recognizing early warning signs, and seeking early intervention is important.
Symptoms Include
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anxiety
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grief
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compassion
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fatique
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anger
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fear
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lack of interest in usual activities
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sleep problems (too much or too little)
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changes in eating habits; weight loss or gain
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hopelessness
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neglecting your own physical and emotional needs


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