Episode 86: Doulas & Personal Mental Health
Doulas of the Roundtable · Doulas of the Roundtable
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Show Notes
As a birth worker, your personal mental health is just as important as your physical health. The very nature of our role often places us in stressful situations that can cause or exacerbate our own mental health issues.
Anxiety, depression, and other conditions can all factor into our ability to care not only for our clients. These conditions can also heavily influence our ability to care for ourselves as well. However, there are strategies to help birth workers combat compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
From therapy to medication to processing with a trusted colleague, there are many ways to help birth workers cope.
Come join us as we discuss mental health for birth workers, strategies to cope, and our own personal journies.