Depression Therapy in Cherry Hill

Therapy for Healthcare Worker Burnout in Cherry Hill

Cherry Hill is a major center for medical centers and hospitals. Healthcare workers experience burnout at a higher rate than most other professions, leaving many of the Cherry Hill population at risk for depression, anxiety, and more.

Therapists Specializing in Mental Wellness for Nurses and Doctors

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Effective Stress Reduction Techniques and Programs for Doctors

46% of healthcare workers reported feeling burnt out in 2022, according to the CDC. In general, healthcare workers experience one of the highest rates of burnout among professions. Cherry Hill hosts major medical complexes—including Jefferson Health Cherry Hill—and sits adjacent to large health systems like Penn Medicine and Cooper University Health Care. A substantial portion of Cherry Hill's local workforce consists of physicians, nurses, and medical staff who face chronic occupational burnout, depression, healthcare worker fatigue, and secondary trauma. If you’re a Cherry Hill healthcare worker feeling exhausted, burnt out, and done with your job, Lifebulb can help. Located just off Kings Highway, our in-person therapists and psychiatrists serve the Cherry Hill community. Our network of online therapists can help healthcare providers throughout Maple Shade, Marlton, Mount Laurel, and other surrounding communities.

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Stages of Healthcare Burnout

Burnout can lead to emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a depleted sense of personal achievement, along with clinical signs like poor quality of work and increased medical errors. Stopping burnout before it gets bad can help providers recover quickly, although recovering from severe burnout is possible.

You start off with a can-do attitude. “I can do this,” you think as you head into your second 12-hour shift in a row. “This is my dream job,” you try to convince yourself as you realize you’ve been understaffed again. You can tell you’re overextending yourself, but you’re committed to making it work.

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You start dissociating through shifts. The “Sunday scaries” become an all-encompassing state of being. You develop a cynical outlook. You stop trying to enjoy your job and start just trying to survive it.

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You are utterly exhausted, all the time. You stop being able to do fun things on your time off. Instead, you’re desperately trying to recover from your shift. You stop seeing friends or making future plans because you don’t have the energy or time. Your sight has narrowed to just the next shift, the next hour, the next minute of doing what you have to in order to get through the day.

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You had the urge to cry at work the other day, which you never do. Or maybe you made a medical error that you never would have made earlier in your career. The dread you feel driving to the office is heavy and persistent. You’re exhausted, and you absolutely hate your job. Burnout has set in, and steps must be taken to recover.

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Online Therapy Supporting Medical Staff Well-Being

Burnout doesn’t go away on its own. Changes to your life and mental health treatment must take place. Here are some of the treatment methods that Lifebulb's Cherry Hill therapists will use to support medical staff.

CBT is the gold standard treatment for depression, anxiety, burnout, and more. It has years of research backing its effectiveness. During CBT, a Cherry Hill therapist will help you:

Identify negative, untrue thinking patterns. (Example: “If I say no to a coworker asking for my help, something bad will happen.”)
Reframe the thought into something more balanced. (Example: “I cannot be expected to manage everything. I do my best work when I am not stretched thin.”)
Develop behaviors that support the balanced thinking pattern. (Example: Saying no to tasks that you do not have the capacity to handle.)

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Mindfulness is the practice of being present in the moment and understanding your emotions and reactions. Burnout often results in dissociation and shutting down from your emotions. Mindfulness therapy helps you tap back into yourself and manage emotions as they come up.

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ACT is the practice of living by your values. An ACT therapist for burnout will help you reconnect with who you are outside of work. In the stressful world of healthcare, it’s common to make your job your entire personality. But you are more than your job, and ACT can help those other parts of yourself thrive.

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Nurses, doctors, and other medical staff have higher rates of PTSD than other people. This is a form of secondary trauma in which the high stress of saving lives and seeing other people going through traumas (especially in the ER) eventually causes PTSD in the healthcare worker. EMDR is an incredibly effective trauma treatment.

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Mental Health Support for Nurses and Doctors

You don’t have to quit your job. You just need the right support. Lifebulb’s online and in-person therapists in Cherry Hill can provide that. Our office is located minutes off the Kings Highway, providing easy access to in-person therapy sessions. Or, talk to an online therapist or psychiatrist. We have appointments available as soon as tomorrow. Call our team, book a scheduling call, or choose a therapist yourself using our therapist directory.

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