The Hidden Cost of Caring: Burnout and Vicarious Trauma in Healthcare - lnterview with Yolanda Harper - The Entrepreneurial Clinician Podcast

2024-11-12

In this episode, Jo is joined by therapist and writer Yolanda Harper. Yolanda is a therapist based in Florida who is a specialist in trauma. It was in the process of supporting Yolanda with the writing of her first book, Soul Sabbatical, Jo realised that she needed to take a sabbatical and address her burnout, her work and her life. In this episode, Jo and Yolanda discuss: the concept of vicarious trauma that you don’t work in the traditional field of ‘trauma’ you are likely to be dealing with cl...

In this episode, Jo is joined by therapist and writer Yolanda Harper.

Yolanda is a therapist based in Florida who is a specialist in trauma. It was in the process of supporting Yolanda with the writing of her first book, Soul Sabbatical, Jo realised that she needed to take a sabbatical and address her burnout, her work and her life.

In this episode, Jo and Yolanda discuss:

the concept of vicarious trauma
that you don’t work in the traditional field of ‘trauma’ you are likely to be dealing with clients who have experienced traumatic events,
the difference between vicarious trauma and burnout
the shame and stigma associated with burnout
how Yolanda arrived at the point of realising she needed a sabbatical, and
why a sabbatical is not a holiday.

About Yolanda Harper: While many authors know all of their lives that they want to become published, Yolanda Harper’s first book, Soul Sabbatical, started as a series of journal entries written during a burnout “meltdown” that led to her taking a sabbatical from her roles as a trauma and relationship therapist, researcher, trainer, mental health thought leader, and business owner/entrepreneur. As she shared more about her experience, she realised how much people resonate with the idea of a sabbatical, but don’t know how to step back from the demands of hustle culture to take one.

Yolanda is a warm-hearted music and nature lover who has a strong faith and likes #TrailLife. She is real; a therapist, mental health thought leader, entrepreneur, TEDx Speaker, Soul Sabbatical Doula, wife, and Mama always to her grown children – but a human first.

You can find Yolanda at https://yolandaharper.com

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