Creative Trauma Recovery / Burnout, EMDR Therapy for CPTSD, IFS, Christian Counseling, Art Therapy, First Responders, Codependency

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Can you look back over your life and see where you became the strong one, the helper, the fixer, the one everyone depended on?Do you love helping people, but realize the work is leaving you exhausted, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself, your friends, or your family?Do you know what you should do, but still feel stuck when it comes to doing it?If those questions stirred something in you, the story of your exhaustion may have begun long before you put on a uniform, earned a degree, or accepted responsibility for caring for others. For many of us, becoming the helper was not simply a career choice. It began in childhood, when being helpful, strong, or needed felt safer and sometimes seemed like the way to earn acceptance and love.So of course you became a fixer, someone who supports people physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. Maybe you became a therapist, first responder, frontline crisis worker, nurse, ER doctor, school counsellor, social worker, or pastor. You