Therapists, You Deserve Care Too: Why Giving Back to Yourself Is Not Optional

By Allison Summer, LPC| Specializing in OCD & Eating Disorders

There’s a quiet truth many therapists know but rarely name out loud:

We spend our days helping others regulate, heal, feel seen—and often forget that our humanity needs tending too.

You sit in session after session holding space for fear, grief, trauma, uncertainty, and transformation. You breathe steady when someone else’s world is shaking. You hold stories that most people never hear spoken aloud. You show up when others don’t. You hold hope on days when hope is hard to find.

And all of that takes something from you.

Not because you’re weak.

Not because you’re unequipped.

But because being human—and being human in service to others—is a tender balance.

The Work Is Sacred. But So Is Your Well-Being.

They’re helped by:

• a regulated therapist

• a rested therapist

• a supported therapist

A therapist who is allowed to have personal needs and emotional seasons.

A therapist who practices the very compassion they teach.

So if no one has told you today:

You are allowed to receive. You are allowed to rest. You are allowed to be tired. You are allowed to be helped. You are allowed to be human.

Not as an exception—

but as your ongoing right.

Your work matters.

And so do you.

Allison Summer

LPC | OCD & Eating Disorder Specialist

A Brighter Day Wellness