Specialized Mental health Care for Front Line Workers
Nurses
Live a life with balance, connection, calm and less overwhelm.
What is unique to mental health care for front line workers?
Front line workers experience a series of unique challenges for mental well-being and optimal functioning.
Offering holistic care recognizing that working in healthcare takes a toll on your mental, emotional, physical and social well-being.
Addressing how to manage working in a fast paced and demanding environment, finding balance, setting boundaries at work, saying no when you need to, finding balance, tuning into body needs, processing stored trauma and stress and directly addressing burnout.
Recognizing that it is crucial that you feel heard, supported and that your well-being truly matters.
It is important that you are able to recognize the warning signs of “just surviving” i.e. BURNOUT:
Warning signs include:
- Irritibility/rage
- Overwhelm
- Constant worry
- Feeling unsupported
- Withdraw from friends and family
- Feeling sad or hopeless
Front line health care worker mental health stats in Ontario.
75%
Nurses are experiencing burnout
37%
Of nurses do not seek support for mental health concerns
87%
Of nurses struggle with their mental health
