Hi, I just wanted to say this all resonates deeply with me. For as long as I’ve trained in, practiced, and then not practiced psychiatry, I’ve had many of these thoughts. I have asked myself why I didn’t quit sooner, but of course I was socialized into this, and the student loan debt is formidable. So I now find myself in the position, as an “early career psychiatrist” and young mother, of wanting to find a way of practicing again that I can live with. A format that does not rely on the idea that I am an authority on anyone else’s healing journey. Going outside the system is intimidating, especially after so many years of indoctrination and our culture’s persistent manic embrace of quick fixes. It seems like it requires a profound shift in how the space is held.
Hi Isa: Thanks for your heartfelt comment. I agree, this journey requires a profound shift, so we can liberate ourselves and our clients. The system is very persuasive and makes us almost blind to what there is outside it, even that another way exists. An important aspect of this journey is community and my hope with creating this substack is to build community. We can't figure it all out by ourselves. And the Wounded Healer's journey (which I'll try to elaborate on in another post) is a life-long commitment. Preparing for our (Cathy's & my) retreat we came to the mantra "From Wounded Wounder to Wounded Healer to Visionary Healer" (https://aromagnosis.com/the-visionary-healer-retreat/). To me, a Visionary Healer puts their commitment to their own journey first. I think there's a actually a lot of hunger for this new way. Consider signing up for our email list (at aromagnosis.com).
Hi, I just wanted to say this all resonates deeply with me. For as long as I’ve trained in, practiced, and then not practiced psychiatry, I’ve had many of these thoughts. I have asked myself why I didn’t quit sooner, but of course I was socialized into this, and the student loan debt is formidable. So I now find myself in the position, as an “early career psychiatrist” and young mother, of wanting to find a way of practicing again that I can live with. A format that does not rely on the idea that I am an authority on anyone else’s healing journey. Going outside the system is intimidating, especially after so many years of indoctrination and our culture’s persistent manic embrace of quick fixes. It seems like it requires a profound shift in how the space is held.
Hi Isa: Thanks for your heartfelt comment. I agree, this journey requires a profound shift, so we can liberate ourselves and our clients. The system is very persuasive and makes us almost blind to what there is outside it, even that another way exists. An important aspect of this journey is community and my hope with creating this substack is to build community. We can't figure it all out by ourselves. And the Wounded Healer's journey (which I'll try to elaborate on in another post) is a life-long commitment. Preparing for our (Cathy's & my) retreat we came to the mantra "From Wounded Wounder to Wounded Healer to Visionary Healer" (https://aromagnosis.com/the-visionary-healer-retreat/). To me, a Visionary Healer puts their commitment to their own journey first. I think there's a actually a lot of hunger for this new way. Consider signing up for our email list (at aromagnosis.com).