Therapists Hurt Too
We hold so much.
Stories, pain, exhaustion, silence.
We sit with women who are unravelling & breaking open.
We listen. We hold. We help them find their way back to themselves.
But therapists hurt too.
Behind every calm face is a woman who has lived her own storms.
She has known grief, betrayal, loss & the ache of keeping it all together.
She has sat in her own darkness & still chosen to bring light to others.
We don’t get immunity from pain because we understand it.
If anything, we feel it deeper.
Our empathy runs through every cell.
Our bodies remember the stories we hold for others.
There are days when the healer needs healing.
When the therapist needs time to be quiet.
When the guide needs to be guided.
This isn’t failure.
It’s truth.
Healing doesn’t mean you never hurt again.
It means you meet the pain with compassion & curiosity.
It means you stop pretending you’re fine when your heart is tired.
To every therapist, coach, space holder & light worker who feels cracked open –
your heart isn’t broken, it’s working.
It’s learning to stay open in a world that keeps closing.
You don’t need to be endlessly strong.
You just need to stay real.
Because therapists hurt too.
& that’s what makes us human.
Written by Rose Washington, Holistic Therapist & Menopause Educator…explore more reflections in
