by DrKatieBrazaitis | Apr 2, 2025 | Clinician Wellness, Engaging in Community Care, Expanding Self-Care
Earlier this year, I contributed to the Arizona Veterinary Medicine Association’s monthly newsletter to talk about moral injury in veterinary medicine. Moral injury has the potential to impact all of us in healthcare settings and beyond, particularly with the...
by DrKatieBrazaitis | Mar 21, 2025 | Clinician Wellness, Engaging in Community Care, Expanding Self-Care
Last month, I started talking about what can be done in the face of the fear and uncertainty in our nation. I proposed starting with staying informed while staying sane and getting educated. Today I’m going to discuss coping with the weight of being viewed as...
by DrKatieBrazaitis | Feb 26, 2025 | Clinician Wellness, Engaging in Community Care, Enhancing Competency
I am overdue for a post about what is happening in our country and for that, I apologize. Like many of you, my thoughts have been racing, my heart has been pounding, and my stomach has been in knots. Everyday I try to wrap my head around all that has transpired since...
by DrKatieBrazaitis | Jan 7, 2025 | Clinical Interventions, Clinician Wellness, Expanding Self-Care
As therapists, we use our words to mirror, to validate, to make sense, to clarify, to challenge. We offer words to heal by. We are trained extensively to be selective and intentional in our words. To guide them to land, and be ready to amend when they...
by DrKatieBrazaitis | Aug 26, 2024 | Clinical Interventions, Clinician Wellness, Pop Culture, Media, and the Arts
In American culture, we’ve been indoctrinated to believe that happiness is attainable. And if we aren’t happy, it’s because we are doing something wrong. Something wrong that we can fix, if only we work hard enough, are dedicated, and willing to make...
by DrKatieBrazaitis | Jul 24, 2024 | Clinician Wellness, Engaging in Community Care, Expanding Self-Care
During the pandemic, providers across healthcare fields were struggling to remain motivated and hopeful. There were increased talks of compassion fatigue, burn-out, secondary stress (review my blog on this here), moral injury, and self-care. But what do these terms...
