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Tired Of Carrying All That Stuff Around?
Carrying around baggage can be fun when it means a trip to The Bahamas, but not so much when we’re talking about all the sh*t we carry around as women. So many of us experience the burden of being followed by patterns, behaviors, and stress—in other words, the baggage—that no longer serves us, and it’s making it hard to get where we want to go.
If you’re anything like the other women we work with in counseling, you’re successful, high-functioning, and dependable. Unlike some other people in your life (looking at you, Aunt Janice, and the coworker who clips his nails at his desk), you’re self-aware. You’ve probably even tried therapy before, so you’re hip to concepts like “emotion regulation,” “burnout,” and—hello, darkness, my old friend—”trauma.”
But nevertheless, your stress and anxiety are still through the roof. You have a hard time relaxing, and even when you get an hour to unwind, you spend it doom scrolling, worrying about what you have to do next, or feeling guilty for taking a break. You’re often sad or restless, generally lacking fulfillment and feeling undervalued. And to make matters worse, you might even be experiencing physical discomfort in the form of chronic fatigue, muscle tension, and—awkward!—gastrointestinal issues.
You “know” you don’t have to carry those bags alone, but you also don’t know where to ask for a hand. When it comes to your partner, friends, and family, you waver between feeling like a burden and being so annoyed that you have to do so much handholding in the process of asking for the support you need. Once again, the emotional labor falls on you and it’s making your load all that much heavier.
Our therapists have worked with a lot of women like you in therapy—we know that you’re tasked with a lot, often without much awareness or appreciation from those around you. But we’re here to lighten your burdens through this process. Consider us your attentive bellhop who will take care of those bags for a minute while you go and sit by the pool… you don’t even have to tip.