Therapy and Support Groups for Medical Professionals and Birth Workers | Dr. Jess Coleman, PhD
You chose this work because you care deeply. You show up for your patients during some of the most vulnerable and consequential moments of their lives — in delivery rooms, NICUs, oncology clinics, operating rooms, and bedsides. The weight of that work is real, and it can cost you long term.
Supporting the people who hold space for others is something I am genuinely passionate about. My hope is that you can keep doing the work you love — without losing yourself in it.
I provide individual therapy and support groups for medical professionals and birth workers, including:
Certified nurse midwives (CNMs), nurses, and physicians in OB/GYN, high risk OB, and MFM settings
Birth and postpartum doulas
Medical professionals in breast and gynecologic oncology, NICU/PICU, hospitalist, emergency and ICU settings
I hold a particular interest in these professionals, whose daily work sits at the intersection of profound human experience and significant clinical and emotional demand. I understand the unique culture and pressures of these environments, and I bring that understanding into the therapy room.
What brings providers to therapy:
The emotional labor of this work is can take a toll over time. Witnessing patient suffering and trauma, navigating loss, and holding steady under pressure can lead to burnout. This deserves care and attention, not just resilience training. I work with medical professionals and birth workers on:
Burnout and chronic exhaustion
Secondary traumatic stress
Grief related to patient loss or difficult outcomes
Workplace anxiety
Questions of identity and sustainability in your career
Compassion fatigue
In therapy, we work to understand what has accumulated, explore what is keeping you stuck, and build toward something that feels more sustainable — so that you can remain connected to the meaning that brought you to this field in the first place. These experiences are occupational hazards of these professions, not signs that you are unsuitable for your work. Evidence-based therapy is effective for these concerns.
