Therapy For Therapists
Being the person everyone else turns to doesn't exempt you from needing somewhere to turn yourself. This is therapy for therapists, physicians, nurses, social workers, and other helping professionals, with a psychologist who already speaks the language and won't treat your own training as a substitute for care.
Who You'll Work With
Hi, I'm Corinne.
I'm a licensed clinical psychologist (PsyD) with extensive experience supporting trauma survivors and marginalized communities. You'll work directly with me at every step. I run every session and sign every evaluation myself. More about me →
- PsyD, Licensed Psychologist
- Online in 45+ states
- In person in Denver & Santa Ana
Hi, I'm Corinne.
“Knowing the theory doesn't make you exempt from needing the practice. It just makes you better at hiding that you do.”
I'm a licensed psychologist who works with a lot of clinicians, physicians, nurses, and other people whose job is holding space for everyone else. You don't need me to explain what compassion fatigue is or how EMDR works. What you need is a therapist who won't let your fluency in the field become one more way to stay a step removed from your own experience.
I also understand the specific practical worries that come with this work: privacy in a small professional community, what it means to be a client instead of a colleague, and the low-grade fear that needing help says something about your competence. It doesn't. It says you're doing a hard job.
Does any of this sound familiar?
People in the helping professions come to therapy carrying a specific mix of things. A few of the ones I hear most often:
- You're running on compassion fatigue or vicarious trauma, and you know exactly what it's called, which somehow hasn't made it easier to address.
- You're good at spotting other people's patterns and strangely bad at seeing your own from the inside.
- You've tried a session or two before and spent them managing the therapist's reaction to your job title, instead of getting help.
- You worry about running into a client, a colleague, or a supervisee in your own therapist's waiting room, so you've just... not gone.
- The empathy you give away all day is getting harder to find for the people who actually live with you.
- Something from your own history is surfacing in session with your clients or patients, and you're not sure what to do with that.
If any of that lands, you're in the right place, and none of it makes you a worse clinician for needing support.
Therapists, and the wider circle around them
"Therapy for therapists" is the shorthand, but the work extends to anyone whose job asks them to regulate other people's crises all day.
Psychotherapists & Counselors
Licensed therapists, associates still accruing hours, and grad students already carrying a caseload.
Physicians & Nurses
Clinicians managing the weight of other people's medical crises, often without a script for admitting their own.
Social Workers & Case Managers
People carrying full caseloads of other people's worst days, inside systems that rarely have enough resources to match.
Teachers & School Staff
Educators and school counselors doing sustained emotional labor for kids, on top of the job they were actually trained for.
If your role isn't listed here but the description above still fits, it's still a good reason to reach out.
The job, and the person doing it
Compassion Fatigue & Vicarious Trauma
The cumulative toll of absorbing other people's pain, and rebuilding a nervous system that can rest instead of staying braced.
Burnout & Boundaries
The exhaustion that specifically comes from sustained emotional labor, and the boundary work that helping professionals often skip in their own lives. See Burnout.
Impostor Syndrome & Self-Doubt
The particular flavor of self-doubt that shows up in people trained to notice everyone's flaws but their own competence.
Your Own History
Many helping professionals were drawn to this work by something personal. That history deserves its own attention, not just a place to store your training.
A client, not a colleague
No Jargon Tax
You won't spend session time defining terms or translating your training into plain language. We start at the part that's actually yours to work through.
Privacy From Your Own Circle
Meeting online across 45+ states, or in person in Denver or Santa Ana, means you're not limited to the handful of local providers who already know you professionally.
This Isn't Supervision
I'm not reviewing your caseload or your clinical decisions, and I won't ask you to bring case notes. This is your therapy, about your life, not a consult about your clients.
PSYPACT Licensed
My PSYPACT license lets me see clients across 45+ states, so you're not limited by where you happen to live or practice.
Session fees & insurance
Individual sessions are $225, available to clients in 45+ states through my PSYPACT license.
For a full breakdown of rates and accepted insurance carriers by state, see Rates & Insurance.
“Needing help doesn't say something about your competence. It says you're doing a hard job.”
— Dr. Corinne Votaw-Freer, PsyD
Questions people ask before booking
Will seeking therapy affect my license?
Seeking therapy is generally a sign of health, not a liability, and most licensing boards do not ask about it unless a specific question directly applies to your situation. I'm not able to give legal advice about your particular board, but this is worth raising on the consultation call if it's weighing on you.
What if we end up knowing some of the same people professionally?
Meeting online across 45+ states, or at my Denver or Santa Ana office, is meant to reduce exactly that overlap. If we do discover a conflict, we'll talk about it directly and I'll help you find another good fit if needed.
I already know the techniques you'd use. Will that get in the way?
It's common, and it doesn't have to. Knowing a technique intellectually is different from experiencing it as a client, and part of the work is noticing when your training is helping versus when it's just a way to stay analytical instead of present.
Is this the same as clinical supervision or consultation?
No. This is personal therapy about your own life, history, and wellbeing. It isn't a review of your caseload, your clinical decisions, or your clients, and it isn't a substitute for supervision if that's what you need.
Do you only work with licensed therapists?
No. Physicians, nurses, social workers, teachers, and other people doing sustained emotional labor for a living are all welcome here, whether or not "therapist" is in the job title.
Do you take insurance?
Yes, in Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas with specific carriers. See Rates & Insurance for the full breakdown, or ask on the free consultation call.