New Orleans, La Sacred Work, Sacred Rest Wellness Retreat

As a mental health provider and helping professional, it is clear that there is a significant need for adequate mental health care not just for those who are seeking mental health, but also for the ones doing the work. Compassion fatigue and burnout are real factors that impede the quality of care when caring for others. Reports indicate that over half of therapist report experiences of burnout. As a result, caseloads decline as they try to navigate the personal with their career and civic obligations.

There are a significant number of helping professionals with undiagnosed clinical disorders that live in silence due to stigma, perceived lack of time and/or a lack of motivation to address their mental health. Carers of all kinds including caregivers, nurses, case managers, therapists, etc.

1863FWD has curated wellness retreats as a means to nurture the nurturers. One question in the presession meet ups, “Whose plate do you make first?” became a very moving testimonial of triumph over adversity from school age years to adulthood that could have lasted for a couple of hours. We recognize the need is there and we curate sessions based on the survey of concerns.