Leaving Therapy
I am leaving my job as a therapist to do crisis work because it works with my preferred schedule with becoming a mom in the last year. I know I can’t take responsibility for my clients, but I feel SO GUILTY for leaving. I’m still figuring out start dates and putting my notice in so every session I have I just feel the shame deeper and deeper planning for future sessions. I’m just so worried about my clients being able to move on especially since like 90% of them waited for me to come back from maternity leave. Some of the cases I have, they’ve seen several therapists already and I hate that they’re going to have to transition again. I know this is all over the place, I just want to know others’ experience with leaving therapy to start anew. I just keep hearing that I have to focus on me and my family and that feels like enough for me to want to leave but I also continue to feel guilty as well.