Elizabeth Scarlett, MA, RP

Elizabeth Scarlett, MA, RP, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Toronto. In addition to individual client work, she delivers workshops a wide variety of mental health topics and provides clinical supervision to students and new practitioners. Her areas of focus include: complex trauma, substance use, suicide intervention, and burnout prevention. In partnership with Julia Moore, PhD, Elizabeth co-founded the Behavior Elevation Academy devoted to the prevention and management of burnout on both individual and organization levels, with particular focus on how burnout impacts women and helping professionals.

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Overcoming Personal Barriers to Self-Care

As part of my work and personal experience with therapist burnout, I created a tool to help myself and other … Continued

Elizabeth Scarlett, MA, RP

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4 Time Management Traps for Therapists

Perhaps you feel the pressure of a time crunch as you prepare to take some time off from your practice … Continued

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Setting Healthy Boundaries as a Therapist

I can’t imagine I’m the only therapist or mental health clinician who has let a boundary slip. In the interest … Continued

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How to Combat Empathetic Distress, the Shadow Side of Empathy

If you’re wondering “What is empathetic distress?” or “How does a therapist’s empathetic concern become empathetic distress?” read on for … Continued

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How to Create an Affordable and Sustainable Self-Care Plan

Sometimes, I feel like a bit of a hypocrite. As a psychotherapist, I spend a lot of my day encouraging … Continued

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How Practitioners Can Bounce Back From Burnout and Thrive

A few years ago, I was in my mid-thirties and seemed to really be hitting my stride in a lot … Continued

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This Is What’s Hurting Your Therapeutic Alliance With Clients

I was recently asked to serve on a panel discussing strategies for building therapeutic alliances with clients. In preparation, I … Continued

Elizabeth Scarlett, MA, RP

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Using Gratitude to Overcome the Comparative Suffering Trap

I’m a dual citizen of the US and Canada. This has some pros and cons, but one of the biggest … Continued

Elizabeth Scarlett, MA, RP

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