Therapy for Healthcare Workers in Florida
Therapy for healthcare workers in Florida is available through my practice by secure video. I'm Dr. Amy Johansson, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and credentialed Health Service Psychologist who has worked in hospitals and medical centers, and I support nurses, physicians, and other providers dealing with burnout, secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, and work-related stress anywhere in the state. A complimentary 15-minute consultation is available before you commit to anything.
You made it through the shift. You clocked out, drove home on autopilot, and now you're sitting in the driveway because walking inside means being present for more people. Somewhere between the patient you lost, the staffing gaps, and the charting you'll finish at midnight, the job started following you everywhere.
You know the signs because you'd flag them in a patient. Short fuse. Dread on the drive in. Feeling nothing when you used to feel too much. What you tell your patients applies to you too: this is treatable, and waiting rarely makes it smaller.
My specialization focuses on helping individuals navigate the psychological distress—such as anxiety, depression, and overwhelm—that frequently arises from living with medical conditions.
Why healthcare workers put off getting help
You're trained to be the one with answers. Asking for help can feel like admitting the job is beating you, especially in a culture where "I'm fine" is the only acceptable status. Add a Florida shift schedule that changes weekly, and even finding an appointment feels like one more task you don't have capacity for.
There's also the quieter fear: that a therapist won't get it. That you'll spend expensive sessions translating your world before any real work starts.
It matters to talk with someone who has actually worked inside the system, and my background in hospitals and medical centers means you won't spend sessions explaining what a code feels like or why you can't just take a mental health day.
What burnout and secondary trauma actually look like
Burnout in healthcare workers usually shows up as exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix, cynicism toward patients you once cared about, and the sense that nothing you do matters. It builds slowly, which is why so many providers only recognize it when they're already deep in it.
Burnout gets most of the attention, but secondary trauma in medical providers is often the deeper injury, the accumulated weight of witnessing suffering you couldn't prevent, and it responds to different treatment than exhaustion alone.
Some providers also lean on alcohol or other substances to come down after shifts, or find old traumas resurfacing under the pressure. I have extensive experience with substance use, trauma, anxiety, and depression, and none of it will surprise me.
How therapy for medical providers works
The long hours, the charting that follows you home, the patients you can't stop thinking about, these are exactly what mytherapy services for medical providers are built around, because generic stress advice rarely survives contact with a twelve-hour shift.
Sessions run 50 minutes and the work is practical. I draw from CBT, ACT, DBT, and mindfulness-based approaches to help you process what you've witnessed, rebuild the boundary between work and the rest of your life, and recover the parts of you the job has been consuming.
Everything happens by secure video, the same way I provide online therapy across Florida more broadly, which means a session can fit between shifts, after a night rotation, or on your one protected day off. Whether you're at a Level I trauma center in Miami, a rural hospital in the Panhandle, or a clinic in Orlando, care comes to you.
What you can realistically expect
Therapy won't fix the staffing ratios or shorten your shifts. What it can change is what the job costs you. Most providers notice they stop dreading work quite as much, sleep improves, and the numbness starts to lift. Over time, the goal is a career that's sustainable and a life outside of it that's actually yours.
For what it protects, the investment is real but contained. I'm not in network with insurance, I provide documentation for out-of-network reimbursement, sliding scale options are available, and I accept cash, check, and Venmo.
Questions providers ask before reaching out
Is what I'm feeling burnout or something more serious?
Only an assessment can say for sure, but the distinction matters less than getting support for either. Burnout, depression, secondary trauma, and anxiety overlap heavily in healthcare workers, and the first sessions are partly about sorting out what's actually going on so treatment targets the right thing.
Will anyone find out I'm in therapy? I'm worried about my license.
Your therapy is confidential, with the same legal protections that apply to any client. Seeking treatment on your own is very different from a board action, and getting help early is protective, not incriminating. Sessions happen by private video, so there's no waiting room and no colleague crossing your path.
I can barely find time to eat on shift. How would I fit therapy in?
Video sessions remove the commute, so the real commitment is 50 minutes. We schedule around your rotation, and if your shifts change, we adjust. For providers who need more flexibility, I also offer concierge options with evening, weekend, and holiday availability.
What happens in the first session?
The first session is mostly you talking and me listening. You'll describe what's been happening, what the job has been taking from you, and what you want back. I'll ask questions, share how I'd approach it, and we'll decide together whether to continue.
When you're ready to take the smallest possible step
You spend every shift making sure other people are okay. This is the part of the week where someone does that for you. Your schedule is already impossible, so the first step is deliberately small: a free 15-minute consultation to talk through what's been weighing on you and see whether we're a good fit.