@realchrishoward: Most people think burnout comes from the workload. Reality is, it usually comes from the expectation mismatch. When mental health professionals burn out, it's rarely because the work is too hard. It's because they expected the population to behave differently than they actually do. If your clients are dysregulated, chaotic, and struggling to cope — that's not a problem. That's the job description. The moment you start expecting common sense from people who never developed the tools for it, you've set yourself up to absorb every session personally. Recalibrate the expectation. Insulate the professional. Save this if you work in behavioral health — and share it with someone who needed to hear it today. #CounselorBurnout #BehavioralHealth #MentalHealthProfessionals #ClinicalSupervision #TherapistWellness

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Wednesday 21 October 2026 01:05:38 GMT