Parental Burnout and the Healing Power of Compassion

There’s a kind of exhaustion that sleep alone doesn’t fix—the kind that seeps into your patience, your joy, even the warmth you usually feel toward your children. If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “I love my kids, but I just don’t have anything left to give,” you may have brushed up against something called parental burnout.

Parental burnout, Compassion, Evidence-Based Therapy, Mental load, postpartum mental health, Postpartum supportCourtney KatzenbergNovember 4, 2025Parental burnout, Postpartum, Postpartum depression, Parental stress, Compassion, Compassion Focused Therapy

My Journey with Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT): A Practitioner’s Reflection (Or: Why I love CFT)

My journey with Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) began when I noticed something striking: many of my clients—through their words or behaviors—were naming shame as a central source of their suffering. Shame is not a small matter; it is one of the most painful emotions humans experience, often linked with self-criticism, isolation, and struggles in relationships (Gilbert, 2010). As someone deeply committed to lifelong learning, I began searching for approaches that could speak directly to this struggle. That search led me to CFT.

After baby, Anxiety, Evidence-Based Therapy, Feel better, Mindfulness, postpartum mental health, CompassionCourtney KatzenbergSeptember 29, 2025compassion focused therapy, Anxiety, Depression, Shame, Easing suffering, Psychological skills, Transformation