Therapy for Healers and Empaths
WHAT IS THERAPY FOR HEALERS AND EMPATHS?
You don’t have to carry everyone else’s pain to be worthy. You are allowed to receive care too.
As a healer, helper, or empath, you may feel like you’re always holding space for others—at the cost of your own well-being. You might struggle with people-pleasing, overgiving, or feeling responsible for others’ emotions. This therapy supports you in coming back to yourself, tending to your own needs, and unraveling the patterns that keep you in cycles of burnout, guilt, and self-neglect.
Therapy that helps you reclaim your energy, set boundaries, and stop pouring from an empty cup.
HOW DOES THERAPY FOR HEALERS AND EMPATHS WORK?
Together, we look at where these patterns began—often rooted in childhood, family roles, or ancestral dynamics. Many empaths were conditioned to be attuned to others’ needs while disconnecting from their own. We gently unwind those survival strategies with compassion, not shame.
We may explore boundaries, nervous system regulation, inner child work, and parts that developed to keep you safe through people-pleasing or perfectionism. If aligned, we can also work with spiritual tools like energy clearing, ancestral healing, or intuitive development. This is a space for you to unmask, soften, and remember that your needs matter too.
What can Therapy for Healers and Empaths help with?
Therapy for Healers and Empaths can support healing in areas such as:
People-pleasing
Codependency
Emotional burnout
Compassion fatigue
Guilt and resentment
Over-responsibility
Boundary confusion
Caregiver stress
Energetic depletion
Inner child wounds
Identity loss
Chronic overwhelm
Empath fatigue
Nervous system strain
Self-sacrifice patterns
Healing shame
Emotional exhaustion
Unprocessed grief
Self-reconnection
Care without depletion
Hi, I’m Stephanie Brumfield
Licensed Therapist in California, Holistic Therapy & Spiritual Support
Hi, I’m Stephanie Brumfield, a holistic spiritual therapist, certified astrologer, and eternal seeker. Deeply attuned to the subtle and sensitive aspects of life, I specialize in creating a compassionate space for individuals who feel misunderstood or out of place due to their neurodivergence, beliefs, or values. My work focuses on helping clients navigate familial disconnect, societal expectations, and spiritual awakenings, guiding them on a journey from black sheep to holy outsider.
As someone who is neurodivergent (AuDHDer), I value soulful, meaningful connections and draw inspiration from the wisdom of nature, especially trees. With a deep passion for ancestral work, mythology, astrology, trauma healing, and dreams, I integrate these elements into a practice that honors the cyclical nature of death, rebirth, and transformation - a reflection of my Scorpio Moon. Whether I’m researching, reading, or listening to 90s grunge, my approach to healing is grounded in energy medicine, spirituality, and the belief that personal healing can ripple outward to transform the collective.
FAQs
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Not at all. This space is for anyone who identifies as a caretaker, space-holder, empath, or someone who tends to others before themselves—professionally or personally.
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While there’s overlap, this work is centered on energetic and emotional boundaries, empathic overload, and unlearning self-sacrifice as a form of identity or safety. We focus on both trauma healing and nervous system repair.
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That’s exactly what we can explore. Many empaths carry shame or fear around receiving support. In this space, you don’t have to justify your needs—they are valid simply because you exist.
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Only if desired. For some clients, we integrate spiritual or energetic practices into sessions. For others, we stay grounded in somatic and relational work. We go at your pace and only use what feels resonant.
My Specialties
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Spirituality
Spiritual therapy integrates traditional therapeutic approaches with spiritual exploration, helping you connect to a deeper sense of purpose and meaning. Whether you are navigating a spiritual awakening, seeking clarity, or reconnecting with your inner self, this approach honors the connection between mind, body, and spirit for holistic healing.
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Neurodivergence
Therapy for neurodivergent individuals offers a supportive space to explore the unique ways your mind works. By integrating evidence-based therapeutic practices with a deep understanding of neurodivergence, this approach helps you embrace your strengths, manage challenges, and honor your individuality on your path to healing and self-discovery.
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Highly Sensitive People
Therapy for highly sensitive people (HSPs) focuses on creating a compassionate space to navigate the challenges of heightened sensitivity. By honoring your unique emotional depth and sensory awareness, this approach combines evidence-based practices with mindfulness and grounding techniques to help you thrive as an HSP.
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Healers & Empaths
Therapy for healers and empaths provides a safe and supportive environment to address patterns of people-pleasing and codependency. By exploring your boundaries, relationships, and emotional energy, this approach helps you develop self-compassion and create balance in your life, empowering you to channel your gifts without losing yourself in the process.
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Complex Trauma PTSD (C-PTSD)
Therapy for complex trauma (C-PTSD) and childhood trauma provides a trauma-informed and compassionate approach to healing the wounds of the past. Through inner child work, somatic techniques, and evidence-based modalities, this therapy helps you release pain, reprocess trauma, and cultivate a sense of safety and empowerment.
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Motherhood
Therapy for motherhood explores the many facets of this transformative journey, from conception and pregnancy to postpartum healing and cycle breaking. This approach honors your experiences, whether it’s healing birth trauma, connecting with spirit babies, or navigating ambivalence, and provides tools for reparenting yourself while nurturing others.
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Pluto's Realm | Sex Workers
Therapy for individuals navigating Pluto’s realm offers a transformative space to explore themes of power, shadow, and renewal. For sex workers, this approach provides a nonjudgmental, trauma-informed space to address personal and systemic challenges, empowering you to embrace your authenticity and reclaim your narrative.
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Ancestral Healing
Therapy for ancestral healing focuses on breaking intergenerational cycles and addressing the pain carried from past generations. By exploring the mother and father wounds, this approach combines evidence-based practices with rituals, grief tending, and ancestral connection to release inherited patterns and create a new legacy of healing.
Questions? Let’s chat.
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