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SelfCare Psychology
SelfCare Psychology Ltd
Sass Boucher MSc BA (Hons) MBACP | Stafford
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I am a Co-Founder and Director of SelfCare Psychology Ltd, an organisation focused on supporting people working in helping and caring roles. This includes those in paid or voluntary positions who spend time listening to, supporting, and holding the emotional weight of others’ distress and trauma.
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SelfCare Psychology was developed in response to a clear and persistent gap in how we understand and respond to the emotional impact of caring work. Our focus is on creating awareness and contributing to cultural change, recognising that caring for others carries both rewards and risks, and that individual self-care alone cannot offset the pressures many professionals face.
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Our work is grounded in the Five Pillars of Protection model, which highlights the importance of awareness, trauma-informed practice, supervision, peer support, and self-care. Together, these pillars support sustainability, ethical practice, and wellbeing in demanding roles.
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We do this through training, writing, and the development of accessible resources that explore professional trauma and fatigue, burnout, stress, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. Our work also pays attention to the rewards of caring roles, including compassion satisfaction, vicarious resilience, and post-traumatic growth.
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Alongside our training work with organisations that value staff wellbeing, we continue to share ideas and reflections through writing, resources, and social media, contributing to wider conversations about how we care for those who care for others.
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In collaboration with Kirwin Maclean Associates, we co-developed 50 Acts of Professional Self-Care for Social Work, a practical resource designed to support reflection, conversation, and sustainable practice.
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SelfCare Psychology sits alongside my clinical work and writing as a way of balancing practice, reflection, and contribution to the wider helping professions.
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