Corporate & Nonprofit
Burnout Support
Consulting and Facilitation for Impact-Driven
Organizations Online in the Asheville, NC Area
Supporting the People Who Carry the Work That Matters Most
Growth Point Collaborative has a mission to improve workplace conditions for people doing meaningful emotional labor in our society.
Doing challenging emotional work uniquely impacts the helper—especially in human service fields, medicine, environmental preservation, and education. Yet burnout and compassion fatigue are not limited to these professions. When any worker’s logistical, emotional, or security needs are not being met, it is practically guaranteed they cannot provide their best effort. Too often, staff report that the workplace environment feels more like an obstacle than a support.
I believe the workplace and business ownership can be places where growth and fulfillment take place in a person’s life. I also see, every day, what happens when organizations and systems are pushed beyond their capacity—without time to rest, reflect, or regroup.
Workplaces and communities need nourishment and attention just like the people in them do.
When Meaningful Work Becomes Unsustainable
Exposure to traumatic content without appropriate measures to care for its impacts results in Secondary Traumatic Stress, Vicarious Traumatization, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout.
Many people doing courageous, meaningful work blame themselves when these symptoms arise.
They wonder if they are not strong enough, or if they chose the wrong career. I see these syndromes differently—as a human response to a superhuman challenge.
How Burnout and Trauma Show Up in the Workplace:
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Repeated exposure to others’ traumatic experiences can cause the nervous system to respond as if the trauma were happening directly. People may experience intrusive thoughts, heightened anxiety, sleep disruption, or persistent hyper-vigilance.
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Over time, prolonged exposure to trauma narratives can alter how a person experiences safety, trust, and connection. This may show up as emotional withdrawal, cynicism, or a shift in worldview—not from lack of care, but from sustained emotional investment.
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When care flows outward without being replenished, empathy can become depleted. Individuals may feel numb, irritable, or disconnected from work that once felt deeply meaningful.
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Burnout results from chronic workplace stress that has not been adequately addressed at the systemic level. Emotional exhaustion, reduced effectiveness, loss of meaning, and feeling expendable or unseen are common experiences.
These are not personal failures. They are signals that the conditions of work need care.
Burnout Is a Human Response. Prevention Is Possible.
I know that recovery is possible without changing careers. Individuals and organizations can transition from burnout response toward burnout prevention, with the ultimate goal being Compassion Satisfaction and organizational health.
A healthy team environment supports staff to intervene with confidence and feel connected, stable, and present while delivering solid service. These conditions improve outcomes for the people being served and provide workers with fulfillment, dignity, and an improved quality of life.
Caring for vulnerable populations from a place of security is not only ethical—it is more effective.
How We Work Together
Growth Point Collaborative offers flexible, values-aligned support for organizations, teams, and business owners doing meaningful emotional work. Engagements are tailored to the size, mission, and capacity of your organization.
Specialized Consultation
For Business Owners
Support in building sustainable structures, navigating transitions, and caring for the business as a living system—not just a productivity engine.
For Fellow Therapists
Clinical consultation for trauma-informed feminist therapy, burnout prevention, and meaningful shifts in business structure, including 1:1 consultation on practice development and marketing.
Core Areas of Support:
✓ Education & Awareness
Psychoeducational workshops and presentations that help staff and leadership understand burnout syndromes, mental health impacts of emotional labor, and systemic practices of prevention.
✓ Organizational & Leadership Consultation
Collaborative assessment of team dynamics, workplace satisfaction, and structural challenges—especially during periods of transition, growth, or strain.
✓ Staff Wellness & Process Support
Facilitated groups that give teams a place to metabolize the powerful work they are doing together, strengthen communication, and build sustainable care practices.
✓ Retreats, Speaking & Custom Interventions
On-site retreats, conference speaking, and thoughtfully designed interventions tailored to the specific needs of your organization or community.
Care for the Work.
Care for the People.
Taking the impacts of emotional work seriously—and providing free or affordable options for care—is an ethical (and revolutionary!) thing to do.
No staff member wants to feel expendable or unappreciated.
When you invest in wellness, you show your team that you recognize their efforts and that you are committed to their sustainability.
Growth Point Collaborative supports the amazing humans who deliver your services—so they can continue to show up with presence, confidence, and care.
Give your organization—or your business—the loving attention it needs.
I look forward to hearing from you.