About
Katherine King, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist and Associate Professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program at William James College in Newton, MA. She is the author of The Well Helper: Get Ahead of Burnout, Thrive at Work, and Unlock the Personal Growth Potential of the Helping Professions, and a blogger at Psychology Today. She is currently engaged in research exploring burnout, meaning in life, and death literacy among health care workers. Dr. King also co-hosts Noble Mind, a podcast exploring intersections of mindfulness, meditation, and psychology. She has been a practicing Buddhist for over twenty years.
Featured Work
The Well Helper: Get Ahead of Burnout, Thrive at Work, and Unlock the Personal Growth Potential of the Helping Professions
Bronze Medalist - 2024 Living Now Book Awards (Category: Relaxation/Mindfulness)
Finalist - 2024 National Indie Excellence Awards (Category: Well-Being)
Are you helping from a healthy place?
Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Self-care. Work/life balance. In the midst of all these buzzwords, there are real human beings – nurses, doctors, first responders, social workers, teachers, therapists – all trying to navigate the perils and promise of the helping professions.
Working as a helper asks a lot of us personally, but we rarely get the training we need to handle the complex challenges we face – let alone unlock the deep personal growth potential available in our work. With compassion, wit, and wisdom, The Well Helper guides you to explore your motivations for becoming a helper, the potential obstacles that could block you from deeper fulfillment, and the essential self-knowledge you need to forge your own path forward.
Through a series of nine pillars, you will learn strategies for self-empowerment, how to cultivate mindful awareness, and methods for expanding your compassion for self and others. You’ll discover how to regulate your stress response and cope better with multiple kinds of trauma. Through step-by-step instructions and a series of reflection questions, you’ll also reveal the unconscious assumptions that might be holding you back and practical skills to help you thrive in work and life.
