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A Self-Care Journey for the Soul
A compassionate guide for professionals who give so much of themselves, helping you recognize empathy fatigue, rebuild resilience, and care for yourself with intention.
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A Self-Care Journey for the Soul
What happens when caring deeply begins to drain you? Healing Empathy Fatigue reveals the hidden cost of absorbing others' pain and offers a path back to balance. Drawing on decades of counseling and crisis-response experience, Dr. Mark Stebnicki combines compelling insights, reflective exercises, empathic communication tools, and practical self-care strategies to help you protect your well-being without closing your heart.
The Mind Behind the Work
Mark A. Stebnicki, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation at East Carolina University. For more than 35 years, he has served as a counselor educator, researcher, and practitioner, specializing in traumatic stress, disaster mental health, chronic illness, disability, and military counseling.
In 2016, Dr. Stebnicki developed the nationally offered Clinical Military Counseling Certificate program. His work with service members, veterans, military families, and people living with disabilities has shaped his compassionate, experience-driven approach to counseling and self-care.
The author of 11 professional books and more than 40 journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Stebnicki has delivered over 120 presentations and served on numerous state and national counseling boards.
Dr. Mark A. Stebnicki
North Carolina, USA
Core Focus Areas
Helping caregivers recognize emotional overload and differentiate it from traditional burnout.
Learn to listen, respond, and connect deeply without absorbing the full weight of another's pain.
Transform exhaustion into strength through awareness, healthy boundaries, supportive relationships, and intentional self-care.
Reconnect mind, body, spirit, and soul through reflection, mindfulness, movement, and meaningful daily practices.
"Compassion for others begins with compassion for ourselves."
— Dr. Mark A. Stebnicki
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