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In my veterinary career, I have seen firsthand the toll the profession can take on mental health. There have been multiple times throughout my work as a vet tech when…

Anyone working in companion animal practice in the USA, Canada, and many other parts of the world, is well aware of the current crisis impacting emergency veterinary hospitals. Over the…

Do you apologize often, pretend to agree with everyone, or feel uneasy when someone is angry with you? Do you go to great lengths to avoid conflict and resist saying…

Rather than competing over who has it worse in the veterinary profession, veterinary team members are urged to model healthy behaviors that promote wellbeing.

The research is clear in human medicine: patients have better outcomes when they are managed by a physician who demonstrates empathy. Patients of empathic doctors communicate more openly, follow doctor’s…

Conflict is a word that makes many of us shudder—and something most of us would rather avoid at all costs. In a 2013 survey published by DVM360, 51% of veterinary…

One of the most common questions I get asked by my veterinary colleagues and friends is “can you tell me how to find a good therapist?”.  I am always so…

Veterinary care providers are always multitasking, dividing our attention between different responsibilities, often simultaneously. We might be speaking to one client while thinking about the last client we saw, rushing…

There is no doubt in my mind that my job as an emergency and critical care specialist is much easier when I work at a hospital with a mental health…