On Our Compassion's Fatigue: Treating Our Hearts After We've Given Too Much
This session offers a care-filled, multibranched approach to compassion fatigue: the very felt sense that we have run out of resources, or even care, for those we support. Our time together will be grounded in relational psychology, somatic abolition, collective care praxis, and belonging. Together, we can name the structural, ancestral, and personal burdens that practitioners carry... and grieve that global pains, racial injustice, and relentless systemic pressure impact us as well. Through practices of radical self-compassion, in-group community reciprocity, and trauma-aware warmth, we can create a quiet space together. And in that space, we can together honor the fatigue that comes from loving our communities with such open and tender hearts. You're a good person even in your darkest, least-compassionate moments. My group is designed to affirm your grace.
Workshop Details
Date: December 22, 2025
Time: 12-1:30 MST/1-2:30 CST/11-12:30 PST.
Where: Zoom
No recording provided due to the immersive nature of the facilitation.
Thank you for your understanding.
Tony Chavira
I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (CA #145793) relational psychotherapist, sociocultural critic, and former professor. My work centers on bringing compassion, understanding and moral depth to our relationships, friendships, communities, and ourselves. I care deeply about treating you fairly, honestly, and with the respect you’ve deserved all along.
My clients have included those impacted by childhood traumas, ongoing psychosis, human trafficking, incarceration, and traumatic grief. There is nothing I cannot bring compassion to in the therapeutic space--every part of you, even the darkest and most pained, are allowed and accepted in my space.
I train therapists, coaches, and healers in private practice and at Purple Couch Therapy how to safely navigate, separate from, and grow despite systemic and historical traumas. We rest and restore from burnout, compassion fatigue, and client exhaustion… and learn to finally emerge into the healing entities we were meant to be, most of all for ourselves.
I am also the former president for a non-profit affordable housing advocacy. I have three masters degrees, in clinical psychology, globalization theory, and media criticism. I explore how power, culture, and history impact mental wellness. I have a fair IQ and warm sense of fairness. I’m on the recovery journey too.
I’ve run grief groups for those who’ve lost a parent, as well as those who’ve lost spouses after 60-year relationships. I’ve supported children who’ve been human sex trafficked to recovery and insights. I’ve supported incarcerated men as they process psychosis, drug addiction, and trauma in a forensic setting. I’ve supported victims of domestic violence from many different sexes, genders, orientations, and expressions. I’ve undergone multi-year experiential guidance from thanatologists, anti-racism practitioners, abolitionist community leaders, and Mexican and Peruvian curanderos. I have deep knowledge of the interaction between socio-economic systems and interpersonal trauma and recovery. I volunteer supporting our revolutionary community to transform the world into a more safe, meaningful, and respectful place. I advocate for anti-hierarchal relationships outright across media platforms.
And I work steadily to heal and grow myself as well. We’re all doing this together for the sake of a healthier, freer future, after all.
Website: TonyChavira.com
Social Media: Instagram: @minefieldwonderland TikTok: @tonychaviralmft