Start Here For Helpers with Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd

About the Substack

Start Here for Helpers is a podcast for therapists, doctors, and other helping professionals navigating burnout, stress, and trauma. Dr Kerry Makin-Byrd interviews experts on sustaining meaningful work in a suffering world.

Free Subscription Benefits

  • Occasional public posts

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Subscriber-only posts and full archive
  • Post comments and join the community

Paid Subscription Plans

  • $5 a month
  • $80 a year

About Kerry Makin-Byrd, PhD

Dr Kerry Makin-Byrd, clinical psychologist and author of The Ballad of Burnout and Start Here, hosts thoughtful conversations on overwhelm, burnout, trauma, and compassion. Based in Wellington, New Zealand!

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