Private psychotherapy for humanitarian workers facing emotional overload.
Private, independent support for the emotional weight of working in hostile, conflictive, or complex environments.
- This is for you if you are...
- Feeling frustrated because you can never keep up
- Tired of feeling that you always have to stay strong
- Finding it difficult to disconnect from work
- Feeling more and more tired and unable to get enough rest
Private psychotherapy for humanitarian workers facing emotional overload.
Private, independent support for the emotional weight of working in hostile, conflictive, or complex environments.
- Feeling unable to respond to so much demand
- Always having to be strong in the face of adversity
- Finding it difficult to fully disconnect from the work
With Dr. Sara Beneit — medical doctor expert in Ericksonian Psychotherapy. I know the multicultural environment. I have been there, and I know how you feel.
Identify what is draining you and recover a steadier sense of direction.
This process helps you notice the situations that gradually take energy and motivation away from you, and gives you a clearer place to begin.
You will feel more capable and confident at work
By setting healthy boundaries, strengthening your decision-making skills, and focusing your energy where it matters most.
You will gain greater clarity about priorities, limits, and expectations.
Explore the process In confidenceA private place to speak about what is difficult to carry
Having professional support and a space where you can talk freely, without concerns about professional consequences, can bring clarity, relief, and a greater sense of support.
This is a private therapeutic space, independent from your organization, where you discuss personal and professional challenges in a professional and strictly confidential setting.
About confidentialityHow might I feel after some time in the field...
When the expectations you had about the work you were going to do do not match the reality you encounter, and the demands placed on you exceed your capacity to respond.
“I feel increasingly drained and unable to recover.”
The accumulation of stress takes a growing toll on my physical and emotional well-being. Rest becomes less restorative, and fatigue lingers even after time off.
“I feel like my life revolves around work.”
More and more of my time, energy, and attention are devoted to it. It becomes harder to switch off, leaving little room for rest, personal relationships, or the activities that help me recharge.
“I feel frustrated because I can never keep up.”
No matter how hard I try, there always seems to be something else that requires my attention. No matter how much I do, it rarely feels enough.
“I'm tired of feeling that I always have to stay strong.”
Even when circumstances are beyond my control, I feel I cannot show vulnerability. Within a culture that values resilience and self-sacrifice, admitting that I am struggling can feel unacceptable.
Regain perspective and reconnect with your personal resources.
This process helps you identify the situations and factors that gradually drain your energy, motivation, and well-being, and gives you practical tools to address them with greater clarity, emotional stability, and a stronger sense of control.
Each therapeutic process is adapted to your situation, your goals, and the context you are living and working in.
With adapted training in decision making, you will feel more competent in your job, reducing the stress caused by the demands of the context.
Through therapeutic sessions that cover different aspects of your work environment, you will acquire skills to communicate adequately with supervisors and colleagues, clarify day-to-day tasks, and establish basic limits that help you better dispose of your time. You can strengthen communication and boundaries, navigate demanding environments, and reconnect with the personal resources that help you recover perspective.
You will feel more capable and confident at work.
You will gain greater clarity about priorities, limits, and expectations.
You will strengthen communication and boundaries.
You can navigate demanding environments with more perspective.
The aim is to face the demands of the environment without so much emotional wear.
You can start with an assessment consultation. Write when you are ready.
Years of living and working as an expatriate in demanding environments allowed me to share both successes and challenges with people from many different cultures and backgrounds. I know firsthand the gap between the ideals that bring us to humanitarian work and the realities we sometimes encounter in the field. I also know how important it is to take time to process those experiences, learn from them, and integrate them into our lives without losing sight of who we are.
— Dr. Sara Beneit
A confidential space to speak openly
Having professional support and a space where you can talk freely, without concerns about professional consequences, can bring clarity, relief, and a greater sense of support.
This is a private therapeutic space outside your organization, so you can speak about what is difficult to carry in the system while staying in a professional and confidential setting.
I know the multicultural environment. I have been there.
Medical doctor and psychotherapist
Medical training and Ericksonian psychotherapy provide tools to support emotional overload from the psychological side.
Years inside humanitarian contexts
Years of experience living and working as an expatriate in conflictive and emotionally intense environments.
Independent from any organization
A private support space outside HR, contracts, medical clearance, and employer reporting structures.
What to expect: the therapeutic process
The first session is designed to help us gain a clear understanding of your current situation, concerns, priorities, and goals.
Initial Consultation & Assessment, your confidential first session
A 90-minute focused space to explore what is going on, identify key emotional and relational patterns, and define a therapeutic direction adapted to your context.
Clarify your needs and goals
Together, we explore the factors that may be affecting your wellbeing, emotional balance, relationships, work life, or overall quality of life.
Outline a possible therapeutic approach
Rather than focusing only on symptoms, we look at the patterns, circumstances, and personal strengths that shape your experience.
Follow-up sessions
Therapy is more than a single conversation. Meaningful change usually happens through a process of reflection, practice, and ongoing support.
These 75-minute sessions provide a safe and consistent space to explore challenges in greater depth, gain new perspectives, and work with practical tools you can apply in daily life.
English, Spanish, and French
Sessions are available in the language you are most comfortable expressing complex emotional realities in.
What people say
Voices from people who have found support here — in their own words.
"I have voluntarily terminated by contract with the UN in Nairobi in 2025. The separation process turned rather sour to me as the management reneged on the terms initially agreed, and I felt that I was betrayed by the colleagues. I could not force myself to see any of them anymore, and I was becoming mentally unstable.
Dr. Sara Beneit has counselled me and helped me find peace in that critical situation. Her guidance was invaluable, and I emerged from the difficult conundrum in one piece. She helped me accept that I could not change the attitude of the colleagues, and that it was not worth it to fall apart over it. Now it sounds simple, but without competent guidance of Dr. Beneit I would not have emerged unscathed from the desperation that I felt then very deeply."
"She creates a space where you feel understood without needing to over-explain your experiences, and her guidance helped me better manage trauma-related challenges and regain a greater sense of balance and control."
"Her attentive listening and deep questions challenge me to reflect. Each encounter leaves me with more work to do, and although I feel tired at the end, it is a positive tiredness that comes from personal growth."
"Sara came into my life just when I needed her most. I had just started working for the United Nations and was facing, for the first time, living and working in a context as different and challenging as Kenya."
"Working with Dr. Sara Beneit was a major experience in my recovery from burnout. At a time when I felt disconnected from myself, she helped me reconnect with who I am in a deep and meaningful way.
What made this journey so valuable was that it wasn't traditional psychotherapy, which I did in parallel. Through a combination of spiritual, embodiment, and self-awareness practices, Sara guided me back to myself with remarkable sensitivity and wisdom. Rather than focusing only on the mind, she helped me reconnect with my body, my intuition, and my inner resources.
One of the things I appreciated most was the profound sense of safety I felt throughout our work together. No matter what I brought into our sessions, I always felt seen, supported, and accepted without judgment. That feeling of trust allowed me to explore difficult emotions and experiences at my own pace.
Through her guidance, I developed greater resilience, inner strength, and self-confidence. The tools and insights I gained continue to support me long after our sessions ended. I am deeply grateful for her presence, expertise, and genuine care, and I wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone seeking not only recovery but also a deeper connection with themselves."
"Dr Sara was recommended to me by my physician during a particularly challenging period in my life, when I was experiencing multiple stressful events that were affecting me physically, emotionally, and psychologically.
As an experienced humanitarian worker herself, Dr Sara immediately understood the sector's unique demands, its operating model, and the personal toll it can take. She also understood the recurring questions many humanitarians face: "Is it time to quit?" and "What should I do next?"
Thanks to her excellent communication skills, multilingual abilities, deep listening, compassion, and empathy, it was easy to establish a strong rapport with her. She has an extensive range of tools and approaches and is highly skilled at selecting the one best suited to each situation. She clearly explains the process, helping clients understand and participate in decisions about the most appropriate path forward.
One aspect I particularly value is that she provides a summary of each session, including key takeaways and practical exercises to work on afterwards. This has been extremely helpful in reinforcing progress between sessions.
I anticipate continuing to benefit from Dr Sara's extensive expertise and remarkable toolbox in the months and years ahead. I highly recommend her as an outstanding resource for both humanitarian professionals and those outside the humanitarian sector."
"Sara has been an invaluable source of support during a particularly challenging period in my life. Her calm and reassuring presence, combined with her openness and grounded approach, has helped me heal and grow. Her experience as a humanitarian aid worker has also made it easier to connect and feel understood, without needing to explain the unique challenges of the sector. I am deeply grateful for Sara's support."
"I contacted Sara through a mutual friend at a time in my life when I needed to pull myself out of a complicated personal situation. After several attempts with other specialists, I found her, and from the very first moment I noticed it was going to be different — above all, I noticed sincerity and professionalism, and she told me things clearly.
In our first session, where I basically told her my situation, she said something that acted as a wake-up call for me, that made me trust her: "If you want to solve your problem, one option is to let time pass — time heals almost everything. The other option is to start working on your inner self, to reset it for when problems arise again, because they will arise, since that is part of life — so that you have the tools to face them differently. I will try to provide you with those tools, but the inner, personal work is yours. I don't perform miracles if you don't work on your mind and your inner self."
From then on everything became easier, even though I wasn't going through a good period. My experience tells me that with a specialist who truly aims to help you, a basic ingredient is the connection felt on both sides, and Sara achieved that. Her way of working helped me change certain perspectives on my problems, updating ideas I hadn't revisited in a long time, through a series of exercises that were — and still are — very useful to me, even today. Eternally grateful."
Ways we can work together
Choose the level of support that best fits your current situation, needs and goals.
Initial Consultation & Assessment
90 minutes
- Recommended as a first step
- Explore your current situation and personal context
- Identify emotional, relational, or situational patterns
- Clarify your needs and goals
- Outline a possible therapeutic approach tailored to you
- English / Spanish / French
Therapeutic Starter Process
5 Follow-up Sessions
- 75 minutes each session
- Structured short-term therapeutic process
- For those who wish to continue therapy and benefit from greater continuity and commitment to the process
- Provides continuity while allowing flexibility
- Best for specific goals that need structured support
- English / Spanish / French
Therapeutic Growth Pathway
8 Follow-up Sessions
- 75 minutes each session
- A longer therapeutic process for deeper exploration
- For recurring patterns, complex situations, and long-standing emotional or relational difficulties
- Offers continuity and space for sustained therapeutic work
- Best for deeper work, continuity, and long-term personal growth
- English / Spanish / French
Not sure where to begin? Most clients start with an Initial Consultation & Assessment. Together we will explore your situation and decide whether a single consultation, individual follow-up sessions, or a more structured therapeutic pathway would be most helpful for you.
Common questions
For people working in humanitarian, diplomatic, and international fields — and for those living close to that world: partners, families, expatriates, and others whose lives are shaped by it. Two paths into this work: see the doors above.
Yes. This work sits outside HR, contracts, medical clearance, and any reporting structures. Nothing said in session is shared with employers or organizations. A private space, on your terms.
No. This may not only be burnout. Some of the weight comes from the environment around you — job uncertainties, institutional realities, isolation, relationship strain, the quiet wear of caring deeply while feeling depleted.
The Initial Consultation & Assessment is your confidential first session. We use it to understand your situation and decide together whether this is a good fit — without pressure, without commitment.
The whirlwind
The first step is the Initial Consultation & Assessment
Independent from the institution. A quiet space, on your terms. We use this first conversation to understand your situation — nothing more is expected.