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Work Environment Stress

Stressors for mental health professionals in the work environment include:

Time Pressures


Negative Colleagues and/or Supervisors


Organizational Politics


Excessive Paperwork


Type of Clinical Setting
  • private practice
  • Group independent practice
  • community mental health agencies
  • residential treatment facilities
  • hospitals
Higher levels of stress have been reported in public agency settings rather than solo or group independent practice.

Higher levels of stress have also been reported due to:

Role Conflicts

  • In private practice, this could mean more time being spent on billing or advertising than conducting therapy.
  • In an agency setting, problems may occur with supervisors, agency policies, paperwork or being assigned tasks unrelated to clinical work.