Caring for others starts with
caring for those who care.
Clinical hypnotherapy programmes designed for the unique pressures of aged care — supporting your staff's resilience and your residents' quality of life.
30-min consultation · No commitment · Tailored proposal within 48h
Following the Royal Commission, aged care facilities have a duty of care to their workforce — not just their residents. Proactive wellbeing is now a compliance and retention imperative.
Two groups carrying
an extraordinary emotional load
Compassion fatigue is endemic — not personal
- Chronic exposure to grief, loss and end-of-life care
- Emotional suppression as a professional survival mechanism
- High rates of burnout driving turnover and sick leave
- Insufficient psychological support between critical incidents
- Stress that follows them home — affecting sleep, relationships, health
Comfort and dignity demand more than medication
- Chronic pain poorly managed by medication alone
- Anxiety, grief and adjustment to residential care
- Sleep disturbances affecting daytime function and mood
- Anticipatory anxiety around medical procedures or decline
- Emotional isolation and loss of sense of control
of aged care workers report psychological distress at work
annual staff turnover rate across the Australian aged care sector
of residents live with chronic pain or anxiety as their primary concern
of hypnotherapy clients report sustained pain or anxiety reduction
Two clinically grounded tracks.
One integrated approach.
Delivered independently or combined — tailored to your facility's size, structure and priorities.
Staff Wellbeing Programme
A structured hypnotherapy programme addressing the neurological roots of compassion fatigue, burnout and emotional exhaustion — building genuine, lasting resilience rather than coping strategies.
- HypnoSTRESS programme licences for all staff
- 45-min intro webinar: neuroscience of compassion fatigue
- Individual sessions for staff needing deeper support
- Post-incident support sessions available
- Online or on-site — flexible to shift patterns
- Quarterly wellbeing insights report available
Resident Support Programme
Personalised hypnotherapy sessions for residents experiencing chronic pain, anxiety, grief or sleep disturbance — clinically grounded, gentle, and adapted to the aged care context.
- Individual 60-min sessions for residents (in-facility)
- Specialisation in chronic pain management
- Anxiety, grief and adjustment support
- Sleep disturbance and pre-procedure anxiety
- Recorded personalised audio for ongoing use
- Coordinated with care team and family as needed
Tailored to your facility.
Delivered with clinical rigour.
Every programme is scoped around your team size, priorities and operational constraints. A written proposal is provided within 48 hours of your consultation call.
HypnoSTRESS Licences
Private access to Sarah's evidence-based stress & performance programme for all staff — self-paced, clinically structured, accessible 24/7.
- Full programme access for 12 months
- Self-paced audio sessions
- Available in English
Intro Webinar (45 min)
Live or recorded group session on the neuroscience of compassion fatigue — opening the conversation for your whole team without requiring individual commitment.
- Live or replay format
- Flexible scheduling around shift patterns
- Tailored to the aged care context
Individual Sessions
Personalised 60-min hypnotherapy sessions — for staff experiencing burnout or post-incident distress, and for residents with chronic pain, anxiety or sleep concerns.
- In-facility or online via Zoom
- Session recording sent within 24h
- WhatsApp support between sessions
Beyond standard EAP —
neurological resilience.
- Crisis-activated — not prevention-focused
- Typically 3–6 sessions with limited follow-up
- Underutilised due to stigma or inconvenience
- Addresses symptoms, not the nervous system's response
- Improvements fade without ongoing maintenance
- Preventive — builds capacity before crisis hits
- Permanently shifts automatic stress responses
- Confidential, accessible, high uptake
- Works at the neurological root of compassion fatigue
- Results compound — staff feel better long-term
Designed to fit
how aged care actually runs.
Facility consultation (30 min)
We assess your staff structure, shift patterns and priorities — staff wellbeing, resident sessions or both. A tailored written proposal follows within 48 hours.
Staff intro webinar
Live or recorded — flexible to nursing home schedules. No commitment required to participate further; the session opens the conversation and reduces stigma around seeking support.
Individual sessions on-demand
Staff book their own sessions via a private link. Residents are scheduled by care staff or family. All sessions online or in-facility — we come to you.
Ongoing support & reporting
WhatsApp support between sessions for all participants. Anonymised wellbeing reports available for management to track programme engagement and impact.
What changes when the
nervous system finally rests
"I'd been numbing out at the end of every shift for two years. After three sessions I started driving home without replaying everything that had happened that day."— Registered Nurse, Aged Care Facility, NSW
"My resident had chronic lower back pain that physio hadn't shifted in months. After four sessions with Sarah, she was sleeping through the night again for the first time."— Care Manager, Residential Aged Care, Sydney
I'm Sarah Berdugo
Certified clinical hypnotherapist based in Randwick, Sydney. I specialise in stress and burnout, chronic pain and anxiety — the three challenges most present in aged care environments.
My work in this sector is grounded in a deep respect for the emotional weight care workers carry every day. I don't offer quick fixes or generic resilience scripts. I deliver personalised neurological re-education that allows your people — and your residents — to genuinely recover.
Let's build a programme
your team — and your residents — deserve.
Start with a 30-minute facility consultation. No commitment, no generic pitch —
a real conversation about your context and what's possible.