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  • Your wellness matters – to you, your family, your colleagues, and your patients.

    Wellness, by definition, is an active state, or the pursuit of health and well-being across multiple dimensions (social, spiritual, mental/emotional, physical, and more). Wellness is a lifelong journey – to seek balance amid the ever-changing curveballs life can throw.

    TMA offers a menu of resources to help you actively put your Wellness First. Check back often for new additions to the Wellness First program.

  • Free Counseling Services

  • Anticipate Joy Counseling Services

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    TMA has contracted with Anticipate Joy to provide free confidential, online counseling services to physicians licensed in Texas and their immediate family.* You can choose from a diverse network of therapists to address work stress, anxiety and depression, relationship issues, and more.

    *Members of Bexar, Dallas, McLennan, and Travis county medical societies should avail themselves of their counseling services.

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  • Wellness Learning Resources

  • CME Activities

    Check out TMA’s wide variety of CME courses on issues such as work-life integration, moral distress, boundary setting, physician suicide, and other aspects of self-care and wellness.

    TMA members can access CME courses at no cost, compliments of TMA Insurance Trust.

    Educational Materials

    TMA’s Committee on Physician Health and Wellness has produced brochures, available for download, to help physicians navigate their personal wellness and support colleagues on the journey.


  • Crisis Resources

  • Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

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    If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, dial 988 to reach the national Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The hotline provides free, confidential support 24/7 to people experiencing suicidal crisis or emotional distress. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a leader in suicide prevention and mental health crisis care.

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  • Related Wellness Articles

    New Physician Wellness CME Hits TMA Education Center
    Texas Medicine Today, Feb. 24, 2026

    Ten Specialties Show Lower Intent-to-Quit Rates
    Texas Medicine Today, Dec. 30, 2025

    Texas’ Physician Wellness Efforts Recognized Nationally
    Texas Medicine Today, Oct. 15, 2025

  • Wellness Self-Assessment

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    Families, workplaces, and communities benefit when their members are actively seeking wellness. Are you proactively adopting lifestyles, behaviors, and practices that help you thrive personally and professionally? Take a self-assessment to gauge your current level of wellness.

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