Burnout

I am passionate about working with helping professionals and others in addressing burnout and compassion fatigue in their work.

Ever feel like everything is just too much? Not getting as much done as you used to? Nothing feels worth it anymore? You may be experiencing burnout. Recognizing what's happening is a critical first step, and then working on balancing work and life--and giving yourself permission to do that--is important. We'll also work on boundary setting and other workplace skills, as well as taking time for yourself: and therapy is that first step.

Through therapy, we explore the underlying causes of burnout, develop coping strategies, and prioritize self-care. Together, we create a plan to help clients manage their symptoms and regain a sense of balance and well-being.

I have personal experience with burnout and feel strongly about helping others to identify needs before burnout happens.

Have you worked hard to have a career you're passionate about only to find yourself burned out and resentful? Burnout involves feelings of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced feelings of accomplishment. While all people are prone to burnout, helping professionals are especially vulnerable. It is vitally important for those in jobs that involve healing to cultivate a discipline of hope and renewable "fuel" for our work.

Working long hours, being the go-to at work, and taking care of everyone's needs puts you on a one way road to burnout. Burnout is ripe with anxiety, depression, insomnia, and crabbiness! It's not a fun space to be in. If this is where you find yourself after years of caretaking for others, being a breadwinner, household CEO, or over-achieving superstar, it's time for support. Take one hour a week for yourself and get the support you need. Let's regroup together. It's better on the other side!

In our modern, capitalist society, most of us have been taught to work hard at all cost. Sometimes the cost is our physical & mental health & the health of our relationships. I am skilled at supporting clients in allowing in the nourishment of rest, & exploring the patterns that are in the way of saying “no” setting boundaries and prioritizing your own well being. Caring for ourselves so that we participate in life in a way that’s sustainable for us takes practice.

Burnout is a distinctly work-related phenomenon that can be related to depression, anxiety, and other conditions, but is often overlooked or misunderstood. While working at an organization suffering from a high level of employee burnout, I delved into the research of this topic and created an initiative to identify, measure, prevent, and treat burnout. In our work together, we can consider if this is an issue in your life and I can give you tools to address it.

I want to help you overcome burnout, and find ways to improve your well-being and mental health.

Burnout is a symptom of moral distress and moral injury that arise when workplace systemic issues force us into compromising our personal and professional values. Self-care is not the answer. Self-compassion allows us to recover, practice healthy boundaires and advocate for change, be it systemic or in our lives.

For the last 12 years, my professional focus has been on stress and burnout in the helping profession. My doctoral dissertation on Burnout in the helping profession motivated my motivation to better understand stress and burnout in not only the helping profession but across the board. I strive to address burnout within my clients as well as my employees to ensure healthy work/life balance and healthy balance in all areas of life resulted from maintenance of low levels of stress.

Once we enter adulthood, we are continually preparing for the next stage of life. This leads to a change in values and dip in life satisfaction. Happiness isn't tied to our external circumstances, yet we still find ourselves striving to meet some unmeetable goal. This leads us to be frustrated achievers who feel guilty or experience malaise despite good jobs, good families, and stable income. Acceptance, commitment, and action to change can help us escape the happiness trap.

Many of my clients live or work in highly stressful environments. For example, they may have careers in helping professions or in the corporate world.

There is little to no time for the things that you enjoy doing. You are afraid that if you say “no” to work or to the people in your life, you are letting them down. You often feel responsible for other’s emotional reactions, trying to smooth things over. You walk on eggshells and are so focused on not upsetting anyone that you constantly second guess yourself. You spend a lot of time feeling guilty.

You feel depleted. Your personal life and/or your health is suffering because you work all the time. You may be feeling jaded, cynical or hopeless in regards to your job. You are not doing the kind of work that you are capable of and you may feel like you just want to quit.

Burnout can lead you to feel like you’re constantly treading water. You’re trying so hard, yet continue to feel stuck & exhausted. I’m here to help you find relief from burnout & build strategies to support yourself from getting stuck there in the future.

You feel like you’re constantly hustling. You’ve always gone 100 miles per hour and now suddenly you feel like you’ve hit a brick wall. You wake up dreading the day and struggle to get out of bed. You try to get your sh*t together for your loved ones, for work, or other obligations, but you don’t feel all there. Learn boundaries and how to prioritize yourself through therapy

Coping with unreasonable expectations and feelings of overwhelm in the workplace; restoring energy, balance, and motivation.