Burnout

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.

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.

I've worked with many clients with extreme burnout born from emotional and or physical and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress. When you feel overwhelmed, tensions mount until you feel emotionally drained. Generally you feel you can't keep up with the demands coming at you. This is completely understandable. Our work is to increase awareness so you can implement self-care strategies, begin setting boundaries, and progressively create space to heal.

Burnout feels like you’re running on empty after pushing yourself too hard for too long. It’s a mix of physical and emotional exhaustion, where you’re drained, unmotivated, and overwhelmed. You might feel like you’ve lost interest in things you once enjoyed, struggle with concentration, or find it hard to cope with everyday tasks. It’s like being stuck in a rut where everything feels exhausting, and you don’t have the energy or enthusiasm to keep going.

Burnout is what happens when we have been stressed for too long...what happens when we are emotionally exhausted, when we feel completely depleted of empathy, concern or compassion, and when we feel nothing we do will make any difference. When we dread going into work, then come home and have to check out. It can be lack of motivation, resentment towards out work or work environment, and can look like anxiety. But it's possible to recover from it, and make sure it doesn't happen again.

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.

You want to feel peaceful and content, but instead you are: overwhelmed by stress, totally burned out, and questioning if you will ever feel the rewards from your career as you once did. Each day feels like you are being stretched a bit thinner and you wonder how much you have left to give. Life doesn’t have to go on this way. It is my mission to provide scientifically informed psychotherapy for women experiencing professional burnout without sacrificing compassion and genuine concern.

Burnout can show up in many ways, depending on the person. It might manifest as irritability, overwhelm, or feeling emotionally drained. For others, it could mean struggling with motivation or just feeling ready for a change in your personal or professional life. No matter how it presents for you, we’ll explore it together, identify your strengths (I promise you have them!), and develop a plan to help you break free from that feeling of being stuck.

Burnout, like everything else, shows up differently for different people. This can look like irritability, overwhelm, emotional exhaustion, and reduced interest or motivation. Or maybe you’re just tired of the status quo and are ready to shake things up, both in your career and your personal life. If you’ve come to therapy to reduce burnout, we’ll get to know how that looks for you and build on your existing strengths (yes, you have them!) to move through the ‘stuckness’ burnout can bring on.

Overcoming Burnout with Therapy Burnout can leave you feeling exhausted, disconnected, and overwhelmed, especially in high-pressure environments like leadership and healthcare. As a therapist, I help individuals experiencing burnout regain balance and restore their sense of purpose. Together, we’ll identify the sources of your stress, develop effective coping strategies, and help you find fulfillment again in both your personal and professional life.

My fellow therapists! Our field has always had its challenges. I don't know about you, but it feels like it's a little heavier in recent years. The pandemic fundamentally changed our work. Life, finances, and the weight of current events require a lot of careful balancing. Let me be a sounding board as you navigate how to work through the burnout, find more time for yourself, and get your groove back.

Working within hospital systems for the majority of my clinical experience has provided me with opportunities to provide therapy to employees who experience high levels of burnout. Whether you are in need of a complete career change to escape a toxic work environment or you need to make changes to create more balance in your life while staying at your current job, I can help.

As we've all been learning the last two years, the world is a wild place. For neurodiverse people living in a capitalist society, burnout is pretty much a guarantee, especially if you haven't been equipped with tools and systems that work for YOU. A big impact of long-term burnout is dissociation from the body. In our work together, we will help you reconnect with your body and restructure your life in such a way that you don't have to betray your limits to feel successful and fulfilled.

Is your inner critic your worst boss ever? Are you asking yourself what you need to change about yourself in order to get to the place you want? Don't go down the same road that got you here wondering why you are not enjoying your success. What if the answer is to not change yourself, but to embrace and amplify your natural strengths and wisdom to allow the change that works for you?

Managing and recovering from stressors that lead to feelings of decreased motivation and disconnection from the self; practicing effective self-care and finding ways to relax both physically and mentally.

So often the patterns we developed to survive or thrive as kids can lead to outcomes in our adult lives where we are giving too much or in directions that aren't feeding us. The demands of the world are large in this hectic digital age. It can all use more energy that we have. I help people identify who they are and how they can align their life to be an embodiment of themselves. Finding where our boundaries need to be and healing the patterns that keep us from being able to holding them there.