Burnout

Burnout is a state of physical or emotional exhaustion (or both) that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity. It's important to note that solutions to burnout often involve changes in the external world and working environment. From a therapy standpoint, I work with burnout by helping clients identify the changes they would like to see, empowering and practicing advocacy, and using coping strategies in the interim.

Burnout is something that is so difficult to recognize, because it happens so slowly. Sometimes we recognize these stressful things, and we tell ourselves that we can handle it. But then it keeps happening again and again. Eventually we can't handle it anymore, and that's burnout. We can make changes in our lives to deal with burnout though. It may not feel this way right now, but you can make positive changes in your life.

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

Burnout is a way of life, or so it seems. But it doesn't have to be. Together, you and I can rebalance and reset your priorities so that you live less chaotic life.

Burnout is epidemic in women, driven by societal expectations that demand relentless productivity and sacrifice. As a feminist and social justice advocate, I’m on a mission to eradicate burnout by challenging these norms and empowering women to reclaim their well-being. Through embracing pleasure, authenticity, self-care, and rest, we resist the toxic hustle culture. This rebellion allows women to thrive on their own terms, cultivating balance and joy while rejecting the pressures to overextend.

I offer empathetic support for clients experiencing burnout. Together, we explore sources of stress, set boundaries, and prioritize self-care. Through tailored strategies and compassionate guidance, we work towards restoring balance, resilience, and a renewed sense of purpose.

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.

Services focus on acknowledging your hard work while providing empowering strategies to manage stress, restore balance, reclaim your confidence and energy, and guide you to thrive personally and professionally. Step into a safe, supportive environment that prioritizes your needs, addresses your specific challenges and improves your well-being. Receive personalized assistance to empower you to live a fulfilling and genuine life.

I have both lived and professional experience with burnout, as well as invisible chronic illness. Much of my work in supporting you in your recovery from burnout centers around developing self-acceptance and self-compassion, sustainable self-care, boundary setting, and conscious engagement with self, others, and the world.

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 have helped numerous clients find peace again in their lives after experiencing burnout and compassion fatigue. By finding methods of working through these issues such as mindfulness practices, self-compassion and various other methods of identifying self-care plans, and identifying work-life balance, I can help you get your life back on track again and rediscover a whole new quality to life!

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.

Burnout is closely related to Vicarious Trauma, and is a common experience among those in the helping professions (health care workers, mental health providers, teachers, etc). Taking care of ourselves can feel difficult or impossible when we are working in systems that do not prioritize wellbeing and often actively hurt. I have many years of experience working in such systems and supporting other therapists/helpers as they navigate their own experiences, through both supervision and therapy.

Prior to working in the helping profession as a counselor, I worked as a special education teacher. I experienced burnout and compassion fatigue while working in this field. But, when I pursued my counseling degree and launched into this profession, I began exploring theories and resources that encouraged self-care. I have since advocated and supported women in various professions and life experiences providing a safe space to talk and where they can be encouraged on their journey of healing.

Burnout is often associated with prolonged stress in the workplace, but I apply this term also to relationships, personal goals, school & burnout related to neurodiversity & sensory burnout. Once one is in burnout we feel emotionally unwell, psychologically stuck & physically exhausted. It is challenging to find our way out once we are at this point. I help clients to acknowledge burnout & begin to address stress & the build-up of prolonged stress or exposure to toxic environments.

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 systemic change.

If burnout was cured by relaxation, then etsy and massage envy would have fixed us all by now. But you know it's more complicated than that. Burnout recovery and prevention is about knowing that you: 1) have the capacity and ability to make a difference, 2) can act in ways that match your real values, and 3) won't over-stretch your ability to give compassion and kindness to others. I'd love to help you get back to yourself and what matters most to you.

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.

I have many clients who experience emotional numbing, disconnection, and overwhelm due to the demanding nature of their lives in and outside of work. Let's work together to examine the frameworks you function in: both internally in your mind as well as externally (the culture of your work/family). We can reconnect you to your true self and your values, allowing for a greater sense of freedom and peace.