Burnout

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.

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 may also explore boundary setting and other workplace skills, as well as taking time for yourself: therapy is that first step.

Sacrificing your own needs for others, for too long, can put you on the road to burnout. This is especially prevalent for visionaries, leaders, big-hearted helpers, and social services workers. These roles require self-care and boundaries that can feel selfish and often get neglected. Learn to put parameters around your help, manage vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue, AND stay in alignment with your values to decrease your risk for burnout. Take care of yourself - so you can help others.

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.

Providing therapy for burnout, I specialize in helping financial advisors and entrepreneurs recover from chronic stress and overwhelm. Using EMDR and actionable strategies, clients address perfectionism, set sustainable boundaries, and restore energy and focus. My personalized, integrative approach empowers individuals to regain balance, resilience, and fulfillment in both their personal and professional lives.

I'm particularly adept at supporting health care workers like doctors, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and students of health professions. Other professions I support when people are feeling burnout include code monkeys and tech workers, other therapists and professional helpers, teachers, and social or environmental justice workers.

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.

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.

You're not feeling as productive at work and struggle to get up in the morning. You're desire in your relationships has waned and you just want to zone out most of the day. Calling out sick is becoming a weekly consideration. Burnout from work and your relationships is common AND treatable. Together we can help you identify the causes of burnout and create a plan to bring more meaning back to your life.

Burnout has a way of sneaking up on us—one day, you're powering through, and the next, you're totally drained. I specialize in helping people recognize the signs of burnout and work through the exhaustion. Together, we'll build tools to restore your energy and find balance again. You don't have to push through it alone—let’s get you back to feeling like yourself, with more calm, clarity, and room to breathe.

Often the clients who find me are nearing max capacity. They have a pattern of taking on more than they can handle because they fear disappointing others. They are often caretakers and empathic people who really care about others but sometimes at the cost of their own needs. I help my clients to understand their patterns from a loving and compassionate place, shifting their beliefs of self worth and working through the discomfort that comes with needed change.

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.

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!

Usually we choose our jobs because we enjoy something about it. Burnout takes that joy, and dulls it, until we lose our passion and drive, and just feel drained and exhausted. It's a slow process, that leaves us suddenly realizing we have to change something, but left unsure what happened and what to change. When we work on burnout through therapy, we explore what's causing this feeling, and how we can create changes in meaningful and long-term ways.

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.

I specialize in helping individuals navigate and recover from burnout. With a deep understanding of the impact that burnout, I use a holistic approach to address the root causes of burnout. This includes teaching effective stress-management techniques, promoting self-care practices, and helping clients set healthy boundaries. I provide practical tools to restore balance, rebuild energy, and guide clients toward a more sustainable and fulfilling life.

It's like your brain has stopped working. You have so much to do, but sometimes it just switches off and you realize you’ve been staring at your computer screen for 20 minutes. You’re constantly exhausted, and can’t understand how everyone else is keeping all these balls in the air! What’s wrong with me? Is it ADHD? Burnout? Maybe just existential dread? You’re not alone; Capitalism is a harsh mistress. I can’t fix the world, but I can help you learn how to cope, and how to recharge your brain!

After more than a decade as an attorney and tech professional in Washington, DC and San Francisco, I understand what it’s like to want to connect with someone who intimately knows what it’s like to live in the personal and professional pressure cooker of modern life. I help clients explore awareness of how the oppression of success may be limiting their connection to their authentic self and deeper values.

Is the last request just too much? Do you find that you have a shorter and shorter fuse, perhaps leading to an unexpected emotional response? Do you find that something that never used to not bother you at all is now pushing you over the edge? These are a few signs of burnout. Setting boundaries with work, family, or friends is just one of the ways we can find a way back to being your happier and productive self.