Burnout & high-achiever therapy
You are not lazy. You are not weak. You have been running at a pace no nervous system was built to hold.
The long version.
The people who end up here are almost never the ones anyone would worry about. You're the operator. The one who delivers. The one your team, your family, your friends rely on. On paper, everything is working. Inside, something has quietly gone hollow — and the fear underneath it is that slowing down means the whole thing collapses. That fear isn't stupid. It's also not true. Burnout isn't a scheduling problem. It's what happens when the version of you that has been performing 'fine' can't hold the weight anymore. This work is about actually putting the weight down — not just optimizing how you carry it.
You might recognize —
- You keep hitting the numbers and feel less and less like yourself doing it
- Perfectionism dressed up as high standards — nothing is ever quite done
- You're irritable, cynical, and short with the people you love
- You can't rest without guilt, and you can't work without resentment
- The thought of stopping is more frightening than continuing at this pace
Questions people actually ask.
Is burnout different from depression?
They overlap. Burnout is usually context-specific — the job, the caregiving role, the relentless pace — while depression tends to color everything. Often they arrive together and we work with both.
I can't take time off. Can therapy help while I'm still in it?
Yes. Most of my burnout clients are still very much in the thing that's burning them out. The work makes space to think, and to choose, from something other than fear.
Will you tell me to quit my job?
No. My job is to help you see it clearly. What you do with what you see is yours.