Therapy for Stress
& Burnout
What you may be experiencing:
As a response to stress, you may be feeling anger and frustration, fatigue, anxiety, and worry. Physical symptoms can include fatigue, nail biting, headaches, over or under eating, teeth grinding, indigestion, decreased sex drive, and muscle tension. Maybe you’re noticing yourself procrastinating more, having sleep difficulties, overthinking, increasing drug or alcohol use, or withdrawing socially.
While stress may seem like a bad thing, it’s not all bad. It is how our body gets us to overcome obstacles, it pumps us up and gives us that necessary push to get over hurdles. It gets us worried enough to put in that extra time to meet that deadline. However, when stress becomes overwhelming, and it is our only way of functioning, that stress becomes problematic and leads us into the path of burnout.
Burnout is the result of a prolonged state of stress. It is a state of utter exhaustion - emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion. It shows up as not only a decrease in motivation, but also as a an overall lowered performance and a negative attitude towards yourself and those around you.
How we can help:
A holistic approach is necessary to tackle a holistic problem. Maybe your therapist will have you take a self care assessment. Which areas of your life are you lacking attention in? Have you neglected your physical health as a result of caring for your career? Has your social life fallen to the wayside as you have focused on maintaining your home life? What about your sleep?
Incorporating exercise and mindfulness are things that may potentially be topics of discussion in your sessions. The fact that therapy alone is a priority is a huge step in the right direction. Focusing on your mental health is a huge step towards taking back the power and rebalancing your life to offset the burnout.
Your therapist may likely want to look at your boundaries. Do you set them? Do you hold firm to them? Or do allow others to known them down? Do you say yes when you really mean no?
Social support is another area of discussion. Who do you lean on when you’ve had a tough day? And who is there to support you emotionally? Do you have an outlet?
After working with us:
While results can never be promised, as each human being is unique and complex, it is our hope that through our work together, you being rebalancing your life and prioritizing tasks so that you are not only doing things that drain you, but also incorporating time into your day doing things that reenergize you, that bring you happiness and joy.
Having understood your values and what’s important to you, you’re now choosing to live your life accordingly. Knowing that your time each day is limited, you choose wisely how to spend it.
You know what drains you, and you know what lights you up. You approach life holistically, and take care of yourself in all areas: physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, and spiritually, in addition to work. You set boundaries and keep them. When you say yes, you truly mean it. You can stop and smell the roses. You have balance.
Let us help you carry some of the load:
At first, you can just vent. And then we’ll take it from there.
