Therapy for Burnout
In-person therapy in Beverly Hills and surrounding Westside neighborhoods. Telehealth sessions available across California.
Understanding Burnout
Burnout and stress often emerge when inner and outer demands exceed what the mind and body can sustain. Beneath the exhaustion, there is often a conflict between different parts of the self, between what one feels and what one believes must be done, or between the wish to rest and the fear of letting others down. In our work, I help you listen to what your fatigue and pressure are trying to communicate, so that space can open for renewal, balance, and a more sustainable relationship to work and responsibility.
Located in Beverly Hills, my practice offers a thoughtful, open space to explore these struggles and gently uncover their deeper, unconscious roots.
Common Signs & Symptoms of Burnout
Persistent exhaustion; feeling mentally exhausted or mentally drained
Irritability, cynicism, or emotional numbing; reduced sense of accomplishment
Decision fatigue, forgetfulness, and difficulty concentrating
Sleep disruption, tension headaches, gut issues, or frequent colds
Pulling away from friends and family;
Going through the motions at work or school
“I can’t keep this up” thoughts; dread on Sunday nights or before shifts
My Approach to Working with Burnout
My style is warm, steady, and depth-oriented. Rather than only adding coping skills, we work to understand why you keep pushing past limits, how earlier expectations, family scripts, or self-worth tied to achievement drive overextension in the present. While we do this deeper work, we’ll also build light, sustainable supports so your days hold better.
In our sessions, we will:
Name the pattern: Where you override limits, defer to urgency, or equate worth with output.
Listen for meanings: Read fatigue, dread, and tension as signals about needs, values, and boundaries.
Work in real time: Notice the “keep going” reflex in the room and practice steadier language and limits.
Reset the cadence: Build humane routines, sleep, transitions, protected focus, that make effort sustainable.
How Burnout Impacts Daily Life
Work & School: Productivity dips, missed deadlines, presenteeism, avoidance of complex tasks
Body & Sleep: Rest doesn’t restore; irregular sleep/appetite keeps energy low
Mood & Motivation: Flatness, anxiety, low mood, and shrinking motivation to start new things
Decision-Making: Overthinking or reactive choices just to “get it off the list”
Relationships: Less patience, more conflict, and isolation to “save energy”
Meaning & Direction: Losing the thread of why you’re doing this work in the first place
Frequently Asked Questions about Burnout
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Stress is a response to immediate demands that usually eases when the pressure lifts. Burnout is what happens when that pressure has gone on long enough to exhaust your capacity to cope. Where stress feels urgent, burnout feels empty: motivation fades, emotional responses flatten, and tasks that once felt manageable begin to feel pointless. If rest no longer restores you, burnout is likely what you are experiencing.
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Yes. Quitting is not the only path to recovery, and in many cases it does not address the underlying pattern. Burnout often develops not from the job alone but from the way you relate to work: the inability to set limits, the need to perform, the difficulty tolerating imperfection. Therapy can help identify what drives the overextension so that recovery does not depend on changing your circumstances alone.
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Burnout recovery is not a single event. It usually begins with recognizing what has been happening rather than continuing to push through it. From there, most people need to create real distance from the demands that depleted them, not just a weekend off but a genuine pause. Over time, new patterns begin to take shape: a different relationship to work, rest, and self-worth. The process is rarely linear, and therapy can help you navigate the setbacks that are a normal part of recovery.
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Burnout frequently overlaps with both anxiety and depression. Anxiety may have been present long before the burnout, quietly fueling the overwork. Depression often follows burnout as motivation and meaning drain away. These conditions can reinforce each other, which is why addressing only the surface symptoms of burnout often falls short. Understanding how they are connected allows treatment to reach the root of the pattern.
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Perfectionism is one of the most common drivers of burnout. When you cannot tolerate mistakes, delegate without anxiety, or rest without guilt, exhaustion is not a risk but an inevitability. The relentless self-monitoring that perfectionism demands consumes energy that never gets replenished. Therapy for perfectionism can help uncover what the drive for flawlessness is protecting against, which often loosens the burnout as well.
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There is no fixed timeline. Some people begin to feel shifts within weeks of making meaningful changes, while others carry burnout for months or years without realizing it. Recovery depends on how long the burnout has been building, how deeply it has affected your sense of self, and whether the underlying patterns that led to it are addressed. Therapy tends to shorten recovery by helping you understand what kept the cycle going.
