Online therapy · Bay Area & California

Therapy for burnout
and work stress

You may be doing well at work and still finding it hard to enjoy the life around it. Your mind stays on unfinished tasks. You have less patience with your partner or children. Time off helps for a while, but the same pressure returns.

I work with professionals, founders and business owners who want to understand what keeps them caught in this pattern. You don’t have to stop caring about your work. Therapy can help you make room for your relationships, your own needs and a life that feels more like yours.

When work starts taking over your personal life

You finish the day, but it’s hard to feel fully present with anyone. A conversation with your partner becomes another problem to solve. You want time together, yet when you finally have it, you feel distracted, impatient or withdrawn.

You may already recognize what’s happening. The harder part is understanding why slowing down, saying no or letting someone support you feels so difficult. In therapy, we can explore those moments closely and work on responding differently, both at work and with the people you care about.

What we can work on

We start with what is actually happening, both at work and outside it. That might mean looking at expectations that are unreasonable, the difficulty of saying no, or the feeling that you should always be doing more.

I will not assume the answer is to leave your job or care less. We can explore what you want to protect, what needs to change and what choices are available to you. Alongside conversation, we may notice how pressure shows up in your body and what makes it difficult to settle after a demanding day.

A perspective beyond the therapy room

Before becoming a psychotherapist, I worked in business, government and international trade. I also hold an MBA. That background gives me context for the responsibilities and tradeoffs that can come with ambitious work. It does not mean I already know your experience. I want to understand it with you.

My role is to help you make room for a life you want to be living, not simply become better at tolerating more pressure.

Do I need to know whether this is burnout?

No. You can come because you feel depleted, anxious or dissatisfied, even if you do not have a name for it. We can begin there.

Can I keep working while we address this?

Therapy does not require a particular career decision. We can work with your current circumstances and explore changes that make sense for you.

When achievement no longer feels satisfying

You may still enjoy parts of your work while wondering whether you want to keep living at this pace. Perhaps a goal you worked toward has brought less satisfaction than you expected. Or you’ve become so accustomed to meeting expectations that it’s difficult to know what you want now.

We can make room for those questions without assuming you need to leave your career or make a dramatic change. The work is to understand what matters to you and begin making choices that reflect it.

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