Stress and burnout therapy is a supportive, structured process that helps you understand why you feel overwhelmed, depleted, or constantly “on”—and how to restore balance in a sustainable way.

While stress is a natural response to pressure, burnout develops when that stress becomes chronic and your system doesn’t have the space to recover. Over time, this can impact your energy, focus, mood, and overall sense of well-being.

Ways we can support:

○ Identifying the sources of ongoing stress and pressure

○ Understanding patterns like overworking, perfectionism, or difficulty slowing down

○ Recognizing how stress is showing up in your body and nervous system

○ Developing tools to regulate, set boundaries, and create space for recovery

○ Processing deeper factors that may be keeping you stuck in cycles of burnout

Signs You May Be Experiencing Stress or Burnout

○ Constant exhaustion, even after rest

○ Feeling overwhelmed or unable to keep up

○ Irritability, frustration, or emotional shutdown

○ Difficulty focusing or making decisions

○ Loss of motivation or feeling disconnected from your work or life

○ Physical symptoms like tension, headaches, or trouble sleeping

How We Treat Stress & Burnout

Our approach to stress and burnout therapy in Chicago is depth-oriented and nervous system-informed—meaning we look beyond surface-level overwhelm to understand what has kept your system in a prolonged state of pressure and depletion.

We may use:

• EMDR to process chronic stress patterns and experiences that have contributed to emotional and physical exhaustion

  Internal Family Systems (IFS) to explore the parts of you that feel responsible to overperform, stay productive, or push through at all costs

  Somatic practices to help your body come out of survival mode and reconnect with a sense of rest, safety, and regulation

This allows us to work beyond symptom management and create deeper, more sustainable shifts.