Burnout & Stress Therapy
You're Running on Empty. And It's Not Just Tiredness.
You used to feel capable. Motivated. Like you could handle things. Now you wake up exhausted before the day even starts. The things that used to matter feel distant. You're going through the motions — but something essential is missing.
That's burnout. And it's your mind and body telling you something has to change.
We offer burnout and stress therapy via telehealth across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
What Is Burnout — and How Is It Different from Stress?
Stress is temporary. Burnout is what happens when stress becomes chronic and unrelenting — when you've been running on empty for so long that your mind, body, and spirit are depleted.
Burnout isn't weakness. It's not a personal failure. It's the natural result of giving more than you're able to sustainably give — often for a very long time.
Burnout can happen in many areas of life:
Workplace Burnout
Chronic overwork, a toxic environment, lack of recognition, or simply doing work that no longer feels meaningful. The most commonly recognized form — but far from the only one.
Caregiver Burnout
The exhaustion that comes from caring for others — children, aging parents, a sick partner — without enough support or space to care for yourself.
Compassion Fatigue
Common in therapists, nurses, teachers, and anyone in a helping profession — the emotional exhaustion that comes from consistently absorbing others' pain.
Parenting Burnout
The overwhelming depletion that comes from the relentlessness of parenting — especially without enough support, community, or time for yourself.
High-Achiever Burnout
When the drive to achieve, perform, and succeed has been running so hot for so long that the engine finally gives out.
Does this resonate with you…
You’re looking for a therapist who understands what it feels like when —
• You're exhausted — not just physically, but emotionally and mentally
• You used to care deeply about your work, your relationships, or your goals — and now you feel numb or disconnected from them
• You dread the start of each day
• Small things that never used to bother you now feel overwhelming
• You feel like you're constantly behind, constantly failing, constantly not enough
• You've lost your sense of purpose or meaning
• You're irritable, short-tempered, or emotionally reactive in ways that don't feel like you
• You can't remember the last time you felt genuinely rested
• You keep telling yourself you just need to push through — but pushing through isn't working anymore
• Your body is showing the signs — headaches, tension, getting sick more often, trouble sleeping
Burnout is real. It's serious. And it doesn't go away on its own — but it does respond to the right support.
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Burnout doesn't happen overnight — and it rarely has a single cause. We explore the patterns, beliefs, and circumstances that led to depletion — because understanding what got you here is essential to making sure you don't end up back here.
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Chronic stress dysregulates the nervous system — keeping you stuck in a state of activation, exhaustion, or both. We use somatic approaches to help your body actually recover — not just intellectually understand that it needs to.
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Burnout often has roots in deeper beliefs — that your worth is tied to your productivity, that rest is earned, that saying no makes you a burden or a failure. We work with these beliefs at their root — with compassion and without judgment.
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Burnout often signals a disconnection from what actually matters. Therapy becomes a space to reconnect with your values, your needs, and what you want your life to actually feel like — not just function like.
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We help you develop practical strategies for sustainable living — boundary-setting, saying no, recognizing your limits, and building a life that doesn't require you to run on empty to maintain.
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Burnout lives in the body. We use somatic therapy and mindfulness approaches to support genuine physical and emotional recovery — not just cognitive understanding of what you need to change.
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Burnout and stress therapy via telehealth is just as effective as in-person therapy. For many people dealing with burnout, the flexibility and convenience of telehealth is itself a relief. Available across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
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Insurance & Fees
45 - 60 minute sessions | $110–$360
Most clinicians are in-network with Aetna and Northwell Direct in New York
Sliding scale fees available
Superbills are provided for out-of-network reimbursement
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