Burnout Therapy NYC & Nearby Areas | Compassion Fatigue Treatment

Therapy for burnout helps you understand and address the emotional, physical, and relational toll of chronic overextension. Burnout isn’t solved by taking a weekend off or pushing through a little longer; it develops when your capacity has been stretched beyond what your system can sustainably restore. Over time, this can lead to exhaustion, numbness, irritability, loss of motivation, and a disconnect from the parts of you that once felt engaged, creative, and alive.

For many helping professionals and caregivers, burnout is compounded by compassion fatigue or secondary trauma, the cumulative impact of witnessing, holding, and responding to others’ pain without adequate support, boundaries, or replenishment. You don’t need to work in a helping profession to experience this, though. Anyone who has been emotionally responsible, deeply invested, or consistently “holding it together” for others can reach a similar point of depletion.

My approach is somatic, restorative, and systems-aware. Rather than asking you to give more or “manage stress better,” we focus on replenishing what’s been depleted. This includes working with the body to release accumulated tension, recalibrate boundaries, and shift from empathy that drains you to compassion that allows care without collapse. Together, we slow things down in a meaningful way supporting a return to energy, clarity, and a sense of aliveness that feels sustainable in the context of your real life.

Many people seek therapy for burnout when exhaustion has quietly become their “normal.” Rather than feeling acutely distressed, you may feel worn down, flat, or disconnected—going through the motions while something essential feels missing. Common experiences include:

• Chronic fatigue: feeling tired no matter how much you sleep or rest, with energy that never quite returns
• Emotional depletion: feeling numb, irritable, or easily overwhelmed by things that once felt manageable
• Loss of motivation or meaning: struggling to care about work, relationships, or activities that used to matter
• Hyper-independence: feeling pressure to handle everything yourself or to be the one who keeps things running
• Overgiving or people-pleasing: consistently putting others’ needs first, even when you’re already depleted
• Physical signs of burnout: headaches, muscle tension, digestive issues, heaviness, or a sense of shutdown in the body
• Disconnection: feeling distant from your body, emotions, creativity, or the people around you
• Perfectionism under strain: feeling like nothing you do is ever enough, even as your capacity continues to shrink
• Burnout can also co-exist with or resemble anxiety and depression. You might notice increased worry, irritability, low mood, withdrawal, or a sense of hopelessness—especially when your system has been under sustained pressure without adequate rest, support, or replenishment. In these cases, anxiety or depressive symptoms are often signals of prolonged depletion rather than separate or isolated problems.

Burnout can also co-exist with or resemble anxiety and depression. You might notice increased worry, irritability, low mood, withdrawal, or a sense of hopelessness especially when your system has been under sustained pressure without adequate rest, support, or replenishment. In these cases, anxiety or depressive symptoms are often signals of prolonged depletion rather than separate or isolated problems.

Burnout often shows up not as collapse, but as a slow erosion of energy, clarity, and joy. Therapy for burnout helps you reconnect with yourself in ways that are restorative and sustainable so replenishment becomes possible, not another thing to push through.

You may benefit from therapy for burnout if:

• You’re exhausted no matter how much you rest.
• You feel overwhelmed by simple tasks or decisions.
• You’ve lost interest in activities that used to bring joy.
• You feel trapped in a cycle of productivity, pressure, or self-criticism.
• You’re struggling with compassion fatigue from caregiving or emotional labor.
• You can’t remember the last time you felt truly rested.
• You’re functioning on autopilot or constantly bracing for the next demand.
• You keep giving to others while abandoning your own needs.

If you’re nodding along, you don’t need to push through alone. Your body is asking for support, not more pressure.

My approach is slow, grounding, and deeply body-centered. Burnout healing requires more than mindset shifts, it requires helping your nervous system reset, your body soften, and your emotional capacity rebuild. Together, we work with:

• Somatic therapy to reduce overwhelm and help your system settle.
• Movement-based practices to release tension and reconnect with your body’s energy.
• Boundary and relational work to prevent overgiving and emotional depletion.
• Nervous system regulation tools to restore calm and resilience.
• Compassionate exploration of the patterns that led to burnout in the first place.
• Creative and expressive practices to rediscover play, joy, and internal space.

Healing burnout is not about trying harder, it’s about creating a life that supports you instead of draining you.

Burnout therapy can support you in:

• Restoring emotional capacity: moving out of compassion fatigue and reconnecting with care that doesn’t leave you depleted
• Creating boundaries that feel sustainable: learning how to protect your time and energy while staying connected and engaged
• Rebalancing overgiving patterns: shifting the pressure to do more than you can realistically hold and learning how to receive support
• Recovering from chronic overload: helping your system move out of constant urgency and into a steadier, more responsive rhythm
• Softening perfectionism and self-criticism: reducing internal pressure so effort and rest can coexist without guilt
• Navigating work-related burnout: finding clarity, agency, and grounding in the face of overwork, emotionally demanding roles, or creative depletion
• Relearning rest and pleasure: rebuilding a sense of safety around slowing down, enjoying your life, and accessing moments of ease

You don’t need to be completely depleted to begin this work. Burnout therapy helps you move toward a life that feels more spacious, energized, and aligned so your capacity to care, create, and contribute can be sustained over time.