Restoring Balance.
Therapy for Burnout & Stress
When stress becomes constant, it can be difficult to fully rest, slow down, or feel like yourself. You may find yourself pushing through exhaustion, feeling overwhelmed by everyday demands, struggling to disconnect from work or responsibilities, or wondering why even small things feel harder than they used to.
Therapy can help you understand the patterns contributing to burnout, reconnect with your needs, and find a more balanced way of moving through daily life.
In-person in Redondo Beach, CA • Online throughout California
Burnout can leave you feeling like you’re running on empty.
Stress is a natural part of life, but when your mind and body rarely get a chance to recover, it can begin to feel like you’re always pushing through. You may feel exhausted, overwhelmed, irritable, disconnected, or unable to fully relax—even when you finally have time to rest.
Over time, chronic stress can affect your energy, relationships, concentration, sleep, and ability to feel present in your life. Therapy can help you understand the patterns contributing to burnout, reconnect with your needs, and develop ways of responding to stress that support greater balance and ease.
Our approach includes:
Somatic & Nervous System-Informed Care
Attachment-Focused Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Find Your Therapist
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Catherine Alvarado
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist 134744
EMDRIA Approved Consultant & Clinical SupervisorSupporting individuals experiencing burnout, chronic stress, perfectionism, and patterns of over-responsibility through somatic, attachment-focused, and nervous system-informed therapy.
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Monika Arana
Registered Associate MFT 140548
EMDR Trained TherapistSupporting individuals experiencing burnout, chronic stress, anxiety, and overwhelm through trauma-informed, attachment-focused, and nervous system-informed therapy.
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Arielle Harris
Registered Associate MFT 161691
EMDR Trained TherapistHelping clients navigate burnout, chronic stress, perfectionism, and self-doubt through attachment-focused and nervous system-informed therapy.
How we treat burnout & chronic stress.
We tailor therapy to the patterns that may be keeping you caught in cycles of stress, exhaustion, overfunctioning, and difficulty slowing down. Treatment focuses on understanding what your mind and body have been carrying, building greater capacity to respond to stress, and shifting patterns that make it difficult to rest, set limits, or prioritize your own needs.
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Chronic stress can leave your nervous system feeling like it always needs to stay “on.” Somatic approaches help you notice and work with physical patterns of tension, activation, exhaustion, and disconnection while supporting greater regulation and rest.
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Burnout can be connected to long-standing patterns of putting others first, taking on too much responsibility, or feeling guilty when you set limits. Attachment-focused therapy can help you understand where these patterns developed and begin relating to yourself and others differently.
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When past experiences or deeply held beliefs contribute to perfectionism, over-responsibility, difficulty saying no, or feeling like you always have to keep going, EMDR may be incorporated to work with the experiences underlying those patterns.
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Mindfulness-based approaches can help you become more aware of stress before reaching the point of depletion, create space between demands and your response to them, and develop more intentional ways of caring for your energy and needs.
BURNOUT & CHRONIC STRESS
Burnout can show up in more ways than exhaustion.
✓ Chronic Stress & Feeling Always “On”
✓ Exhaustion & Difficulty Recharging
✓ Perfectionism & High Expectations
✓ Over-Responsibility & Overfunctioning
✓ Difficulty Setting Boundaries
✓ Work & Professional Burnout
✓ Caregiver & Relationship Burnout
✓ People-Pleasing & Putting Others First
✓ Difficulty Slowing Down or Resting
✓ Feeling Disconnected From Yourself
GETTING STARTED
Taking the first step doesn't have to feel overwhelming.
If you're unsure which therapist is the best fit, that's completely okay. Share a little about what you're hoping to work on, and we'll thoughtfully match you with the clinician whose experience and approach best align with your needs.
We offer in-person therapy for burnout and stress in Redondo Beach and online therapy throughout California, supporting individuals experiencing chronic stress, exhaustion, overwhelm, perfectionism, and difficulty slowing down.
You don’t have to keep pushing through on empty. When you’re ready, we’re here to help.
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Beyond the Symptoms
Explore articles on burnout, chronic stress, nervous system regulation, and EMDR to better understand the patterns that can keep you feeling depleted, overwhelmed, or unable to fully slow down.
