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Stress & Burnout Therapy in Santa Monica

Compassionate, somatic and relational care to recover balance, restore energy, and sustain well-being. Focused support for high-functioning adults with full calendars and meaningful roles. In person in Santa Monica and online across California.

When stress doesn’t let up

Stress is part of modern life — but when it never lets up, it can drain your body, mind, and relationships. You may feel like you’re constantly “on,” rushing from one demand to the next, with little time or space to catch your breath.

For many high-functioning adults, burnout shows up gradually: irritability that doesn’t fade, sleep that doesn’t restore, or energy that feels thin no matter how much you rest. Productivity may continue on the outside, but inside you feel depleted, disengaged, or quietly exhausted.

Over time, chronic stress can hijack focus, weaken immunity, and strain even your closest connections. What once felt motivating can start to feel like an endless treadmill.

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What is burnout?

Burnout is more than everyday stress. It’s a state of physical, emotional, and relational exhaustion that builds when demands outweigh resources for too long.

It may look like:

  • Constant fatigue or lack of motivation

  • Feeling detached, cynical, or resentful

  • Sleep disturbances or changes in appetite

  • Strained patience in relationships or at work

  • Reduced focus and creativity

  • Physical symptoms like tension headaches, GI issues, or lowered immunity

Burnout often arises in professions and roles with high responsibility — healthcare providers, executives, creatives, entrepreneurs, parents, and caregivers. But it can also affect anyone balancing full schedules and internal pressure to perform. The common thread is overextension without enough recovery. Therapy provides a space to listen inward, reclaim energy, and begin to rebuild resilience.

How Stress & Burnout Therapy in Santa Monica can help

Therapy offers steady space to slow down, recalibrate, and find new ways of relating to stress. With a somatic and relational approach, we support your nervous system in moving from constant overdrive (or collapse) into steadier rhythms.

  • Improved energy and daily rhythm

  • Calmer baseline even under pressure

  • Better sleep and physical restoration

  • Greater clarity and focus for important decisions

  • More presence with family, friends, and meaningful pursuits

  • Skills to prevent future burnout and create sustainable routines

  • Renewed sense of motivation and creativity

  • A kinder, more compassionate inner dialogue

What working together looks like

We’ll identify the stress patterns that affect you most — whether it’s overwork, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or difficulty saying no — and create right-sized steps toward balance. Sessions combine conversation with practical somatic tools so changes hold in daily life.

What To Expect:

  • Nervous-system practices that support calm and recovery

  • Gentle exploration of patterns that drive overwork and exhaustion

  • Attachment-informed work that strengthens relationships and boundaries

  • Tools to reduce reactivity and restore clarity in decision-making

  • Brief between-session practices that help balance effort with rest

  • Collaborative pacing — no pressure to “do more” when rest is needed
    ➕ - Attention to both external stressors (work, relationships) and internal ones (self-criticism, pressure to perform)
    ➕ - Tracking of progress so you notice and celebrate small but meaningful shifts

People who tend to find this work helpful

This care often supports high-functioning adults balancing careers, caregiving, or creative work who want sustainable energy, steadier focus, and renewed capacity for joy.

FAQs

  • Burnout tends to linger and drain motivation, leaving you feeling flat or detached, while everyday stress usually resolves once a challenge passes. In therapy, we clarify what’s happening for you and tailor support accordingly.

  • Rest matters, but burnout is rarely solved by time off alone. We’ll also address the deeper patterns — like perfectionism, people-pleasing, or difficulty setting limits — so changes are sustainable.

  • Every person’s process is unique. Some clients notice early relief, like better sleep or fewer stress spikes, within the first few weeks. Others take longer to unwind old patterns. The focus is on steady, lasting improvement.

  • We’ll meet you where you are. Even small practices can make a difference without requiring big lifestyle changes. Therapy is about creating shifts that fit your real life.

  • Yes. Therapy not only helps you recover but also strengthens your capacity to notice early warning signs and put boundaries and supports in place. The goal is resilience, not just temporary relief.

  • Yes. I see clients in person in Santa Monica and online across California, so care is accessible even with a busy schedule.

Location & Access

Private, by-appointment practice with limited openings.

In person in Santa Monica, and online for California residents. Private-pay practice.

Address

720 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 204
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Contact

Phone: (310) 377-8798

Ready to begin?

If you want to move from exhaustion to steadier energy and clearer focus, therapy can help.

Even if burnout feels overwhelming now, small shifts in nervous-system regulation, boundaries, and support can open up space for recovery and renewed purpose. You don’t have to keep pushing through alone.