Clients with Burnout Report Noticeable Improvement After 1st Session

Feeling exhausted during periods of high stress is a normal reaction and not necessarily a sign of a more serious condition or disease. Chronic stress and a stressful lifestyle, however, can place an individual at risk for becoming burnt out. Individuals with a high achieving personality, for example, can become so passionate about what they do that they unnecessarily pressure themselves to endure exceedingly heavy workloads in order to excel.

Symptoms of burnout fall within three primary clusters:

• Exhaustion: chronic feelings of fatigue, physically and psychologically drained, emotionally exhausted, tired most days, worn down, depleted, not enough energy to cope or carry out day-to-day tasks, constantly overwhelmed
• Alienation: find work increasingly stressful and begin to distance themselves, feelings of cynicism regarding work and/or colleagues, pessimism, isolation, detachment, little to no patience for others
• Reduced Performance: increasingly negative feelings toward daily tasks, difficulty concentrating, lack creativity, engage in escapist behaviors (e.g., excessive drinking)