Burnout Recovery Therapy

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 You’re not lazy. You’re exhausted.
Burnout doesn’t happen because you’re weak—it happens because you’ve been strong for too long. '

At Awakening Mountains, we specialize in helping adults and teens in New York and Vermont recover from burnout through mindfulness-based therapy and self-compassion practices. Whether you're a professional, student, caregiver, or always the one “everyone leans on,” you deserve space to rest, reset, and feel human again.

• You wake up already tired and drag yourself through the day 
• You’re constantly irritable or emotionally numb—sometimes both in the same hour 
• You find yourself procrastinating or zoning out because your brain just can’t anymore 
• You used to be passionate about your work or responsibilities—but now you feel resentful, detached, or cynical 
• You feel guilty even thinking about slowing down or doing less 
• You’ve thought, “If I could just run away from everything for a week…” more than once lately 

 Let’s be honest—people don’t always see you as “burnt out.” 

They see you as competent, successful, put-together. 

But underneath the to-do lists, the care-taking, the check-ins, and the pushing through… there’s a deep, unspoken weariness. Maybe even resentment. And beneath that? A scared part of you that wonders: What happens if I stop? Will everything fall apart? 

This kind of burnout runs deep—and you don’t have to face it alone. 

 Using a blend of trauma-informed, mindfulness-based, and self-compassion-focused therapy, I help clients: 

• Identify and gently disrupt toxic productivity patterns 
• Learn how to rest without guilt 
• Reconnect with their emotional needs (especially if they’ve been on autopilot) 
• Set and uphold boundaries without spiraling 
• Explore the “why” behind the burnout—and rewrite the internal story about what makes them worthy

 This space is for: 

• Helping professionals (therapists, nurses, social workers, educators) who are always the ones holding space for others 
• Teens & college students balancing school, family pressure, social expectations, and internal perfectionism 
• Millennial women & caregivers managing work, emotional labor, invisible tasks, and trying to stay “on top of it all” 
• Neurodivergent adults who’ve been masking for years and are now just tired 
• First-timers in therapy who finally realized something has to give 

 This isn’t just venting (although you’re welcome to do that too). 

We’ll work together to: 

• Identify burnout triggers and nervous system cues 
• Build emotional awareness + gentle rhythms of self-care 
• Practice nervous system regulation tools you can actually use at work, school, or home 
• Start trusting that you don’t have to earn rest through exhaustion 
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You don’t need to have it all figured out before you come to therapy.
You just need to show up—and I’ll meet you where you are.