Burnout Therapy in NYC
Attachment-Based Individual Therapy at Our Kind Therapy
Burnout rarely arrives all at once.
It builds slowly through loyalty. Loyalty to work, responsibility, family roles, and expectations that leave little room for rest or repair. Many people experiencing burnout are capable, committed, and deeply conscientious. They keep going long after their nervous system has begun signaling exhaustion.
In New York, burnout is often mistaken for ambition. High capacity is rewarded. Endurance is praised. Fatigue becomes invisible until the body or mind can no longer sustain the pace.
At Our Kind Therapy, we offer burnout therapy in NYC for people whose systems have been asked to give more than they can safely carry. Burnout is not a failure of motivation or resilience. It is often what happens when pressure outpaces care for too long.
How Burnout Often Shows Up
Burnout can resemble anxiety, depression, or chronic stress, but it has its own distinct shape.
Many people notice:
Persistent exhaustion that rest alone does not resolve
Emotional flatness, irritability, or withdrawal
Loss of motivation or pleasure
Harsh self-talk when slowing down
Feeling trapped by roles or expectations
A sense of juggling too much without relief
What distinguishes burnout is not fatigue alone, but the continued demand for output from a system that is already depleted.
We Treat the System, Not Just the Symptom
Burnout is often sustained by unrealistic expectations paired with real exhaustion.
Over time, a cycle develops:
Internal or inherited standards continue to demand performance
The body is already depleted
Rigidity sets in to survive the mismatch
Momentum collapses
Loyalty to expectations absorbed early in life often plays a central role. Beliefs about worth, responsibility, or success may continue long after the body has stopped consenting to them.
Therapy focuses on softening these rules and releasing rigidity so energy can return organically.
How Burnout Begins to Shift
Burnout begins to shift when real space is restored.
Not just time off in theory, but genuine pauses. Room to exist without performing. Space to reconnect with parts of life that are not tied to output.
Personal and professional life are not separate systems. They interact daily. Forcing a rigid divide often deepens burnout rather than relieving it.
As clients begin to place themselves back into the center of their own lives, energy slowly returns. With energy comes access to emotion. With emotional access comes clarity. Solutions and inspiration follow.
How We Work With Burnout at Our Kind Therapy
Our work with burnout is relational, experiential, and grounded in a real-world context. Depending on your needs, therapy may draw from:
Career-informed clinical work to understand professional demands and power dynamics
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) to process exhaustion, grief, and emotional collapse
Mindfulness-based approaches to support nervous system regulation and re-entry into the body
These approaches help restore permission to rest, rebuild trust in internal pacing, and sustain momentum.
What Burnout Therapy Often Looks Like
Burnout work in session often involves:
Naming and dismantling unrealistic expectations
Allowing the body to exit rigidity and move out of survival patterns
Making room for grief, anger, or relief that has been deferred
Rebuilding trust in internal signals
Sessions create space where effort is no longer required to be worthy of care.
Coping Tools and Between-Session Support
We offer practical tools to support pacing, rest, and regulation between sessions. These are introduced thoughtfully and adapted to real-life demands.
Tools help stabilize the system. Relational work restores energy. Both are necessary.
When Care Returns, Burnout Softens
Burnout is not a personal failure. It is often the result of being loyal to expectations that never made room for you. When pressure eases and care returns, the body begins to breathe again. Overwhelm quiets. Energy no longer has to be defended.
If you are seeking burnout therapy in NYC and want work that respects both your ambition and your humanity, Our Kind Therapy offers a place to recover without self-rejection.
