Constantly stressed and rushed? Totally drained? Even when you’re lying in bed at night, is the workday still not over because you keep thinking about unfinished tasks?
Under the pressure of constant hustle and the demand to optimize everything, many people burn out nowadays. At some point, body and soul go on strike, and sleep problems and inner restlessness are often the first signs that it’s time to say stop.
In the calm, protected setting of psychotherapy, we can support you in gaining an overview of your path into burnout and discovering ways out you haven’t noticed so far, so that you can gradually find a healthier balance between stress and rest.
Background on Burnout
The symptoms of burnout are similar to those of other mental health conditions (especially depression and anxiety disorders). People who suffer from burnout have usually invested a great deal of energy in projects over an extended period while not taking enough care of recovery, so that their “batteries” end up empty. Slowly, an indifference toward everything may even develop.
The overload can have many causes:
- A poor fit between your own personality and your work environment
- Overcommitment in the professional sphere
- Perfectionism or an overly critical attitude toward yourself and/or others
- Interpersonal conflicts
- Difficulty setting priorities (in everyday life as well as in life in general)
- Difficulty accessing your own emotions, needs, and wishes
In every crisis lies an opportunity!
Burnout is treatable. Psychotherapy offers the chance to sort things out anew. Above all, it is important to understand what matters most to you in life, so that you can develop a positive sense of direction. With the support of psychotherapy, you can rediscover resources that have recently been blocked. With an in-depth complement of Internal Family Systems therapy, we work together on deeper parts of your personality that contributed to the burnout, and discover which new resources you can activate for your balance and well-being. Step by step, you learn to restore an appropriate level of performance and become less susceptible to burnout in the future.
