Burnout & Stress
Burnout and stress can leave us feeling exhausted, overwhelmed and emotionally detached; like we’re running on empty. At The Clearing, we offer therapy for stress and burnout to help you identify the stressors that have been building, reconnect with yourself, and find sustainable solutions and better ways to cope.
Meet our therapistsHow burnout and stress can manifest
Burnout isn’t just feeling tired. It can affect our physical health, mood, relationships, work, and sense of self. You might recognise some of the following:
- Feeling exhausted, drained, or unable to switch off
- Being easily irritable, tearful, or overwhelmed by the smallest of tasks
- Lack of motivation or interest in things you usually care about
- Feeling detached, numb, or disconnected
- Struggling with sleep, concentration, or decision-making
- Feeling under constant pressure or unable to rest
- Being jumpy and on edge
- Feeling like you’re failing, even when you’re doing your best
You don’t need to relate to all of these for support to be helpful.
How therapy for burnout and stress can help
Therapy isn’t about simply adding more coping strategies to an already full plate. It’s about understanding what has led you to this point, what keeps the pressure going, and what needs to change so life feels more manageable.
Identify the stressors
Make sense of the pressures, expectations, patterns, and responsibilities that have contributed to feeling burned out.
Reconnect with your needs
Tune into your body and inner world to find out what it is you need and what needs to change in your outer world.
Find a realistic way forward
Strengthen your boundaries, build emotional awareness, and find practical solutions that support your long term wellbeing.
Stress and burnout counselling
Stress and burnout counselling helps you slow down, pause and reflect to identify what’s really happening beneath the surface.
For some people, burnout is linked to work pressure, caring responsibilities, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or long-term self-neglect. For others, it may be triggered by a big life transition, relationship problems, or simply feeling unable to stop and rest.
Therapy offers a space to understand these patterns and begin making changes that are realistic, compassionate, and sustainable.
Is this what you're looking for?
This support may be helpful if you:
- Feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or emotionally drained
- Are struggling with work stress, caring responsibilities, or life pressures
- Feel disconnected from yourself or the things that matter
- Are caught in cycles of overworking or over-giving
- Find it difficult to rest without guilt
Book now if you want to
- Be supported to understand how you got here or why this keeps happening
- Understand patterns of overworking, over-giving, or pushing past your limits
- Find ways to make life feel more manageable
- Set better boundaries or learn to prioritise your own wellbeing
- Identify what might be blocking you from making the necessary changes
Therapists offering burnout and stress support
Several members of our team work with burnout, stress, emotional overwhelm, and the deeper patterns that can sit beneath them. You can explore our therapist profiles below to find someone whose approach feels right for you.
Dr Rhian
Chartered Counselling Psychologist | Founder of The Clearing
Area of focus
- Identity & meaning
- Depression & low mood
- Mid-life struggles & life transitions
- Burnout & emotional exhaustion
- Anxiety & panic
Approach
Counselling psychology, integrating psychodynamic, person-centred, and existential therapies.
Availability
Online / telephone / in person
Location
Rural County Durham
Sharon
UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist
Area of focus
- Anxiety & panic
- Emotional regulation & overwhelm
- Relationship difficulties
- Shame & self-criticism
- Trauma & EMDR
Approach
Integrative psychotherapeutic counselling, centring on Transactional Analysis. EMDR is offered subject to assessment.
Availability
Online / telephone
Elizabeth
Senior Accredited Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
Area of focus
- Attachment & relationship patterns
- Emotional overwhelm, numbness or shutdown
- Neurodiversity (ADHD & autism)
- Self-esteem & identity
- Anxiety
Approach
Depth psychotherapy drawing from the psychoanalytical, systemic & existential schools.
Availability
Online / telephone
Joanne
BACP Registered Counsellor & Clinical Supervisor
Area of focus
- Bereavement & loss
- Life transitions & menopause
- Relationship difficulties
- Children & young people
- End of life support
Approach
Integrative counselling combining tools from person-centred, psychodynamic & cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy.
Availability
Online / telephone / in person
Location
South Tyneside
Annette
BACP Registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellor
Area of focus
- Anxiety & low mood
- Relationship difficulties
- Existential issues
- Adjustment to change
- Jungian oriented psychotherapy
Approach
Integrative psychotherapy drawing from Transactional Analysis, Jungian Psychology & CBT.
Availability
Online / telephone / in person
Location
Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
We also offer support with:
- Anger & emotional regulation
- Anxiety
- Attachment & relationship patterns
- Bereavement & loss
- Child & young person therapy
- Compulsive behaviours
- Depression
- EMDR for Trauma
- Emotional numbness & shutdown
- Neurodiversity (ADHD & Autism)
- People-pleasing & boundaries
- Relationship & couples therapy
- Self-esteem & confidence
- Trauma
We are here for you
Whether you know what you need or are still figuring things out, we’ll take things at your pace. To help you decide whether it’s right for you, we offer 50% off your first session, giving you a gentle, low-pressure way to begin your journey toward feeling better.