Feeling overworked, burnt out, and anxious?

You may often find yourself overthinking things, wondering about the “what ifs” and the “shoulds” of different situations. If you can’t do something the way you expected, you may think it’s not worth doing at all. You hold high expectations for yourself in order to achieve perfection, but you usually manage to feel incompetent and inadequate. Fear of making mistakes and receiving criticism lead to the avoidance of new challenges, causing procrastination, and creating a need for control. At times, you may experience feelings of burnout and exhaustion.

Traits of a Perfectionist:

  • Negative self-talk (a.k.a. the “inner critic”)

  • Feeling like an imposter

  • People-pleasing tendencies

  • Ruminating and overthinking

  • Guilt and anxiety around saying “no”

  • Holding unrealistic or high expectations for self

  • Bodily sensations (tightness in chest, body soreness)

  • Difficulty falling and/or staying asleep 

  • Highly critical of self and others 

  • Difficulty handling change and new challenges 

  • Feeling hurt when receiving constructive feedback 

  • Excessive focus on performance and results 

Sometimes I have to show up a little less for everyone else so I can show up more fully for myself. I matter.

How Perfectionism & Burnout Therapy in Burbank, CA Can Help

You may be longing for relief from the anxiety and the perfectionist mindset that dictate your life. You’re seeking to release the need for control and relieve the excessive focus on your performance and achieved results. I can help you find ways to manage your imposter feelings as you begin to experience greater self-trust and contentment in your abilities and accomplishments. You can learn to feel enough in the face of shortcomings, mistakes, and imperfections while using them as opportunities to grow and learn. Together, we can help you reach a space of self-trust, confidence, and fulfillment in life. 

Therapy Helps You:

  • Understand the root of your perfectionism

  • Increase self-esteem

  • Foster greater self-compassion

  • Manage burnout

  • Improve self-care habits

  • Set boundaries with yourself and others without guilt 

  • Let go of self-doubt and self-criticism

  • Create a work-life balance that works for you 

  • Cope with anxieties more effectively

  • Experience physical relief 

  • Increase energy and motivation 

  • Build more fulfilling relationships 

  • Live a more satisfying life 

  • Accept mistakes without blaming yourself and/or others

3 Ways to Prevent Burnout

Do you find yourself burnt out and overwhelmed at times? Are you caught in an endless battle of working and doing, just to prove you’re enough? If so, you’re not alone. Imposter Syndrome brings up feelings of inadequacy and incompetence, forcing a demanding “work-and-do” mode. In addition, an underlying need for perfection further tosses you into the constant pursuit of doing and proving.

The good news is that by exploring when you’re burnt out or approaching burn out, you can begin to set healing boundaries and balance your life in a way that makes you feel good about who you are and what you do. In this video, I help you:

  • Identify when you’re approaching burnout

  • How to prevent and/or recovery from burnout