Burnout Counselling
If you’re running on fumes, waking up tired, or finding that even small tasks feel like too much, you might be dealing with burnout. It’s not just about needing a good night’s sleep or taking a week off work. Burnout is a deeper kind of exhaustion that affects your mental health, body, and emotions all at once. This type of chronic stress can cause both emotional exhaustion and physical symptoms that interfere with your personal life, work, and relationships.
At Love This Therapy, our mental health professionals understand how overwhelming it can be to feel this way. Through compassionate burnout counselling in Surrey, BC, we help you slow down, catch your breath, and begin your burnout recovery journey.
What is Burnout?
Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged or excessive stress. It often occurs when the demands of work, caregiving, or life outweigh your available energy and support systems. Over time, these stressors pile up, leaving you detached, ineffective, and unable to recharge.
Unlike everyday stress, which fades when a situation passes, burnout lingers. It can seep into every corner of your life, disrupting your sleep patterns, mood, and motivation. When burnout occurs, you may start noticing warning signs such as fatigue, irritability, and reduced personal accomplishment. Recognizing burnout early can make a huge difference, allowing you to prevent burnout before it worsens and to begin working with a therapist to restore your sense of well-being.
Signs and Symptoms of Burnout
Burnout looks different for everyone, but some common burnout symptoms include:
Emotional exhaustion: feeling drained, hopeless, or unable to cope
Physical symptoms: disrupted sleep patterns, headaches, muscle tension, or frequent illness
Cognitive overload: difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness, or constant worry
Detachment: pulling away from relationships or losing touch with your purpose
Loss of motivation: struggling to care about work, responsibilities, or once-enjoyable activities
Irritability and cynicism: increased irritability, snapping at others, or maintaining a negative outlook
Even if you only relate to a few symptoms of burnout, you may still be experiencing burnout. Counselling provides space to explore these physical signs and emotional patterns while learning how to cope effectively and overcome burnout in a supportive environment.
How Counselling Can Help
Counselling for burnout isn’t about “fixing” you, it’s about providing rest, reflection, and realistic stress reduction techniques. With the guidance of a trained therapist, you’ll learn to:
Understand the root causes and factors that contribute to your burnout
Reconnect with your values and personal goals
Develop healthier boundaries and set boundaries around work and technology
Learn practical self-care habits and stress management strategies
Reclaim energy, motivation, and balance
Our mental health professionals support you in shifting from survival mode toward a life that feels both fulfilling and manageable. Whether you’re facing work-related burnout, compassion fatigue, or ongoing chronic stress, burnout counselling can help you rebuild your confidence and rediscover joy.
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Therapeutic Modalities We Use
At Love This Therapy, our counsellors tailor treatment to your individual needs using evidence-based and holistic approaches designed to tackle burnout and enhance well-being.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Burnout often comes with self-doubt and harsh inner criticism (“I should be doing more”). CBT helps you challenge these thoughts and replace them with healthier perspectives. This approach reduces negative outlooks, improves self-esteem, and empowers you to cope effectively with stress and work-related stressors.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness helps calm a racing mind and restore balance to your body. By staying in the present moment, you’ll learn to pause and respond instead of react. Over time, mindfulness enhances self-care, reduces anxiety, and supports burnout recovery by restoring inner peace and clarity.
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Sometimes burnout stems from underlying issues or unprocessed emotions like sadness, anger, or shame. EFT allows you to access and transform these emotions, releasing what’s been weighing you down and promoting emotional healing.
Somatic Therapy
Chronic stress often lives in the body, showing up as muscle tension, shallow breathing, or fatigue. Somatic therapy helps you reconnect with your physical sensations, regulate your nervous system, and rebuild a sense of safety and vitality.
Narrative Therapy
Burnout can make your identity feel tied to your productivity. Narrative therapy helps you re-author your story — moving from “I’m burned out” to “I’m rediscovering my strength.” This shift encourages growth and a renewed sense of meaning in both your career and personal life.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS explores how different parts of you – the overachiever, the inner critic, the part longing for rest – interact. By integrating these parts with compassion, you create harmony and open the door to deeper self compassion and well-being.
What to Expect from Counselling
Your journey will start with an intake session, where you’ll share your experiences and what you’re hoping for. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan tailored to your needs. Counselling may include:
- Gentle exploration of what led to burnout
- Practical strategies to lower stress and restore energy
- Support in setting healthy boundaries and creating balance
- Tools to reconnect with meaning, joy, and purpose
You set the pace. Some clients come for short-term support to get through a tough season; others choose longer-term counselling for deeper healing and resilience building. Whatever your needs, we’re here to walk alongside you.
Strategies to Help with Burnout (Beyond Counselling)
While counselling can be a powerful part of recovery, there are also everyday practices you can weave into your life to support healing and prevent burnout from worsening. These strategies are backed by research and can complement the work you do in therapy:
Prioritize Rest and Sleep
Move Your Body Regularly
Connect with Supportive People
Practice Mindful Breaks
Set Boundaries Around Work and Technology
Engage in Meaningful Activities
Nourish Your Body
Reconnect with Your Values
Why Choose Love This Therapy
At Love This Therapy, we believe healing happens in relationship with ourselves, with others, and with life itself. When you come to us for counselling, you’ll find:
- Compassionate therapists who listen without judgment and honour your unique story
- Evidence-based care grounded in proven therapeutic modalities
- Holistic approaches that consider your mind, body, and spirit
- Flexible options with both in-person and virtual sessions available
- A warm and welcoming space where you can let go of the pressure to perform and simply be
We’re not just here to help you recover from burnout, we’re here to help you rediscover a way of living that feels more aligned, sustainable, and fulfilling.
Taking the First Step
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re already carrying too much. Reaching out for support can feel like just one more task on the to-do list, but it might be the most important step you take. Counselling for burnout isn’t about doing more, it’s about finding a way to do less, and to live more fully.
At Love This Therapy, we’ll meet you exactly where you are. Together, we can help you rest, recover, and re-imagine what life could look like when you’re no longer running on empty.
Your first step can be as simple as giving us a call or booking a free discovery call with one of our counsellors. You don’t have to do this alone. We’d be honoured to walk with you as you move from burnout toward balance, resilience, and hope. Reach out to us at 604-229-4887 or info@lovethistherapy.com.
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