burnout coaching
Burnout coaching gives you a dedicated space to think carefully about what’s led to your current situation and how you want to move forward. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, struggling to maintain balance, or simply recognising that something needs to change, coaching gives you room to step back and understand what’s happening.
why now
People usually come to burnout coaching once the pressure they’ve been carrying starts to feel genuinely difficult to sustain.
You might feel exhausted, drained, disconnected from your work, or unable to find energy that once came more easily. Work may be taking up too much of your life, expectations may keep rising, and there may be little room left to think about your own needs.
For some people burnout builds gradually over years. For others it arrives during a period of change or pressure. There’s rarely one single cause. More often it reflects the accumulated weight of demands, expectations, and responsibilities over time, and it can be genuinely hard to see clearly while you’re caught inside it.
Usually the accumulated weight of several.
my approach
Many approaches to burnout focus on stress management techniques or a return to previous levels of performance. Mine starts with understanding what led here.
I’m a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and an EMCC Senior Practitioner Coach. More than 25 years across psychology, psychotherapy, coaching, and supervision has shown me that burnout is rarely about workload alone. Professional expectations, personal values, old patterns of responsibility, and organisational culture usually all play some part.
That background lets me work at real depth with what’s contributed to your situation, while keeping the work firmly forward looking: understanding what happened, and building something more sustainable from here.
the work
Conversations often cover workload, boundaries, expectations, professional relationships, and the impact sustained pressure is having on your decisions and wellbeing.
Sometimes the focus is recovering from a difficult period. At other times it’s building a more sustainable way of working going forward.
What tends to help isn’t a stress management checklist, but understanding what’s within your control, what genuinely needs attention, and what a sustainable future actually looks like for you.
a good fit
This suits people who want more than a stress management technique or a quick fix. Many of the people who come to burnout coaching are capable, committed people who’ve spent a long time meeting responsibilities and supporting others, with little attention left for their own experience.
If what you’re carrying feels like more than pressure and exhaustion, for instance if low mood or anxiety has become persistent, it’s worth also speaking to your GP alongside any coaching we do. I’ll always be honest if I think coaching isn’t the right starting point for what you’re facing.
before deciding what's next.
working with people, not job titles
A single Focused Coaching Session can be a useful place to start, to think through what’s happening and what needs attention. Ongoing Psychologically Informed Coaching suits building something more sustainable over a longer period. A regular Thinking Space gives you a standing point to keep checking in as things change.
All sessions take place online via Zoom, so you can work with me wherever you are, at a time that fits.
Common Questions
What is burnout coaching?
A space to think carefully about pressure, exhaustion, and the impact sustained demands are having on your work and life, with a focus on understanding what’s happening and what needs to change.
Do I need to leave my job for this to help?
No. Coaching doesn’t assume leaving is the answer. Many people use it to understand the pressures they’re facing, consider their options, and find a way of working that feels more sustainable.
Is this a substitute for medical or mental health support?
No. If what you’re experiencing feels like more than workplace pressure, for example persistent low mood or anxiety, coaching sits alongside speaking to your GP, not instead of it. I’ll always be honest about whether coaching is the right starting point.
What's the difference between coaching and therapy?
Coaching focuses on your circumstances now and how you want to move forward. Therapy more often addresses psychological distress directly. My work is informed by my background as a psychologist, but coaching stays a distinct service, and I’ll say plainly if I think you need more than coaching.
Start with a Discovery Call.