Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Works with patterns of thinking and behaviour that intensify pressure.
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Stress and burnout support
When pressure becomes constant, simply trying harder usually stops working. Therapy can help you recover capacity and change the patterns keeping you depleted.
Understanding your experience
What this can feel like.
Stress and burnout can affect sleep, concentration, health, relationships and the ability to function at work or home. Therapy looks at both immediate coping and the broader demands, beliefs, boundaries and environments contributing to overload.
Common signs and experiences
Everyone’s experience is different. You may recognise some of these patterns without experiencing all of them.
- 01Persistent exhaustion that rest does not resolve
- 02Feeling detached, cynical or emotionally depleted
- 03Reduced concentration, memory or decision-making
- 04Sleep problems, irritability or physical tension
- 05Difficulty switching off from work or responsibilities
- 06Loss of confidence, motivation or effectiveness
How psychology can help
Treatment centred on your goals.
A psychologist will work with you to understand what is happening, what maintains it and which changes feel both meaningful and achievable.
- 01
Map the demands and patterns driving overload
- 02
Strengthen boundaries, recovery and sustainable routines
- 03
Work with perfectionism, over-responsibility or people-pleasing
- 04
Improve stress regulation, sleep and cognitive capacity
- 05
Plan a safer return to work or changed workload where needed
Therapeutic approaches
Modalities that may help.
The best approach depends on your needs, preferences, history and goals. Your psychologist may integrate more than one evidence-based modality.
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
Clarifies values and supports sustainable choices under stress.
Compassion-focused therapy
Reduces shame and harsh self-criticism commonly associated with burnout.
Solution-focused therapy
Builds practical change around current pressures and resources.
Burnout itself may not automatically meet Medicare criteria. Your GP assesses whether symptoms form part of an eligible clinically diagnosed mental health condition.
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