Burnout Happens To The Best of Us.
You don't have to go through it alone. This is therapy for burnout that goes beyond rest and self-care advice, with a licensed psychologist who takes your insurance and helps you understand how you got here in the first place.
Who You'll Work With
Hi, I'm Corinne.
I'm a licensed clinical psychologist (PsyD) with extensive experience supporting trauma survivors and marginalized communities. You'll work directly with me at every step. I run every session and sign every evaluation myself. More about me →
- PsyD, Licensed Psychologist
- Online in 45+ states
- In person in Denver & Santa Ana
Hi, I'm Corinne.
“Burnout is what happens when the way you've been living stops being sustainable, and your mind and body finally say so.”
I'm a licensed psychologist offering therapy for burnout and chronic stress online for adults in 45+ states. I work with people who are exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix, people who used to feel capable and energized and can't figure out what happened to that version of themselves.
Burnout is treatable. It also almost always has deeper roots than working too much. Therapy can help you understand those roots and build something more sustainable, rather than recovering just enough to do it all again.
Burnout is exhaustion that rest doesn't fix
Most people who are burned out don't lead with that word. They say they're fine, just tired. They push through, take a vacation, try to get better at time management. And then they're back in the same place two months later, or somewhere worse.
Burnout is what happens when prolonged stress depletes you past the point where ordinary recovery works. It's also rarely just about the job. It tends to develop in people who carry a lot, who have learned to override their own needs, who tie their worth closely to their output, or who have been running on adrenaline long enough that slowing down feels more threatening than staying in overdrive.
Exhaustion That Doesn't Lift
You're tired no matter how much you sleep, rest, or take time off. The depletion feels physical and bone-deep.
Cynicism & Detachment
Things you used to care about feel hollow. You're going through the motions but the meaning has drained out.
Dread & Avoidance
Dreading work, obligations, or even your phone, and putting off things you'd normally handle without a second thought.
Reduced Effectiveness
Struggling to concentrate, make decisions, or produce the quality of work you used to do without effort.
Irritability & Short Fuse
Snapping at people you care about, low frustration tolerance, or a simmering resentment you can't fully explain.
Emotional Numbness
Feeling flat, disconnected from joy, or like you're watching your own life from a slight remove.
Physical Symptoms
Headaches, gut issues, frequent illness, jaw tension, or a body that keeps sending signals you keep trying to ignore.
Loss of Identity
Uncertainty about who you are when you're not performing or producing, as if your sense of self depends on your output.
If that sounds familiar, you need room to look at what's driving this, and support to change it.
Caregivers, students, and activists burn out too
Burnout gets talked about mostly in the context of high-powered careers, but it shows up in many other parts of life, and it tends to hit hardest in people who care the most.
Professional Burnout
Exhaustion from sustained high-demand work, constant availability, and a culture that treats rest as weakness.
Caregiver Burnout
The depletion that comes from consistently putting others first: parents, partners, adult children of aging parents.
Helping Professional Burnout
Therapists, nurses, teachers, social workers, and others whose work requires sustained emotional labor.
Academic Burnout
Graduate students, early-career professionals, and high achievers who have been grinding without adequate support.
Activist & Mission-Driven Burnout
The particular exhaustion of working toward something meaningful in a world that keeps pushing back.
Identity-Based Burnout
The cumulative toll of dealing with systems, workplaces, or relationships where you have to work harder just to be seen as equal.
Relationship & Life-Stage Burnout
Exhaustion from sustained relational stress, major life transitions, or the invisible load of managing everything for everyone.
Burnout With Underlying Anxiety or Depression
When burnout intersects with anxiety, perfectionism, or depression that has been fueling the overdrive all along.
The habits that made you effective are what depleted you
Recovery from burnout means understanding what drove you here and making changes to how you relate to yourself and your life. Doing less for a while and hoping you bounce back rarely works. Often the same patterns that made you effective are what left you depleted: high standards, a strong sense of responsibility, difficulty asking for help, an identity built around capability. Therapy gives you room to examine those patterns honestly. Depending on what we find, treatment may also include trauma-informed work or EMDR if burnout is connected to a history of pushing through things you never fully processed.
Values Clarification
Getting honest about what matters to you, separate from what you've been performing or achieving for other reasons.
Boundary & Identity Work
Understanding the internal barriers to saying no, slowing down, or letting yourself matter as much as your responsibilities.
Trauma-Informed Care
When burnout runs deeper than overwork, we address the anxiety, perfectionism, or early experiences that have been driving the pattern.
EMDR, When It Fits
If burnout is connected to a history of pushing through things you never fully processed, EMDR can be part of the work. See EMDR Therapy.
What changes with burnout therapy
Recovery from burnout means understanding why your old baseline wasn't working, and building something better.
- Relief from the physical and emotional exhaustion that rest alone hasn't fixed.
- A clearer sense of what you want, separate from what you feel obligated to do.
- The ability to set limits without guilt, and to mean them.
- Reconnection with motivation and meaning that you don't have to fake.
- A more stable sense of self that isn't contingent on productivity or performance.
- Sustainable patterns, so you can do good work and have a life at the same time.
Stabilize first, then dig into the pattern
Burnout therapy isn't a quick fix, and anyone promising one should raise a flag. Here's how our work typically unfolds, at a pace that respects where you are.
Initial Evaluation (90 Min)
We start with a thorough intake to understand your history, how burnout is showing up across your work, body, and relationships, and what you most want to be different.
Stabilization & Immediate Relief (3–5 Sessions)
Before we dig into the roots, we focus on what will give you the most relief right now: regulating your nervous system, reducing the acute overwhelm, and building enough breathing room to do deeper work.
Understanding the Pattern (6–10 Sessions)
This is where we go deeper: examining the beliefs, histories, and relational patterns that made burnout likely for you specifically. Insight matters, but the goal is a change in behavior.
Building Something Sustainable
We consolidate what you've learned, reinforce new patterns, and prepare you for the moments when old habits try to pull you back. They will come.
Insurance accepted for burnout therapy
Burnout therapy sessions are billed the same as standard therapy, which means your insurance coverage applies. I accept the following plans across Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas.
Not sure if you're covered? Ask during your free consultation call. For full rate and insurance details by state, see Rates & Insurance.
“Burnout therapy works best when your therapist knows you well: your history, your patterns, what you've tried, and where the resistance shows up.”
— Dr. Corinne Votaw-Freer, PsyD
You work with the same psychologist the whole way through
Working With Me Directly
Burnout therapy works best when your therapist knows you well: your history, your patterns, what you've tried, and where the resistance shows up. That kind of depth takes time to build and can't be replicated in a platform that rotates providers. As a PsyD-level psychologist, I bring the clinical training to do this work thoughtfully, and the continuity to see it through.
Why Not a Large Platform?
Many burnout patterns are subtle and require a provider who knows you well enough to notice when you're performing recovery the same way you were performing everything else. Provider continuity matters here more than speed of access.
Is Online Therapy Effective for Burnout?
Yes. For many people experiencing burnout, online therapy fits better with an already overwhelmed schedule. Skipping the commute and meeting from a familiar place can make it easier to show up.
A Personalized Plan
We build the plan together around your history, what you want to change, and a pace you can sustain while you're this depleted.
Questions people ask about burnout therapy
Is burnout treatable, or is it just about resting more?
It's treatable, but rest alone rarely fixes it. Burnout usually has psychological roots that a vacation won't touch: patterns around worth, responsibility, and identity. Therapy addresses those roots directly.
How is this different from just talking to a life coach?
A licensed psychologist can identify and treat what's underneath burnout, whether that's anxiety, trauma, or depression. A coach can help you manage your calendar. When burnout is masking something clinical, that distinction matters.
Do I need to be in crisis to start?
No. Most people who benefit from burnout therapy aren't in crisis. They're depleted and stuck in a pattern that isn't sustainable. Catching it before crisis is exactly the point.
How long does burnout therapy typically take?
It varies, but many clients move through stabilization, understanding the pattern, and building sustainable change over several months of weekly work, then taper to less frequent sessions.
