Therapy for Anxiety, Stress & Burn Out
Listed below you will find the most common indications that you are struggling with anxiety, stress or burn out..
Where it’s all coming from:
Explore below to find out which patterns are driving parts of your life right now.
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Stress isn’t just being busy, it’s feeling like your brain and body are stuck in “go mode” and there’s never enough time, space, or support. You might look fine on the outside, but inside, everything feels tight, fast, and overwhelming.
Signs You Might Be Struggling With Chronic Stress:
You wake up already feeling behind
You feel like you’re always “on” — even at night
Your body feels tense, tight, or wound up
You can’t fully relax, even during downtime
You get headaches, jaw pain, or stomach issues regularly
Your mind races with to-do lists and what-ifs
You feel snappy or irritable over small things
You push through exhaustion instead of resting
You feel pressure to hold it all together
You have trouble being present with people or things you love
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Anxiety isn’t just worrying, it’s your body constantly preparing for something bad to happen. Even when things are “fine,” you feel a tightness in your chest, racing thoughts, or that low hum of dread that never quite turns off.
Signs You Might Be Struggling With Anxiety:
You overthink every decision, even small ones
You replay conversations, worried you said something wrong
You feel on edge even when nothing is wrong
You worry about the future constantly
Your chest feels tight or your breathing feels shallow
You get stuck in “what if” spirals
You struggle to fall asleep because your brain won’t stop
You fear something bad is coming, even when life looks good
You second-guess yourself constantly
You often feel like something is wrong with you but can’t explain what
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Burnout is more than exhaustion, it’s the crash after pushing yourself for too long without support. You might still be functioning, but you feel numb, tired, unmotivated, and like you’ve lost your spark.
Signs You Might Be in Burnout:
You feel emotionally and physically drained, even after rest
You’re unmotivated to do things you used to enjoy
You dread work, people, or responsibilities
You feel numb or disconnected from yourself
You struggle to concentrate or make decisions
You feel irritable, cynical, or resentful
You’re over-functioning in public, collapsing in private
You feel like you're doing everything but getting nowhere
You fantasize about disappearing or starting over
You don’t feel like “yourself” anymore
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Depression doesn’t always look like sadness. Sometimes, it’s flatness. Disconnection. The feeling of going through the motions but not feeling anything. You might still show up for work or friends but inside, everything feels heavy.
Signs You Might Be Experiencing Depression:
You feel numb or emotionally “flat”
You’ve lost interest in things you used to enjoy
You feel tired no matter how much you sleep
You feel alone even when you’re around people
You find it hard to motivate yourself to do anything
You feel like a burden or like no one really sees you
You struggle to remember the last time you felt joy
You cry randomly or feel like crying but can’t
You feel like you're faking being okay
You think, “What’s the point?” more often than you'd like to admit
Psychotherapeutic Process
Awareness
You’ll grow aware of the unconscious patterns, behaviors, beliefs or emotions driving your current presentation.
Processing
You’ll work through things by being heard, understood, shifting your perspective or being challenged.
Healing
Interventions will be used inside and outside of therapy to heal old emotional wounds that trigger the unconscious patterns.
Taking Action
You will practice skills or new behaviors to shift how you feel, how you relate or how you express yourself.
Schedule Consult Call:
Here’s how to become a client:
Fill out the following form so we can meet for a 15-30 minute free consultation call.
Please have prepared the following for our call:
If you plan on using insurance, all required information.
The reason you are seeking out services (symptoms, patterns, what you would like to work on or improve of)
What you have tried before to help you
Your schedule to see if it matches mine
If I have decided that I can help and we both think this is a good match, your first session will be scheduled and you will fill out intake paperwork and consent forms to be completed.
Please note that psychotherapy is a weekly commitment. At this time, I am only taking clients who can meet every week.
If the form to the right doesn’t appear, email me at: therapy@cynthiamachlcsw.com