Burnout and Work Stress Therapy in California
Online therapy for burnout and chronic work stress across California. In-person sessions in West Los Angeles and El Segundo.
Work stress and burnout start by affecting your focus, motivation, confidence, and ability to stay present during the day. You may find yourself dreading going to work, mentally checked out in meetings, struggling to concentrate, constantly thinking about work after hours, or feeling exhausted before the day even starts.
But it’s bigger than that: it can make you question why you’ve made the major decisions in your life, and if you’re even going in the right direction. These are massive questions, and they can be scary. This is what we work on in therapy.
I provide therapy for adults across California dealing with burnout, chronic work stress, workplace anxiety, and ongoing pressure at work.
Understanding Burnout, Work Stress, and Workplace Anxiety
Most of us spend more of our waking hours at work than anywhere else. So when work starts to feel overwhelming, exhausting, or constantly stressful, it usually does not stay at work. It can follow you home, affect your sleep, drain your energy, and make it difficult to fully relax even when the workday is over.
Here is how burnout, work stress, and workplace anxiety can show up.
Burnout
Burnout is a state of mental and emotional exhaustion caused by prolonged stress and pressure at work.
It often develops gradually over time, especially for people who are used to handling responsibility without slowing down.
You may still be functioning well day to day while privately feeling mentally drained, disconnected from your work, less motivated, or emotionally flat by the end of the day.
Work Stress
Work stress is the mental pressure that can build from constant demands, high expectations, difficult workplace dynamics, or feeling like your brain never fully leaves work mode.
For some adults, stress may also come from toxic work environments, poor leadership, workplace bullying, harassment, or constantly feeling unsupported at work. Even after the workday ends, your mind may still feel occupied by emails, deadlines, conversations, or unresolved problems waiting for your attention.
Workplace Anxiety
Workplace anxiety is persistent stress or nervousness connected to work performance, responsibilities, communication, or fear of making mistakes.
It can show up as overthinking before meetings, rereading emails multiple times before sending them, avoiding difficult conversations, or feeling constantly tense throughout the workday. Over time, even normal work situations can start feeling mentally exhausting when your mind rarely gets a chance to fully relax.
Signs of Burnout and Work Stress
These are some of the things people commonly describe when burnout and work stress start catching up with them.
Feeling mentally exhausted before the workday even starts
Difficulty concentrating during meetings or conversations
Constantly thinking about work after hours
Trouble relaxing at home without feeling guilty or distracted
Feeling emotionally detached or less motivated at work
Increased irritability, frustration, or impatience
Anxiety around deadlines, performance, or making mistakes
Trouble sleeping because your mind stays active
Feeling pressure to always be available or productive
Losing interest in work you used to care about
You are probably not the kind of person who asks for help easily. You may be used to handling pressure, responsibility, and stress on your own while continuing to push through work demands, no matter how overwhelmed or exhausted you feel.
In therapy, we slow down and shine a spotlight on what is contributing to the stress you are feeling. Then we figure out what changes are possible, and together we workshop ways to manage the mental pressure in ways that are tailored to you and work for you.
Therapy can help with:
Managing workplace anxiety and constant mental pressure
Setting healthier boundaries around work
Reducing emotional exhaustion and mental fatigue
Improving focus, motivation, and work-life balance
Processing difficult workplace experiences or toxic environments
Learning healthier ways to respond to stress and pressure
Together, we can also explore deeper patterns that may be contributing to burnout, such as perfectionism, people pleasing, fear of failure, difficulty slowing down, or feeling responsible for everything all the time.
How Therapy Can Help With Burnout and Work Stress
Working With a Burnout and Work Stress Therapist in Los Angeles and El Segundo
Hi, I’m Tom Andre, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 10 years of experience working with adults navigating stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, and major life pressures.
Many of the people I work with are balancing demanding careers, high expectations, and significant responsibility while feeling privately emotionally depleted, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves outside of work.
My approach to therapy is that there is no one-size-fits-all "solution." It's not about giving you a hammer and hoping every problem can be whacked like a nail. Any tools to address burnout are things we fashion together, specifically for you and your situation.
I provide online therapy across California, with in-person sessions available in West Los Angeles (Century City) and El Segundo.
Online Therapy for Burnout, Work Stress, and Workplace Anxiety Across California
Finding time for therapy can feel difficult when your schedule already feels overloaded. Online therapy gives you the flexibility to attend sessions from home, your office, or anywhere else without adding extra commuting time to your week.
I work with people across a wide range of careers, including high-achieving professionals, attorneys and legal professionals, executives, physicians, entrepreneurs, and others in demanding positions where slowing down often feels difficult, regardless of how you are actually feeling.
I offer online therapy throughout California, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, San Jose, Oakland, Orange County, Irvine, Pasadena, Long Beach, Santa Barbara, Fresno, Bakersfield, Riverside, Stockton, and everywhere in between.
In-Person Therapy in West Los Angeles and El Segundo
If you prefer meeting in person, I have two offices in the Los Angeles area.
My West Los Angeles office is located in Century City, and my South Bay office is in El Segundo, making in-person sessions accessible from a wide range of neighborhoods across the Westside and South Bay.
10 Minutes from:
Manhattan Beach, Playa del Rey, Westchester, Hawthorne, UCLA, Santa Monica, Westwood, Brentwood, Rancho Park, Beverly Hills
15 Minutes from:
Marina del Rey, Playa Vista, Venice, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Gardena, Culver City, Pico-Robertson, Sherman Oaks, Bel Air
Common Questions About Burnout and Work Stress
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Normal work stress is usually connected to a specific situation and improves once things settle down. Burnout tends to stick around even after the deadline passes, the project ends, or you take time off. You may continue feeling mentally exhausted, disconnected, unmotivated, or emotionally drained, regardless of what is happening at work.
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Yes. Many adults start therapy while staying in the same career or work environment. Therapy can help you better manage stress, improve boundaries, process difficult workplace experiences, and reduce the mental and emotional toll work is having on your daily life.
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No. While burnout is often connected to work, it can also be influenced by ongoing stress in other areas of life, such as caregiving responsibilities, relationship stress, perfectionism, pressure to always stay productive, or difficulty slowing down and resting.
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Executive coaching is typically focused on performance, leadership, productivity, or career development. Therapy focuses more on your mental and emotional well-being, including stress, anxiety, burnout, relationships, emotional exhaustion, and the underlying patterns that may be affecting both your work and personal life.
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I am an out-of-network provider. I do not bill insurance directly, but I can provide a superbill, which you can submit to your insurance company for potential reimbursement, depending on your plan.
Let's Have a Chat
Burnout and work stress do not have to become the permanent rhythm of your life. Call or text me at (310) 776-5299 or fill out the contact form below.