Burnout Therapy for Professionals Who Can’t Keep Doing This
When you’re exhausted, checked out, and dreading the workweek—but still expected to keep it together.
Let’s figure out what’s actually driving your burnout and how to change it.
Virtual therapy for adults in Illinois
You wake up already tired
You feel dread before you even open your laptop.
You’re already asking yourself,
“How am I going to make it through this week?”
You get through your days—but it’s not how it used to be.
You’re:
zoning out when you need to focus
avoiding tasks and falling behind
white-knuckling your way through meetings
trying not to snap or shut down
feeling reactive, emotional, angry… not like yourself
And it’s getting harder to hide.
Evenings and weekends aren’t fixing it.
You’re either completely drained and checked out…
or trying to catch up on everything you didn’t have the capacity to do.
You keep telling yourself:
“Once this project is over… once things calm down… then I’ll feel better.”
But nothing is actually changing.
And in the back of your mind is the thought:
“How long can I keep this up before something gives?”
Why This Isn’t Resolving on Its Own
If you’re here, you’ve probably realized this isn’t just a rough week.
At this point, you might not be sure what to do about it.
Maybe you’ve tried to push through.
Maybe you’ve taken time off or tried to get more organized.
Or maybe you’ve just been hoping it will pass once things calm down.
And at the same time, something about this isn’t resolving.
Burnout isn’t always about doing too much.
It’s about what’s draining you—and why.
It can start to feel like you’re doing everything you’re supposed to—
and still not getting anywhere.
How I Help
Therapy for burnout isn’t about just generic stress management.
Most approaches to burnout focus on helping you cope. We do that too, but this work is also about figuring out what’s actually driving it—and changing that.
We take a targeted, practical approach to figuring out what’s actually driving your burnout.
We start by getting very specific:
What specifically about your situation feels the most overwhelming
Where things are breaking down in your day-to-day workflow
What’s realistically expected of you—and what you’re expecting of yourself
What you’ve tried and what hasn’t worked
What’s happening outside of work that’s affecting your capacity
Then we look at what’s often missed:
sleep, energy, and recovery
nervous system overload
unrealistic expectations you’re holding yourself to
where your life may be out of alignment with your values
From there, we focus on small, strategic shifts that create real relief.
Sometimes it’s small, strategic changes.
Sometimes it’s a bigger shift.
The focus is figuring out what will actually work for you and what you actually want—and moving toward it in a sustainable way.
For some people, burnout isn’t just burnout.
There’s a missing piece.
Sometimes it’s ADHD, autism, or a mismatch between how your brain works and what your environment demands.
If that’s part of the picture, we identify it—and adjust how we approach everything.
About Jennifer
Hello, I’m Jennifer Geiter, LCSW.
I specialize in working with adults who are high-functioning on the outside—but overwhelmed, burned out, and struggling to keep up behind the scenes.
My work focuses on getting to the root of what’s actually driving burnout, rather than just helping you push through it.
That includes looking at the big picture and getting granular: how your work is structured, what’s happening in the rest of your life, and whether something like ADHD, autism, or chronic overload has been missed along the way, just to name a few of the pieces.
The goal isn’t just insight—it’s helping you make changes that actually improve how your day-to-day life feels. Life does not need to feel like survival mode just to pay the bills.
What Can Change
When we address the right things, your day-to-day starts to shift.
You’re able to:
approach work without the same level of dread, and feel more positive towards the teams, tasks, and the things that test you
stay more focused and consistent
feel more steady and in control instead of constantly overwhelmed
set boundaries (with yourself and others)—and actually follow through
stop carrying work into every part of your life
Evenings and weekends start to feel like real time off again.
For some clients, this leads to bigger changes—like transitioning into work that fits them better. Sometimes burnout is the catalyst into the life they’re more deeply called to live.
For others, it means staying where they are—but no longer burning out in the process.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Burnout usually goes beyond stress. Stress is something we’re wired to feel in response to an acute stimuli that then resolves when the stimuli passes. Burnout is a deep down feeling state that lasts past a single stressor.
It tends to show up as:
ongoing exhaustion that doesn’t improve with rest
difficulty focusing or getting started on tasks
feeling checked out, irritable, or mentally done
dread around work that keeps coming back
If you’re wondering this, it’s worth looking at more closely. Most people don’t ask this unless something has been building for a while.
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Time off can help temporarily—but it doesn’t address what’s causing the burnout.
If the structure of your work, your responsibilities, your wiring, or your overall load doesn’t change, the same patterns tend to return quickly.
Part of our work is identifying what actually needs to shift so you’re not just recovering over and over again.
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Not necessarily.
For some people, things improve significantly with better boundaries, support, and changes in how they’re working or approaching work.
For others, burnout is a sign that something bigger needs to change.
We figure that out together—so you’re not making decisions from a place of panic or exhaustion.
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That’s more common than people think.
When you’re burned out, focus, follow-through, and consistency often take a hit—and that can start to affect performance.
Part of the work is helping you stabilize enough to function more consistently, while also addressing what’s contributing to the burnout in the first place.
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This is one of the most common parts of burnout.
When your system is overloaded, your brain starts to resist tasks—even ones that used to feel manageable.
It can look like procrastination, avoidance, or zoning out—but it’s often a sign that something needs to change, not that you’re lazy or unmotivated.
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Burnout isn’t just about how much you’re doing—it’s about how much it’s taking out of you.
Mental load, constant pressure, dysfunctional relational dynamics, decision fatigue, and feeling “on” all the time, for example, can be just as draining as a heavy workload.
A lot of people feel confused by this—like they shouldn’t be this tired. But when we look more closely, there’s usually a clear explanation.
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Sometimes!
Sometimes burnout occurs after many years of masking undiagnosed neurodivergence. That is a huge tax on the nervous system.
Sometimes burnout can overlap with ADHD, autism, or other factors that affect how you process tasks, energy, and demand.
I assess all my clients over time for possible neurodivergence. If that’s relevant, we’ll look at it—and adjust the approach so it actually fits how your brain works.
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This is a private-pay practice.
Sessions are 50 minutes and $250, with limited sliding scale spots starting at $175.
If you have out-of-network benefits, you may be able to get partial reimbursement depending on your plan. I will provide you with a super-bill to submit to your insurance for OON reimbursement.
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All sessions are held virtually via secure telehealth.
This allows for more flexibility and makes it easier to fit therapy into an already full schedule.
If this feels familiar, we can talk through what’s going on and whether this approach makes sense for you.
This is a low-pressure conversation.
You don’t have to have it all figured out before reaching out.
Questions?
feel free to reach out