What We Treat
Burnout & Work Stress
If you're running on empty and getting through the week has become the whole point of the week, you're in the right place. Burnout and work stress are among the conditions we treat in adults, and you don't have to hit a wall to deserve help with them.
In a crisis?
Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or call 911. This website is not monitored for emergencies.
Does this sound familiar?
Burnout builds slowly, which is exactly why it's easy to explain away.
- Sunday night comes with a dread that starts a little earlier each week.
- You're tired in a way that sleep doesn't seem to reach.
- You used to care about this work, and now you mostly feel numb about it — and that bothers you.
- Nothing you finish ever feels good enough, no matter what it costs you to finish it.
- You keep telling yourself it will let up after this deadline, this quarter, this season. It never quite does.
- The people you love are getting whatever is left of you at the end of the day, and lately that isn't much.
If some of this sounds like you, that's reason enough to reach out. You don't need to be sure it's burnout first. A conversation with a therapist can help you sort out what's actually going on, and tired is a fine way to arrive.
What burnout is
Burnout is what happens when the demands on you outrun your chances to recover, for long enough that your mind and body start powering down to protect you. It shows up as exhaustion that rest doesn't touch, distance from work you used to care about, and a quiet suspicion that you're no longer any good at this. It isn't laziness, and it isn't weakness — people carrying burnout are usually the ones who kept saying yes the longest.
Here's what we want you to know: burnout isn't a formal diagnosis, and you don't need one to start therapy. It's real all the same, and people do come back from it. Therapy makes room to look at what's driving yours: the workload, the pressure you put on yourself, the things that make rest feel unearned. It's also a place to practice carrying your life differently.
How we help with burnout and work stress
Burnout rarely stays at work.
Individual therapy
one-on-one space to unpack the exhaustion, the perfectionism that often sits underneath it, and what you actually want your working life to look like.
Couples therapy
when work stress keeps coming home with you and your relationship is absorbing the overflow, working on it together can change the pattern.
We take time to match you with a therapist who fits, including language.
Who you'll work with
Nabi Family Therapy is a group practice of experienced therapists across four California offices. Our team includes licensed therapists and supervised associate therapists, and children, teens, and whole families are who we work with most. Adults come to us in their own right, not as an add-on to someone else's care, and several of our therapists work with burnout and perfectionism.
What to expect
If your bandwidth is spent, the last thing you need is a complicated intake. We've kept it short.
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Reach out.
Fill out our short contact form or call us. Tell us about why you're here, in your own words. "I'm exhausted all the time and I don't know why" or "work is taking everything I have" is plenty. Do you have a preferred therapist? You can tell us that too.
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We coordinate for you.
A care coordinator, not a therapist, follows up to talk through therapist fit, language preferences, availability, and cost, including any insurance questions, before you commit to anything.
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Meet your therapist.
A consultation is available first, so you can see whether the fit feels right.
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Begin.
Early sessions are about your therapist getting to know you and what you want to change. The pace is set with you, not for you.
- Where: In person at our offices in Manhattan Beach, Arcadia, Irvine, and Burbank, California.
- Telehealth: Online sessions are available for clients who are physically in California or Oregon at the time of the session.
Questions
Common questions
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Yes. You don't need a crisis, a breakdown, or a diagnosis to have a good reason. If work is taking more from you than you can replace, that's enough, and plenty of people come to us for exactly this.
How do I know it's burnout and not something else?+
You don't have to know, and this page can't tell you. Exhaustion can have more than one source, and part of a therapist's job is helping you sort out what's actually going on before deciding what to do about it.
Nabi has "family" in the name. Can I come just for me?+
Yes. Adults are full members of this practice, and many people come to us on their own, whether or not anyone else in their life ever attends.
I barely have time as it is. How would I fit therapy in?+
That's a real constraint, not a character flaw, and you won't be talked out of it here. Tell our care coordinator what your weeks actually look like, and they'll take that into account when matching you with a therapist.
Will a therapist tell me to quit my job?+
No. Therapy isn't a set of instructions handed down to you. Your therapist helps you get clear on what's driving the burnout and what you want to change; what you do with that stays your call.
How much does it cost?+
Cost depends on the therapist you're matched with and whether insurance applies. Our care coordinator will go over the numbers with you before your first session, so there are no surprises.
Burnout tells you the tiredness is just the price of a working life. It doesn't have to be.
Reach out and tell us about why you're here — running on empty is a fine place to start. Our care team will take it from there. This is a place to belong, even with nothing left in the tank.
Medically reviewed by Soo Jin Lee, LMFT (118366), Clinical Director at Nabi Family Therapy. Last reviewed August 26, 2026. This page is general information, not a diagnosis or a substitute for care from a licensed professional. If work stress or burnout has you worn down, please reach out.