San Francisco woman finds relief from anxiety and depression through specialized women's therapy

Therapy for Women Experiencing Burnout, Anxiety, and Depression

You tend to hold a lot of responsibility - at work, in your family role, and in your mind - but you don’t totally feel comfortable leaning on others to take some of that responsibility off your plate.

You tend to look calm and stoic even when you have big feelings boiling up inside, leading you to feel unseen and invalidated (and if you don’t realize the mismatch you may also feel confused. Can’t they see I’m hurting?)

Things are feeling a little to a lot unmanageable at the moment and you’re not quite sure what to do about that.

Symptoms of Burnout May Include:

  • Emotional exhaustion, feeling “drained”

  • Reduced sense of accomplishment

  • Cynicism or detachment from work

  • Difficulty concentrating
    Decreased motivation

  • Increased irritability

  • Physical symptoms (headaches, sleep issues)

Symptoms of Anxiety May Include:

  • Excessive worry or fear

  • Restlessness or feeling “on edge”

  • Racing thoughts

  • Muscle tension

  • Rapid heartbeat

  • Trouble sleeping

  • Avoidance of anxiety-triggering situations

Symptoms of Depression May Include:

  • Persistent sadness or emptiness

  • Loss of interest in activities

  • Fatigue or low energy

  • Changes in sleep (too little or too much)

  • Changes in appetite or weight

  • Feelings of guilt or worthlessness

  • Difficulty concentrating

  • Thoughts of self-harm (seek immediate help if present)

How Does Therapy Help Women With Burnout, Anxiety, and Depression?

1. By providing the immediate relief of being thoughtfully tended to and seen through our client-centered lens. Our clients often describe how good it feels to just talk aloud to a neutral party about all they have been holding inside their minds (it gets noisy in there!).

2. By providing education to empower you to understand what’s happening with your mental and emotional health and why. Is it burnout? Anxiety? Depression? We will help you discern.

3. By finding any and all ways to work with your emotions, thoughts, and circumstances (read: whatever is happening for you takes place both inside your mind and in the context of your worlds) such that you can live your most values- aligned life and focus on that which matters to you most.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • There is a fair amount of overlap between the three. An oversimplified answer is that burnout tends to revolve around a specific setting (occupational, domestic, etc.), is a basic overload of responsibilities that outweigh your ability to take them on and/or a consequence of role confusion and boundary blurring. It may be helped by making decisions about how you are engaging with your responsibilities. Burnout is also not technically a diagnosable condition. 

    Depression and anxiety are generally longer lasting, more intense, and may not be relieved with simple tactical changes. There are often biological + psychological + social factors working together to create and sustain symptoms. They can also range from mild to severe and other treatment options will also be available if on the  more severe end.

  • We are not doctors, so no! We do, however, refer to and work in collaboration with psychiatrists if and when medication is also part of your treatment plan,

  • SOURCE was founded as a specialized women-centered space and evolved to focus on perinatal mental health. These are the areas we continue to study and practice. To that end, our clients who identify as men are almost always dads and dads-to-be. This helps us practice within our zone of expertise.

  • We do not accept insurance and are considered out-of-network providers. Go here for more information on this and fee-related information.