Somatic Therapy for Burnout
Because You Weren’t Meant to Just Push Through
Let’s be honest: burnout isn’t just “feeling a little tired.”
It’s not solved with a bath bomb or a weekend off.
Burnout is a full-body experience—and it can feel like your mind, emotions, and nervous system are all screaming “I’m done” at the same time.
If you’re running on fumes, stuck in survival mode, or showing up every day feeling numb, exhausted, and disconnected, somatic therapy may offer the kind of support that talk therapy alone can’t touch.
You don’t need to hustle your way through healing.
Let’s talk about how somatic therapy meets burnout right where it lives—in your body.
What Does Burnout Really Feel Like?
You might be burned out if you’re experiencing:
Physical exhaustion that doesn’t go away with rest
Emotional flatness or numbness
Brain fog, trouble focusing, or decision fatigue
Feeling emotionally distant from the things (or people) you care about
Chronic tension, headaches, or digestive issues
Dread about work, home responsibilities, or everything
Burnout can affect anyone—but it’s especially common for:
Caregivers and parents
Healthcare professionals, therapists, and educators
Neurodivergent adults masking all day at work
People who grew up being “the responsible one” or “the helper”
Highly sensitive people constantly absorbing others’ stress
Those navigating life in high-pressure, performance-driven environments
Sound familiar? You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re probably burned out—and your body is trying to get your attention.
Why Burnout Isn’t Just in Your Mind
You might’ve tried telling yourself:
“I just need to get it together.”
“If I could organize better, I wouldn’t feel this way.”
“Once this week is over, I’ll be fine.”
But burnout doesn’t start in your calendar—it starts in your nervous system.
When you’re constantly in “go” mode, your body never gets a chance to fully recover. Cortisol stays high, your muscles stay tense, your breathing stays shallow, and your brain stays stuck in survival strategies (like overworking, checking out, or shutting down emotionally).
Over time, the body says: “No more.”
Somatic therapy listens to that message—and helps you respond, not ignore it.
How Somatic Therapy Helps With Burnout
Somatic therapy is a body-based approach that helps regulate your nervous system, restore your sense of presence, and rebuild trust with your internal signals.
Here’s how that translates into real-life burnout support:
1. Regulating Your Nervous System
Burnout keeps your nervous system locked in overdrive—or frozen in collapse. In somatic therapy, we’ll explore gentle ways to shift your state using breath, grounding, movement, and awareness.
We’re not pushing or forcing. We’re creating small moments of relief and steadiness.
2. Reconnecting With Your Body’s Signals
Burnout often causes you to override your body—ignoring hunger, sleepiness, tension, and overwhelm to keep performing.
Somatic work helps you re-learn how to notice and respond to:
When you’re getting overstimulated
What helps you calm down
When you’re emotionally full and need a break
What “yes” and “no” feel like in your body
This is about coming back into relationship with yourself—not perfectly, just kindly.
3. Letting Go of “Productivity as Worth”
Many of us were taught that our value is tied to how much we produce, serve, or achieve. In burnout, that message gets louder… even as your body tries to shut it down.
Somatic therapy helps untangle that pattern from the inside out. You don’t have to earn rest. You don’t have to push through. You don’t have to prove anything to be worthy of care.
“I Know I’m Burned Out. But I Can’t Just Quit My Life.”
I hear this all the time.
You might be a parent, a nurse, a teacher, a business owner, or someone who holds a lot for others. You can’t just disappear for a sabbatical in the woods (although—if you could, I’d support it!).
Somatic therapy isn’t about escaping real life.
It’s about helping your body and nervous system feel safer within it.
We can work together to:
Create micro-practices that restore your energy (without adding pressure)
Explore what boundaries feel like in your body—so you can start saying “no” from a place of self-trust
Learn how to pause and reset, even for 30 seconds at a time
Reconnect with what actually nourishes you—not what looks good from the outside
You don’t have to overhaul your life. You just need support that meets you where you are.
What a Somatic Session for Burnout Might Include
Every session looks a little different based on your needs, but it might involve:
Checking in on how burnout is showing up in your body today
Noticing physical patterns (like holding your breath, clenching your jaw, or dissociating)
Using gentle practices to downshift your nervous system
Rebuilding internal awareness of “what’s too much”
Exploring new ways to rest, respond, or re-center
This isn’t about fixing you—it’s about softening your relationship with yourself so healing can happen from a more resourced place.
Can Somatic Therapy for Burnout Be Done Online?
Yes—and it can actually feel even more powerful when you’re in your own space.
All of my sessions are virtual and available to clients across Texas—including Austin, Dallas, Houston, and smaller towns in between.
You can show up in your sweatpants. You can have tea in your favorite mug. You can sit, stretch, lie down, or stand. You’re in charge of the pace, the space, and the process.
Your body doesn’t need a therapist’s office to begin recovering. It just needs someone who knows how to listen to what it’s saying.
You Don’t Have to Burn All the Way Out
Burnout is not weakness. It’s a sign that your body has been working way too hard to keep going without enough care, rest, or safety.
You don’t have to wait until you collapse to get support.
You can start wherever you are. Right now. Today.
Ready to Begin?
I offer virtual somatic therapy for burnout to clients across Texas. Whether you’re overwhelmed, checked out, or somewhere in between—you’re welcome here.
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Your body is calling you back. Let’s answer it together.
