Burnout, chronic fatigue, insomnia, loss of meaning in work and difficulty with boundaries are often not simply the result of overwork, but of unconscious patterns that compel us to put functionality before our own needs.

How burnout shows up

Burnout is not just tiredness. It is an exhaustion that rest does not relieve, cynicism towards work you once did gladly, a feeling that you can no longer stop or that nothing matters. It is often accompanied by insomnia, physical complaints and guilt about what you cannot manage. It usually does not arise from one single reason, but because you have long functioned beyond your strength without allowing yourself to stop.

A psychoanalytic view of burnout and stress

Burnout is often not simply the result of excessive workload, but the continuation of a pattern in which a person's worth was tied early on to achievement and functioning, not to their existence as such.

Therapeutic work on burnout therefore does not aim only at rest or reorganising a schedule, but at understanding what constant productivity actually serves.

Psychotherapy for burnout and stress in practice

In practice, this means exploring what happens when you say no, set a boundary, or simply don't do something expected of you.

How I work with burnout and stress

Besides the workload, I am interested in what has kept you in this pace for so long: what belief about your worth, what fear of what would happen if you let go. When we understand this, setting boundaries or resting are no longer just advice, but something you can truly allow yourself. Sessions are weekly, in Ljubljana or by video call.

Help with burnout and stress in Ljubljana

I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy for burnout and stress in Ljubljana or online (by video call). At the beginning we agree on three introductory sessions (45–50 minutes each), in which you see how I work and whether psychoanalytic psychotherapy suits you. After that we agree on regular weekly sessions.

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Frequently asked questions about burnout and stress

Does psychotherapy help with burnout and stress?

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy for burnout and stress does not look only for a way to ease the difficulty, but for an understanding of what it is communicating. I work with the causes of distress and not only with the distress as expressed. Once we find the cause, and during the psychotherapeutic process, symptoms often ease or disappear.

How long does psychotherapy for burnout and stress take?

Duration is individual and depends on the therapeutic goal and on how long the difficulties have been present. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy can last from a few months to a few years. One session lasts 45 to 50 minutes; usually once a week, and by arrangement sometimes several times a week.

Is burnout only the result of too much work?

Overload is often visible, but underneath it there can also be patterns that make it hard to allow yourself rest, set a boundary or accept that you are not always enough. Psychoanalytic work looks there too.