Stress & Burnout Therapy in Toronto
You keep pushing through, but you’re running on empty. Maybe you dread Monday by Saturday afternoon, snap at people you love or can’t remember the last time you felt rested. Stress is part of life. Burnout is what happens when demands outpace your resources for too long. Therapy can help you understand what’s draining you and find a more sustainable way forward.
Kalm Wellness Therapy offers stress and burnout therapy at our North York office and online for clients across Canada.
You keep pushing through, but you’re running on empty. Maybe you dread Monday by Saturday afternoon, snap at people you love or can’t remember the last time you felt rested. Stress is part of life. Burnout is what happens when demands outpace your resources for too long. Therapy can help you understand what’s draining you and find a more sustainable way forward.
Kalm Wellness Therapy offers stress and burnout therapy at our North York office and online for clients across Canada.
Who it's for
Stress and burnout therapy is for anyone feeling stretched past their limits, including:
- Professionals dealing with heavy workloads, difficult workplaces or career uncertainty
- Healthcare workers, helpers and caregivers who give a lot to others
- Students juggling school, work and expectations
- Parents balancing home and work
- Newcomers to Canada managing the pressure of starting over
- People-pleasers and perfectionists who find it hard to say no
Signs of stress and burnout
- Constant exhaustion that rest doesn’t fix
- Feeling cynical, detached or numb about work or responsibilities
- Lower productivity, procrastination or trouble concentrating
- Irritability, tearfulness or feeling overwhelmed by small things
- Headaches, tension, stomach issues or poor sleep
- Losing touch with hobbies, friends and the things that used to restore you
Burnout can overlap with anxiety and depression. A therapist can help you sort out what’s going on.
Approaches we use
- CBT to challenge all-or-nothing thinking, perfectionism and guilt about resting
- ACT to clarify your values and make choices about where your energy goes
- Solution-focused brief therapy for practical, goal-oriented change
- Mindfulness and mind-body approaches to calm the nervous system and notice early warning signs
- IFS to understand the inner “drivers” that keep you overextending
- Boundary-setting and communication skills for work and relationships
Some clients also pair therapy with our NeurOptimal® neurofeedback sessions, a non-medical brain-training option offered at the clinic.
What sessions involve
Your first session looks at your current load, both at work and at home, along with your sleep, health and support, and the patterns that have led you here. Together you’ll identify what’s in your control and what isn’t. Sessions often include practical tools such as prioritising, setting boundaries, scheduling recovery time and handling difficult conversations with a manager or family. They also look at the beliefs that make slowing down feel risky. Change usually comes in small, steady steps rather than a complete overhaul.
Therapists who offer stress and burnout therapy
- Nathalie Paterson, RP: burnout, workplace stress, career issues, people-pleasing, procrastination, perfectionism and sleep
- Brooke Zwiebel, RP: adults 18+; burnout, difficult life transitions and self-identity
- Maria Duran, RP (Qualifying): stress, burnout and life transitions; English and Spanish
- Kayla Schofield, RP (Founder): stress, workplace injuries, life changes and the mind-body connection
- Ahsen Ayan, RSW: stress, career transitions, academic pressures and boundaries
Read full profiles on Meet the Kalm Team.
In person or online
Short on time? virtual therapy lets you fit a session into a lunch break from anywhere in Canada. Prefer a change of scene? Visit us for in-person therapy in North York.
How to book
Booking starts with a free consultation. It’s a short conversation to see whether we’re a good fit and which therapist suits what you’re looking for. You can book a free consultation online through our booking system, call us at 647-250-4308, or send a message through our contact page.
In person: 534 Lawrence Ave W, Suite 221B, Toronto (North York), above the Scotiabank. See in-person therapy.
Online: secure video sessions for clients across Canada. See virtual therapy.
All Kalm Wellness Therapy therapists are regulated by their respective professional colleges, such as the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). If you are in crisis or at risk of harm, call or text 9-8-8 or go to your nearest emergency department.