Individual Therapy for Burnout, Stress, and Emotional Overload
It can be hard to know what to do when we are struggling. When we realize that we need help, it can be challenging to ask for it. Seeking therapy can feel scary for some, so we do our best to make you feel cared for and understood. Individual therapy at Hartwell Counselling Therapy Group offers trauma-informed, one-to-one support for adults who are feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or stuck despite being capable and high-functioning. Many clients seek individual therapy when burnout, chronic stress, anxiety, or the impact of past experiences begins to affect their emotional well-being, relationships, or ability to rest.
Hartwell Counselling Therapy Group provides individual therapy online for clients in Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia, with care designed to meet the needs of busy professionals and high-achieving adults.
What Individual Therapy Can Help With
Individual therapy may support adults experiencing:
• burnout and emotional exhaustion
• chronic stress and overwhelm
• anxiety and high-functioning anxiety
• trauma and unresolved past experiences
• difficulty resting or slowing down
• emotional numbness or irritability
• perfectionism, people-pleasing, and over-responsibility
• feeling “stuck” despite insight or success
How Individual Therapy Works
Individual therapy provides a confidential, structured space to explore your experiences, patterns, and nervous system responses at a pace that feels safe and manageable. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to your goals, whether you are seeking symptom relief, deeper emotional processing, or long-term change.
Therapy may involve reflection, skill-building, nervous system regulation, or trauma processing depending on what is most supportive for you at each stage.
A Trauma- Informed Approach
At Hartwell Counselling Therapy Group, individual therapy is grounded in trauma-informed care. This means therapy focuses on safety, choice, collaboration, and respect for your capacity and limits.
Approaches used in individual therapy may include:
• EMDR for processing distressing experiences
• Somatic therapy for nervous system regulation
• Internal Family Systems (IFS) to work with internal patterns
Not every session looks the same. Therapy is responsive, not prescriptive.
Why Individual Therapy Works For High-Achieving Adults
High-achieving adults often cope by pushing through, intellectualizing, or staying busy. Individual therapy offers a space to slow down without losing momentum, explore what is driving burnout beneath the surface, and develop sustainable ways of relating to stress, responsibility, and self-expectation.
This work is especially helpful for adults who:
• appear “fine” externally but feel depleted internally
• have tried coping strategies that no longer work
• want more than surface-level solutions
How We Can Help
At Hartwell Counselling Therapy Group, individual therapy is offered in a way that prioritizes safety, choice, and collaboration. Therapy is paced to support nervous system regulation and meaningful change, without pressure to perform or “push through.”
Support may include work related to:
• burnout and chronic stress
• trauma and PTSD
• the long-term impact of childhood experiences
• emotional overwhelm, shutdown, or hypervigilance
• patterns of over-functioning, perfectionism, or self-criticism
Therapy is trauma-informed and may integrate approaches such as EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), depending on what best supports your needs and goals. We also offer a structured, time-limited program called The 6-Week Trauma Reset. It’s designed for individuals seeking focused, compassionate support within a clear therapeutic container. While still personalized, the work is more intentional and concentrated, integrating nervous system regulation and trauma-processing approaches over a defined six-week period.
Sessions are offered virtually to clients in Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Ready to begin?
If you would like to explore whether virtual therapy is a good fit for you, you are welcome to schedule a consultation using the link below.