When life has been asking too much of you for too long.
Maybe work is draining you. Home needs something from you too. A transition you thought you could handle has taken more out of you than expected.
You’re still doing what needs to be done. It’s just getting harder to keep doing it without feeling the effects.
Get StartedCan therapy help when my job is the problem?
Yes. Work stress can affect your mood, sleep, relationships, confidence, ability to be present, and how much energy you have left when the workday ends.
Therapy gives you a place to sort through what is happening without needing to protect a coworker, reassure your family, or make the situation sound better than it feels.
We can look at the stress itself, how you are responding to it, what may need to change, and what you need in order to feel more like yourself again.
You may be functioning just fine on paper.
That does not tell us how much effort it is taking to keep everything moving.
You think about work long after you’ve logged off.
Your patience is shorter by the time you get home.
You feel responsible for more than you can realistically carry.
You keep telling yourself you should be handling this better.
You’re tired, but slowing down somehow makes you anxious too.
You miss feeling present in the parts of your life you actually care about.
What if nothing is technically wrong, but I don’t feel like myself?
Change can be difficult even when the change is expected, chosen, or good.
A new role, parenting season, career decision, relationship change, loss, move, or other transition can unsettle routines and parts of your identity that used to feel familiar.
Therapy can give you room to process what changed, notice what you need now, and adjust without expecting yourself to have the next version of your life figured out immediately.
The goal isn’t to become better at tolerating a life that isn’t working.
Sometimes coping skills help. Sometimes a boundary, decision, difficult conversation, or change in expectations matters more. Therapy gives us room to figure out the difference.
Stress that follows you home
Finding ways to separate from the workday and be more present when your attention belongs somewhere else.
Pressure you put on yourself
Looking at perfectionism, responsibility, guilt, and the standards that can make an already difficult season harder.
Change you didn’t plan for
Processing what happened while building confidence in your ability to adjust to what comes next.
When “I’m stressed” doesn’t quite cover it anymore.
How do I know if work stress is becoming burnout?
Burnout can involve emotional exhaustion, reduced motivation, irritability, difficulty disconnecting from work, feeling ineffective, or having less energy for the rest of your life. Therapy can help you look at the pattern and what may need attention.
What if I can’t leave my job right now?
Therapy does not require an immediate exit plan. We can work on how you are managing the current situation, boundaries that may be possible, anxious or perfectionistic patterns that intensify the stress, and decisions you may want to consider over time.
Can therapy help me be more present with my family?
It can. When stress consumes a large amount of mental and emotional energy, it can be difficult to shift attention back to the people and parts of life that matter to you. We can work on what is keeping you mentally pulled elsewhere and ways to reconnect with the present.
Do I have to be in crisis to come to therapy during a life transition?
No. Therapy can be useful when you are adjusting, questioning, grieving, making decisions, or simply realizing that the way you used to handle things is not working as well in your current season.
We can talk about what happened. Then we figure out what to do with it.
I’m an active therapist. I’ll listen, ask questions, and help you sort out what is actually happening beneath the pile of responsibilities and stress.
Our work may include coping strategies, boundaries, communication, anxious thinking, perfectionism, self-esteem, decision-making, or processing experiences you have not had space to deal with yet.
I’m interested in what helps outside the therapy session too. Insight matters more when you can use it in your actual life.
Learn more about working with Missy →You don’t have to wait until you completely run out of room.
I provide online individual therapy for women who are physically located in Oklahoma at the time of their session.
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