People tend to panic when their medical leave application gets denied by their insurance company.
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Burnout: Try lowering your standards
People that find themselves in burnout are often in burnout because their standards are too high. One of the tasks I work with my clients on when they are in burnout is to help them lower their standards.
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Burnout: Work smarter, not harder
I have worked with many people in burnout and have observed that they tend to push themselves really hard, sometimes for years, and end up exhausted. Not surprisingly, the quality of their work can suffer over the longer-term.
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Recovering from burnout
Recovering from burnout takes significant time and commitment. One of the first things I am asked by clients that are in burnout is, “How long it will take to recover?” Based on my experience as a psychologist, my response is that it will take about seven weeks before they will begin to feel like they […]
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Burnout: When the boss demands too much
Many people are in burnout because their company’s expectations concerning what one person can accomplish are unrealistic.
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Burnout: Are you are responsible for the problem?
There are several reasons why people find themselves in burnout. Frequently, it is those people that are strongly motivated, dedicated and heavily committed to their work that find themselves most vulnerable to burnout.
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Burnout: Stop before you’re exhausted
I have worked with many people in burnout, and in my experience counselling them, pretty much everyone has recovered that has worked hard to learn what they needed to learn. I once worked with a client, however, that wasn’t recovering as quickly as I was expecting him to, which left me confused. He appeared to be […]
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Burnout: Overcommitted and overwhelmed
On occasion, a client will arrive at my office feeling completely overwhelmed. Together, we work to address this feeling as our first task so that the person can move to a place of calm.
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Burnout: How to begin short-term medical leave
The process is pretty straight forward. New clients often arrive at my office in burnout. Sometimes I suggest they take short-term medical leave because they are so exhausted. Sometimes that leave lasts more than 12 weeks and transitions to long-term medical leave.
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Burnout: What to do on short-term medical leave
Short-term medical leave can help you get back on your feet when you are exhausted, but only if you do what you need to do. Several of the clients I work with in my private practice as a psychologist take short-term medical leave from work because of burnout. Taking medical leave is sometimes warranted, but […]
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