Stress & burnout — after the load lifts.
Six months after the deadline, the relationship, the diagnosis — the autonomic system can still be running on emergency settings. We examine and work the levers that bring the brain back into a regulated steady-state.
The body remembers.
The acute stressor has passed. Life looks workable on paper. And yet — sleep is fragmented, the mind won't settle in the evening, attention isn't reliable, the body is tired but wired. The autonomic system, which was doing exactly what it was supposed to do under sustained load, hasn't recalibrated.
In our practice, this presentation is one of the highest-yield uses of HRV biofeedback. Patients are usually trainable. Home practice carries low risk. Most see autonomic shifts within the first six to ten sessions.
An HRV-weighted programme.
For most stress-and-burnout presentations, we lead with HRV biofeedback and supportive sleep work. The qEEG often shows the cortical signature of chronic over-arousal — useful for tracking, sometimes for targeted neurofeedback. Mind-body integration work pairs naturally to anchor the home practice.
Where the picture suggests a primary depressive or anxiety disorder underneath the burnout label — particularly with persistent low mood, hopelessness, or panic — we refer for psychological assessment and work alongside that care.
Adjacent pathways.
- Anxiety — when the picture is more anxious than depleted.
- Depression — when low mood is the dominant signal.
- Sleep — when sleep is the most-disrupted system.
- Performance & optimisation — for non-clinical, high-demand audiences.
Your brain.... Your call.
Start with a free Brain Snapshot, book an Initial Consultation, or call us.
Scope & safety
We work alongside — not in place of — primary medical and psychological care. We do not diagnose neurological or psychiatric conditions from EEG, and we do not prescribe or alter medication. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 000 or Lifeline 13 11 14.