Julia Tehovnik (she/her/hers)

From my approach, I see burnout as a discrepancy in values. Something is happening in the individual's life that is wearing them down and making them feel less fulfilled. My clients tend to be overachievers, perfectionists, and goal-oriented individuals that experience difficulty feelings satisfied with their accomplishments and continue overworking under the assumption that further goal accomplishment will provide fulfillment, which then leads to burnout.

I am incredibly familiar with the full range of anxiety disorders - panic, chronic stress, social anxiety, trauma, environmental anxiety, political anxiety, and so much more. I like to incorporate my emphasis on the mind-body connection to implement personalized, effective coping strategies for managing the body's physiological response to anxiety while empathetically exploring the origins of thoughts and feelings of seemingly uncontrollable worry.

I find mindfulness to be the core to all coping strategies - you can't heal what you don't know is there! I work with clients on sensory, emotional, somatic, and cognitive mindfulness to help them recognize their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and their interactions to be able to understand patterns, how they're helpful/harmful, and begin making shifts for sustainable change.

I have found CBT to be incredibly helpful in my work for clients to address and reframe their negative thought patterns. I often find that behavioral, emotional, and cognitive patterns develop early in life from core beliefs based on our experiences. These past experiences then shift our perspectives and impact how we see the world and current experiences. Together, we'll look at these underlying beliefs to shift our thoughts and behaviors to match the beliefs we choose to reinforce.

I believe ACT and CBT work incredibly well in tandem with each other. I utilized ACT by helping clients identify their existing values based on cultural, social, and personal factors, as well as the values they wish to fulfill. I believe dissonance between a client's personal values and the values they regularly demonstrate through their lives can cause burnout, emotional distress, and dissatisfaction. Creating cognitive & emotional flexibility helps clients develop fulfillment in their lives.