Professional burnout

Burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed and unable to meet the constant demands of your job.

As the stress continues, you begin to lose the interest or motivation that led you to take on a certain role in the first place.Burnout reduces your productivity and saps your energy, leaving you feeling increasingly helpless, hopeless, cynical, and resentful. Eventually, you may feel like you have nothing more to give.

You may be on the road to burnout if:

· Every day is a bad day.

· You are taking drugs or abusing alcohol as a coping mechanism.

· Caring about your work or home life seems like a total waste of energy.

· You’re exhausted all the time.

· The majority of your day is spent on tasks you find either mind-numbingly dull or overwhelming.

· You feel like nothing you do makes a difference or is appreciated.

· The negative effects of burnout spill over into every area of life – including your home and social life.

Burnout can also cause long-term changes to your body that make you vulnerable to illnesses like colds and flu. Because of its many consequences, it’s important to deal with burnout right away.

OUR TREATMENT APPROACH

The Bayberry Clinical team has both the professional and personal experience in the treatment of this very often debilitating condition.

Our residential treatment programme is evidence based and takes place in a welcoming Therapeutic Community in a lovely house in rural Oxfordshire. Peer groups are small and our compassionate and highly specialised staff create an atmosphere of democratic participation in the treatment programme.