Specialized Care for High-Achieving Professionals
When your professional life is demanding more than you have left to give, our licensed therapists provide evidence based, trauma informed therapy to help you recover, rebuild, and move forward — at your own pace.
At The Terrebonne Group in New Orleans, our therapists provide evidence-based psychotherapy for professional burnout. Each therapist is committed to helping high-achieving professionals rebuild trust in themselves and reclaim their well-being through compassionate, expert care.
Professional burnout is not a character flaw. It is a signal — and learning to read that signal is often the beginning of meaningful change.
What Is Professional Burnout — and Why Does It Happen?
Professional burnout is a state of chronic work-related stress that leaves you feeling emotionally depleted, detached from your work, and uncertain about your sense of purpose and self-esteem. It develops gradually — often invisibly — in people who are deeply committed to what they do. High-performing executives, physicians, attorneys, and other professionals in demanding roles are among the most vulnerable to its effects on overall well-being.
For many of our clients, the experience of professional burnout is compounded by emotional challenges they’ve carried for years: unresolved trauma, mood disorders, anxiety, relationship challenges, or a persistent pattern of placing others’ needs above their own. Burnout is rarely just about being tired. It frequently signals deeper mental health challenges that deserve professional support and attention.
The mental health impact of professional burnout extends beyond the office. It strains relationships, disrupts sleep, diminishes self-esteem, erodes self-awareness, and can lead to a profound sense of disconnection from the life you’ve worked hard to build. Understanding the root causes of your burnout is not optional — it is essential to lasting recovery.
Burnout can make even the most accomplished professionals feel like they’ve lost themselves. Therapy helps you find your way back — and forward.
Our therapists view burnout not as a personal failing, but as a complex mental health condition shaped by professional life, past experiences, and the particular emotional demands of high-pressure careers. With the right therapeutic relationship and individualized care, recovery is not only possible — it can become a gateway to personal growth that makes all the difference in your life.
Signs That Professional Burnout May Be Affecting You
People often come to us after recognizing one or more of these patterns in their own experience:
Signs that professional burnout may be affecting you
Persistent exhaustion that sleep doesn’t restore
Emotional numbness or detachment from work you once loved
Increased cynicism, irritability, or persistent pessimism
Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
Feeling guilty for not doing enough — or for doing too much
Emotional depletion or withdrawal from people you care about
Declining performance despite increased effort
Anxiety, depression, or other emotional symptoms
Specialized Therapy for Professionals in New Orleans
Our New Orleans therapists have extensive experience working with individuals navigating high-pressure professional environments. We understand the unique emotional challenges, ethical pressures, and career challenges that come with demanding roles — and we provide a non-judgmental space where you can explore those challenges without pretense.
Physicians & Healthcare Workers
Physician burnout therapy in New Orleans designed for clinicians navigating compassion fatigue, moral injury, and occupational pressure.
Attorneys & Legal Professionals
A therapist for attorneys in New Orleans who understands the cognitive and emotional toll of high-stakes legal work and client demands.
Executives & Business Leaders
Therapy for professionals navigating leadership pressure, identity challenges, and the emotional weight of organizational responsibility.
Educators & Caregivers
Support for those in helping professions who give constantly to others — and deserve the same quality care they offer the people they serve.
Evidence-Based Therapy for Lasting Recovery
At The Terrebonne Group, we believe that effective therapy for professional burnout requires more than symptom management. Each therapist on our team takes a comprehensive, evidence-based approach — examining the root causes of your burnout and working collaboratively with clients to build a personalized treatment plan aligned with their mental health goals. We design every aspect of care around the specific person in front of us, not a generic protocol.
We draw on a range of evidence-based psychotherapy modalities, integrating approaches that are well-suited to the particular circumstances of each client. Whether you are ready to begin or have been carrying the weight of professional burnout for years, our therapists will meet you where you are — and build from there.
Therapy for professional burnout is not a linear process, nor should it be. We work to establish a genuine therapeutic relationship — one characterized by trust, honesty, and collaborative goal-setting. The strength of the therapeutic alliance is one of the most reliable predictors of positive outcomes in therapy, and we take that seriously. Our clients are not passive recipients of care; they are active participants in their own recovery.
Because professional burnout often involves underlying mental health concerns — including unresolved trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues — our approach is designed to be holistic. We also have the clinical capacity to prescribe medication when appropriate, through our affiliated psychiatric provider, offering an integrated model of mental health treatment that remains uncommon in our market.
Initial Consultation & Assessment
Your first appointment begins with a thorough clinical assessment. We explore your professional life, emotional history, and current mental health concerns to understand what is driving your professional burnout and what treatment will look like for you specifically.
Building Your Treatment Plan
Following your first session, your therapist develops a personalized treatment plan that reflects your mental health goals, identifies actionable steps toward recovery, and outlines the therapeutic modalities best suited to your situation.
Ongoing Therapy & Support
Through regular sessions — in-person or via teletherapy — we provide continuous support as you develop coping skills, gain clarity, and begin to rebuild the life and professional identity that burnout has disrupted.
Sustainable Growth & Prevention
Preventing burnout from recurring is as important as treating it. We help patients build healthy habits, examine patterns that perpetuate stress, and establish sustainable self-care practices for the long term.
How We Work With You
Our therapists are trained in a broad range of evidence-based psychotherapy approaches. We select and integrate modalities based on each client’s unique needs, history, and goals — never a one-size-fits-all approach.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most rigorously researched approaches for professional burnout, anxiety, and mood disorders. It helps you identify unhelpful thoughts and negative thoughts, understand how those patterns affect behavior, and develop more adaptive coping strategies. Our therapists use cognitive behavioral therapy as a foundational tool in our individualized care.
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Many professionals experiencing burnout carry unresolved trauma that amplifies the impact of sustained occupational stress. Our trauma-informed therapy approach ensures that every aspect of treatment — from the way sessions are structured to the language we use — honors the role of trauma in your mental health. Trauma-informed therapy is not a separate modality but a lens through which all of our clinical work is conducted.
Psychodynamic & Talk Therapy
Talk therapy rooted in psychodynamic principles helps patients explore thoughts, feelings, and relational patterns that often underlie professional burnout. This approach is especially effective for those with long-standing emotional challenges, depression, or interpersonal difficulties that has not responded fully to surface-level coping strategies.
Family Therapy & Relationship Support
Professional burnout rarely stays at the office. When burnout begins to affect your relationships at home, family therapy provides a structured, supportive space for repair and reconnection. Our therapists offer family therapy to help clients and their loved ones navigate the relational impact of professional burnout — rebuilding trust, improving communication, and strengthening the relationship. Family therapy is available as part of a broader care plan or as a standalone service.
Stress Management & Self-Care Planning
Sustainable recovery from professional burnout requires practical, personalized wellness strategies — not generic advice. Our therapists work with patients to develop individualized self-care plans that address sleep, physical health, stress management, and deep breathing techniques alongside the psychological dimensions of burnout. Setting boundaries, reclaiming leisure, and protecting energy are all essential parts of this work.
Psychiatric Medication Management
When professional burnout is accompanied by clinical-level anxiety, mood disorders, or other mental health conditions, medication may be an appropriate part of treatment. Through The Terrebonne Group’s integrated model, our psychiatric nurse practitioner can evaluate, prescribe medication, and coordinate care directly with your therapist — ensuring a seamless, relationship-centered approach to mental health treatment.
Online Therapy — Accessible Throughout Louisiana
Busy professionals across Louisiana can access our virtual psychotherapy services from anywhere in the state. Our HIPAA-compliant online therapy platform makes it easy to attend sessions without disrupting a demanding professional schedule. Many people begin with teletherapy before transitioning to in-person sessions, while others prefer the convenience and privacy of virtual sessions throughout their care. Online therapy delivers the same evidence-based, individualized care as in-person sessions — with the added flexibility that many of our patients need.
Specialized Clinical Expertise
Our New Orleans therapists bring over two decades of combined experience working with professionals navigating career pressure, emotional challenges, and professional burnout. Every therapist on our team is a specialist — not a generalist — who understands the particular psychological demands of high-performance careers. When you work with a therapist at The Terrebonne Group, you work with someone who has dedicated their clinical career to helping professionals like you.
Integrated Psychiatric & Therapy Care
Many clients require both psychotherapy and psychiatric support. Our practice is among the few in New Orleans that offers both under one roof — allowing your therapist and psychiatric provider to collaborate directly on your personalized care. No referrals, no disconnected care — just coordinated mental health services designed around you.
A Non-Judgmental, Private Setting
We provide a non-judgmental space where clients in demanding careers can speak openly — without fear of judgment, professional consequences, or the performance pressure that defines so much of their daily life. Personalized care, discretion, and genuine collaboration are foundational to our practice.
Personalized, Goal-Directed Treatment
Every client receives care built around their specific needs, professional circumstances, and personal values. We establish clear goals from the outset, track each client's progress collaboratively, and adjust our approach as needed — because your care should fit you, not a template.
Self Care as a Clinical Priority
Many professionals who come to us for burnout treatment have deprioritized their own self care for years. We treat self care not as a luxury but as a clinical necessity — integrating self care planning, healthy coping skills, healthy boundaries, and self compassion work into every stage of treatment. Building self awareness is central to preventing burnout from returning.
Conveniently Located in New Orleans
Our New Orleans office is accessible and welcoming, serving patients and professionals from Mid-City, Uptown, the Garden District, Metairie, Baton Rouge, and beyond. Whether you prefer in-person sessions or work with a therapist via our telehealth platform, we make exceptional care easy to access throughout Louisiana.
How We Work With You
Our therapists draw on a range of evidence-based approaches, selecting and integrating modalities based on each client's unique history, goals, and circumstances — never a one-size-fits-all protocol.
Dr. Leigh Anne Terrebonne
Dr. Terrebonne has over 25 years of experience helping high-achieving professionals navigate professional burnout, anxiety, depression, trauma, and the relationship and life transitions that often accompany a demanding career.
Dr. Monica Stevens
Dr. Stevens is a former Psychiatry faculty member at Tulane University Medical Center with extensive experience treating professional burnout, anxiety, depression, and life transitions in adults.
Dorian Rolston
Dorian brings a psychodynamic approach to individual and couples psychotherapy, with particular focus on adults whose professional burnout is entangled with long-standing relationship patterns, family wounds, or histories of substance use.
Dr. Lisa Legeaux
Dr. Legeaux is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specializing in medication management for anxiety, depression, mood disorders, ADHD, and trauma — for children, adolescents, and adults.
Dr. Leigh Anne Terrebonne
Dr. Terrebonne has over 25 years of experience helping high-achieving professionals navigate professional burnout, anxiety, depression, trauma, and the relationship and life transitions that often accompany a demanding career.
Dr. Monica Stevens
Dr. Stevens is a former Psychiatry faculty member at Tulane University Medical Center with extensive experience treating professional burnout, anxiety, depression, and life transitions in adults.
Dorian Rolston
Dorian brings a psychodynamic approach to individual and couples psychotherapy, with particular focus on adults whose professional burnout is entangled with long-standing relationship patterns, family wounds, or histories of substance use.
Dr. Lisa Legeaux
Dr. Legeaux is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specializing in medication management for anxiety, depression, mood disorders, ADHD, and trauma — for children, adolescents, and adults.
Supporting You Through Life Transitions
Professional burnout seldom occurs in isolation. It often coincides with significant life transitions — a career change, a health crisis, the end of a relationship, a promotion that brought more pressure than fulfillment, or the quiet awareness that the life you've built no longer fits who you are becoming. These moments of transition can feel destabilizing, but they can also become catalysts for meaningful personal growth.
Our therapists work with clients who are navigating burnout alongside other major life transitions — including divorce and relationship challenges, career pivots, retirement, grief and loss, and major health events. We help people process what they're experiencing with clarity and build skills that serve them well beyond the current crisis. Seeking support during life transitions is not a sign of weakness; it is one of the most effective investments in your emotional well being and long-term mental health.
We also recognize that professional burnout can be accompanied by stress-related mental health concerns — including anxiety, depression, and interpersonal difficulties — that benefit from structured mental health treatment. Our personalized care model allows us to address all of these dimensions within a single, coherent continuum of care, rather than routing patients through a fragmented system of referrals.
Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?
Recovery from professional burnout begins with a single conversation.
Our New Orleans therapists offer an initial consultation — a no-pressure opportunity to share what you're experiencing, ask questions, learn what therapy at The Terrebonne Group looks like, and determine together whether we're the right fit.
You don't need to have it figured out before you call. You just need to take the first step.
Call us at (504) 864-0800 or send us your request through the form.
Request a Consultation or Appointment
Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?
Recovery from professional burnout begins with a single conversation.
Our New Orleans therapists offer an initial consultation — a no-pressure opportunity to share what you're experiencing, ask questions, learn what therapy at The Terrebonne Group looks like, and determine together whether we're the right fit.
You don't need to have it figured out before you call. You just need to take the first step.
Call us at (504) 864-0800 or send us your request through the form.
Request a Consultation or Appointment
What Many Clients Ask Before Their First Session
How do I know if I need therapy for professional burnout?
If your mental health, relationships, or ability to function at work have been significantly affected by occupational pressure, reaching out for professional support is a reasonable and proactive step. Many people find that they've been coping for far longer than they realized — and that professional burnout has been present well before they recognized it. Your first appointment is designed to help clarify your situation and explore whether therapy is the right path forward.
What can I expect from my first appointment?
Your first appointment is a 90-minute meeting with your therapist in our New Orleans office or via teletherapy. We will discuss your mental health concerns, professional history, and what you're hoping to achieve through therapy. Your therapist will ensure that by the end of that meeting, you have a clearer picture of your situation and a proposed path forward.
Can you prescribe medication as part of my treatment?
Yes. Through our integrated care model, our board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner can evaluate your mental health needs and, when appropriate, prescribe medication to support your recovery from professional burnout. This allows your therapist and psychiatric provider to coordinate your care directly — an important advantage for patients whose mental health requires both psychotherapy and pharmacological support.
Is teletherapy as effective as in-person sessions?
Research consistently shows that teletherapy produces outcomes comparable to in-person sessions for most mental health concerns, including professional burnout, anxiety, and depression. Many professionals appreciate the flexibility and privacy that teletherapy offers — particularly those in high-profile roles who value discretion. Our telehealth platform is HIPAA-compliant, easy to use, and accessible from anywhere in Louisiana.
How many therapy sessions will I need?
The duration of therapy varies by individual. Some patients experience meaningful progress within a few months of regular therapy; others benefit from longer-term support that continues as life evolves. Your personalized treatment plan will include a projected treatment course, and your therapist will revisit this with you regularly. We respect that meaningful recovery unfolds on your timeline — and we will be transparent with you about what we observe over time.