Tools for Self-Care and Recovery
Once burnout is recognized, taking steps toward recovery is crucial. Resilience Therapy is here to support your recovery by guiding you through various self-care practices:
Mindfulness Practices: The importance of learning mindfulness techniques such as meditation, breathing exercises, or journaling. These practices can help you become more aware of your emotional state and reduce stress.
Setting Boundaries: How to identify areas where you can set healthier boundaries—whether it’s limiting work hours, saying no to extra responsibilities.
Physical Well-being: Emphasize the role of regular physical activity, balanced nutrition, and sufficient sleep in maintaining mental health.
Rest and Relaxation: The need for rest, relaxation, regular downtime and engaging in hobbies or planning a vacation.
Social Support: The value of leaning on friends, family, or a therapist for support.
Reconnecting with Core Values: Taking a step back, reflect, to reconnect with what truly matters, your core values and passions and realign your activities with those priorities.
Professional Help: When and why to seek additional support from a therapist (If your burnout is severe).
Resilience Therapy provides practical tools for self-care and recovery, helping individuals to manage stress more effectively and reclaim their well-being.
Dr.Baya Mebarek, Psy.D.,LMFT
Baya Mebarek, Psy.D., LMFT
Baya Mebarek, Psy.D., LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 20 years of experience helping couples strengthen their relationships. Based in San Diego and providing online therapy throughout California, she specializes in couples therapy, marriage counseling, premarital counseling, affair recovery, communication and conflict, emotional disconnection, and rebuilding trust. Her integrative approach draws on research-based relationship strategies, attachment-informed therapy, and a deep understanding of the emotional patterns that can leave couples feeling hurt, misunderstood, or disconnected.
