Low mood, exhaustion, and a sense that nothing is worth the effort can make ordinary days feel heavy. Depression and burnout overlap, but they are not the same, and both respond to treatment. Our clinicians offer evidence-based therapy for adults experiencing depression, or burnout from work, caregiving, or parenting, in person and online.
Understanding Depression and Burnout
Depression is a mood condition marked by persistent low mood or loss of interest, along with changes in sleep, appetite, energy, concentration, or sense of self-worth. When symptoms last at least two weeks and affect daily life, it is worth seeking support. Depression is common and treatable.
Burnout is generally understood as the result of prolonged, unmanaged stress. It involves exhaustion, detachment or cynicism, and a drop in effectiveness. It is not a formal psychiatric diagnosis, but it is real, and it is most often described in work, caregiving, and parenting.
The two can overlap, and one can lead to the other. Understanding which you are experiencing helps determine the right kind of support.
Signs You May Want Support
Persistent Low Mood
Sadness, emptiness, or irritability that lasts most of the day, most days.
Loss of Interest
Activities, people, or work that used to matter now feel flat or not worth the effort.
Exhaustion That Rest Does Not Fix
Deep fatigue that sleep and time off do not relieve.
Difficulty Concentrating or Deciding
Trouble focusing, remembering, or making even small decisions.
Changes in Sleep or Appetite
Sleeping much more or less than usual, or eating much more or less.
Detachment or Cynicism
Feeling numb, distant, or increasingly negative about work, family, or yourself.
Where Burnout Comes From
Work
Long hours, heavy workloads, little control, or a lack of recognition, often with no clear boundary between work and the rest of life.
Caregiving
Caring for an aging parent, or for a partner or family member with illness or disability, often alongside work and other responsibilities and without enough rest or help.
Parenting
The constant, often unseen demands of raising children, especially when you carry most of the load or are short on sleep and support. Parent-focused therapy can also help with your child's behavior and development.
An Integrative Approach
We combine insight-oriented, psychodynamic therapy with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy. Insight helps you understand where your low mood or exhaustion comes from, including your history, your expectations, and how you treat yourself. Tools give you concrete ways to change what you do day to day.
We believe the two work best together. When you understand why a pattern exists, the skills tend to stick better, and when you have skills to practice, insight turns into change.
How We Treat Depression and Burnout
Insight-Oriented Therapy
Psychodynamic work explores how your history, relationships, and ways of coping shape your mood and energy now. For many people with burnout, this includes why it is hard to set limits, rest, or ask for help.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT helps you identify the thought and behavior patterns that maintain low mood and exhaustion, and practice alternatives. For depression, this includes behavioral activation: gradually rebuilding activities that bring meaning and energy, even when motivation is low.
DBT-Informed Skills
Practical skills for tolerating distress, regulating strong emotions, and communicating your needs, useful when feelings seem too big to manage.
Mindfulness & MBSR
Mindfulness-based approaches, including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, help you notice stress in your body, step out of rumination, and build moments of calm. Chronic stress affects the body as well as the mind.
What to Expect
You don't need to have it all figured out before you reach out.
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A Free Consultation
A brief call to learn what you are looking for, answer your questions, and match you with a clinician whose training and style fit your needs.
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Understanding What Is Happening
You and your therapist explore your symptoms, stressors, and history, and agree on goals for treatment.
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Skills and Change
Sessions combine understanding with practical skills and steps to try between sessions. Your therapist reviews progress with you regularly, and the plan changes as you do.
Care That Connects Across Specialties
Depression and burnout often overlap with other concerns. If worry or panic is part of the picture, see our anxiety and panic care. If a loss or major life change is involved, our grief and transitions care may help. Past experiences can also play a role, and we offer trauma and EMDR therapy. For persistent exhaustion or trouble concentrating, assessment such as neuropsychological testing can sometimes identify ADHD or other learning and attention differences, and we offer neuro-affirming care as well. With your consent, your therapist can coordinate with a colleague, your physician, or a prescriber.
Meet our specialists in this area
Eva Leighton, PhD
CFO, Training Director
Dr. Leighton is a licensed clinical psychologist who works with adults, couples, children, and families on trauma recovery, substance use, parenting and behavioral concerns, and relationship difficulties. Her style is warm and supportive, with a natural sense of humor.
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Lily Brown, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Postdoctoral Resident
Dr. Brown is a postdoctoral resident in clinical psychology who works with adolescents and adults on trauma, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Her approach is collaborative, integrative and grounded in CBT and other evidence-based models.
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Marissa Caldarola, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Marissa is an EMDR-trained therapist with more than seven years of experience treating trauma, substance use, anxiety, and depression in children, adolescents, adults and couples.
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Emily Bly, PhD
CEO, Clinical Director, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Bly founded Psychology Partners Group on the idea that people do best when they're matched with the right expertise and feel at ease with their clinician. She works with adults, adolescents, and couples on anxiety, depression, ADHD challenges, relationship strain, and major life transitions, including infertility, adoption, and divorce.
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Gerard Micera, PsyD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Micera is a licensed clinical psychologist and performing arts educator who works with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families on anxiety, depression, and life transitions. His style is warm, humorous, and engaging.
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Jessica Duffy, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Jessica is a licensed clinical social worker with twelve years of experience supporting adolescents, adults, couples, and families through anxiety, ADHD, trauma, and family or relationship conflict.
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Melissa Klay, PhD, LCAT, ATR-BC
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Director of Art Therapy Program
Dr. Klay is a licensed psychologist and board-certified art therapist with more than 25 years of experience treating complex trauma, eating disorders, anxiety, and emotional dysregulation in children, adolescents, and adults. She directs PPG’s art therapy program.
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Lorens Hidalgo, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Lorens is a bilingual therapist who offers care in English and Spanish to adults, adolescents, couples and families dealing with trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship conflict. Her approach is attachment-focused and psychodynamic.
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Megan Sedita, PsyD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Sedita is a licensed clinical psychologist who works with adults, adolescents, and couples on trauma, anxiety, mood, and relationship difficulties. She trained at the VA Hudson Valley Health Care System, working with Veterans.
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Emily Mudge, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Emily is a licensed clinical social worker and parent coach who works with children, adolescents, adults and families on anxiety, depression, and emotional dysregulation. She helps parents turn what happens in therapy into everyday strategies at home.
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