Being capable doesn't make you immune to burnout.

I'm Kim, a counsellor with a Bachelor of Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling. But I also hold a Masters of Project Management and an MBA (majoring in Strategic Human Resource Management), so not your average Counsellor. 

Before becoming a counsellor, I spent more two decades working in senior leadership roles and leading large and diverse teams. I've experienced the realities of organisational life, the competing priorities, difficult conversations, responsibility for people and outcomes, managing upwards while supporting a team, navigating change and the expectation that when you're the leader, you'll keep things moving.

I've been the boss and the employee. And outside work, I've also been the mother, stepmother, daughter, sister, auntie and friend. I understand what it can feel like to move between roles throughout the day and still feel expected to show up fully in each one.

That experience is separate from my counselling training, and I don't assume that my experiences are the same as yours. But it gives me an understanding of the environments and competing responsibilities many of the women I work with are trying to navigate.

You are competent and very good at what you do and are finding that work is taking more from you than it used to. Counselling with me isn't about making you more productive or turning you into a ‘better’ leader. It's a space to focus on the person behind the role, to understand what's happening, explore patterns such as perfectionism, people pleasing or feeling responsible for everyone, strengthen boundaries and consider what a healthier and more sustainable relationship with work could look like.

You are more than your performance, your position and what you achieve for other people.