Stress & Burnout Counselling in Canterbury

Q: How much does stress counselling cost in Canterbury?

Your 45-minute initial assessment is £35. Ongoing 50-minute sessions are £60 to £80, usually weekly at a consistent time held for you. There is no registration fee and no minimum number of sessions.

What burnout can feel like

Stress is normal and passes. Burnout is what happens when it does not, and when there has been no room to recover for a long time.

Running on empty, but unable to stop or slow down
Cynicism or detachment about work you used to care about
Snapping at the people closest to you, then feeling guilty about it
Broken sleep, headaches, tension, getting ill more often
Weekends and holidays that no longer make any difference
The sense that if you stopped, everything would fall over

You do not need to recognise all of these, or be able to explain why. Get in touch and we will work it out together.

How counselling can help

Most people arriving here already know they need to change something. Knowing it has not been enough.

Burnout is rarely just about workload. It is usually tangled up with what you believe you owe people, what you fear happens if you disappoint them, and how much of your worth is bound up in being the one who copes. That is the part worth unpicking.

Somewhere to stop performing: no one here needs you to be fine
Looking at what drives it: the standards, the guilt, the fear of letting people down
Boundaries you can actually keep: not the ones you already know you should have
Untangling identity from output: who you are when you are not producing
Working out what has to change: and what genuinely cannot, right now

Fitting it around a life that is already full

The most common reason people put this off is that they cannot see where the hour would come from.

Online, across Kent

No commute at either end. For people working long hours or juggling caring responsibilities, this is often the difference between starting and not starting.

In our Canterbury room

An hour that is genuinely away from work and home, on St Johns Lane in central Canterbury. For some people that separation is the point.

Walking, outdoors

Outdoor sessions in Canterbury can be part of individual therapy: time outside, moving, with nothing being asked of you.

Questions people ask

Practical answers about starting, what sessions are like, and what it costs.

Can counselling help with work-related stress and burnout?

Yes. Counselling gives you somewhere to look at what is driving the pressure: workload, but also the expectations and standards underneath it. We explore what would need to change, and what is realistic given the situation you are actually in rather than an ideal one.

What is the difference between stress and burnout?

Stress is usually a response to a specific pressure and eases when it lifts. Burnout is what can develop when the pressure never lifts: exhaustion, detachment, and the sense that rest no longer restores anything. Both are worth talking about, and you do not need to work out which you have.

Do I need to be signed off work to start counselling?

Not at all. Many people come while still working, precisely to avoid reaching that point. We are not a medical service and do not issue fit notes; that is your GP. But counselling can run alongside whatever else you have in place.

How much does stress counselling cost in Canterbury?

Your 45-minute initial assessment is £35. Ongoing 50-minute sessions are £60 to £80, usually weekly at a consistent time held for you. There is no registration fee and no minimum number of sessions.

Carrying on is not the only option

If you have been telling yourself you will deal with this when things calm down, this is worth an hour.

Schedule an initial assessment

£35 · 45 minutes · No obligation to continue

Stress and burnout counselling in Canterbury