Motivation and momentum
Approach the gap between wanting something to change and having the energy, attention, or confidence to begin.
Therapy for low mood and burnout
When life feels narrowed by low mood, burnout, or disconnection.
Therapy can offer a place to understand what has become depleted, reconnect with what matters, and take steps that are responsive to your actual capacity.
- Consultation
- The initial consultation is free and typically lasts 15 minutes. I will respond within 24 hours.
- Sessions
- In person in Atlanta, or telehealth for clients physically located in Georgia.
- Payment
- Private pay. Insurance is not accepted.
Alireza Ehteshami, Ph.D., Pre-Licensed Professional in Clinical Psychology, practicing under the supervision of Craig Kerley, Psy.D., Georgia license PSY002840.
Where therapy can begin
When energy is scarce, even deciding where to begin can become another demand.
Low mood or burnout may show up as exhaustion, numbness, irritability, isolation, difficulty concentrating, or a loss of connection to activities and relationships that once mattered. Continuing to function does not mean the strain is minor.
Therapy can help us understand the pressures, losses, beliefs, and coping patterns surrounding this experience. We can work at a pace that respects limited energy while identifying small, meaningful ways to re-engage with daily life.
Your clinician
I earned my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Emory University and completed an APA-accredited predoctoral internship through Emory University School of Medicine’s Child, Adolescent & Young Adult Psychiatry program.
I am completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Perimeter Mood & Anxiety Program. I draw from evidence-based treatments including CBT, ACT, and DBT, selecting methods according to each person’s needs rather than applying a single formula.
Supervision
I am a Pre-Licensed Professional in Clinical Psychology. I provide clinical services under the supervision of Craig Kerley, Psy.D., a licensed psychologist in Georgia, license number PSY002840.
What depletion can make difficult
Depression and burnout can overlap, but each person’s experience has its own context. We begin by understanding yours rather than assuming one explanation.
Disconnection and withdrawal
Understand what makes contact, pleasure, or participation feel distant and build manageable paths back toward engagement.
Pressure and depletion
Examine the demands, standards, roles, and conditions that keep asking for more than can be sustainably given.
How I work
Change can be active without treating exhaustion as a failure of effort.
My approach combines careful understanding with practical direction. Depending on your needs, we may focus on patterns of withdrawal, activity and routine, self-critical thinking, difficult emotions, relationships, or the values that can help orient a next step.
Respect current capacity
We set expectations that acknowledge the energy and circumstances available now rather than measuring you against an idealized version of functioning.
Look for maintaining patterns
We examine how withdrawal, avoidance, self-criticism, or unsustainable demands may deepen depletion even when they make sense in the short term.
Reconnect with meaning
Small actions can matter when they restore contact with relationships, activities, and values that depression or burnout has narrowed.
Common questions
If your question is not covered here, you are welcome to bring it to our initial conversation.
How do I know whether this is depression or burnout?
You do not need to settle that question before reaching out. We can begin with the changes you have noticed, the context in which they developed, and how they are affecting daily life. When other evaluation or support may be useful, that can be discussed directly.
What if I do not have much energy for therapy?
That concern can be part of the conversation. Therapy does not require a polished account or maximal productivity. We can work at a pace that is honest about your current capacity while keeping attention on what you hope will become different.
Will therapy simply tell me to rest or be more productive?
No single instruction captures the complexity of low mood or burnout. We can consider rest, activity, responsibility, meaning, relationships, and environmental demands together, with the goal of developing a response that fits your situation.
Begin with a brief conversation
The initial consultation is free and typically lasts 15 minutes. I will respond within 24 hours. This form does not ask for clinical or medical information.
- Practice
- Perimeter Mood & Anxiety Program
- Telehealth
- For clients physically located in Georgia
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