Online Therapy for Black Women Experiencing Work Related Stress & Trauma
based in Jackson, TN & online across TN, FL, and SC
Mental Health Support For Black Women who are thinking about quitting their job for their own mental health
Does this sound familiar?
It’s 6 AM, and you’re already up, tending to everyone else’s needs—prepping lunches, answering last-minute texts, and mentally preparing for the day ahead. You glance at your laptop on the table, the reminder of a workday that already feels like a mountain you can’t climb.
By 8:30 AM, you’re in the car outside your office building, gripping the steering wheel. For a moment, you just sit there, staring at the concrete walls that feel more like a prison than a workplace. You whisper to yourself, “I just need to make it through today.” But you’ve been saying that every day for months, maybe years.
At lunchtime, you’re not recharged—you’re drained. The thought crosses your mind to drive off and not come back. Maybe you dream of pulling into a parking lot somewhere quiet, turning off your phone, and just being.
When you finally make it home, you’re exhausted. But instead of resting, the demands continue: dinner needs to be made, emails need responses, and your family needs your support. Your body aches for stillness, but your mind won’t let you pause.
The weekend comes, but it’s no sanctuary. Saturdays blur into a long list of errands, commitments, and catching up on the work you couldn’t finish during the week. Sundays bring the looming dread of Monday. By the time Sunday night rolls around, you feel like you never even stopped working.
You’ve tried everything: vacations, taking PTO, even practicing “self-care.” But the relief is temporary—just a brief reprieve before the stress comes roaring back, louder than ever.
And then, there’s the dream. A quiet but persistent voice inside you whispers: “There has to be something more than this.” But the doubts are always there, too. “If I leave, how will we make it? Who’s going to pay this mortgage? What about everyone depending on me?”
Yet deep down, the desire is there: to be free from this cycle. To reclaim your time, your energy, your joy. To finally create a life that feels like yours—not one dictated by the expectations of others.
This isn’t just about your job—it’s about your whole life. Your relationship to work is the problem and the tension you feel is bleeding into your relationships, your relationship with self, others, and your work.
And now this problem is affecting your health, the stress keeps piling on and now you do not even recognize yourself.
How therapy can help you recognize the signs when It’s time to walk away
IImagine waking up without the weight of dreading another day in a toxic workplace. You don’t have to side-eye your co-workers, your mornings feel lighter, your body feels less tense because you’ve given yourself permission to leave behind what was draining you.
Day-to-day life: Instead of running on fumes, you move at a pace that honors your energy. You rest without guilt, you eat without rushing, you breathe without pressure.
Relationships: Your connections shift—because you’re no longer pouring from an empty cup. You start attracting reciprocity and letting go of roles and responsibilities that no longer serve you.
Confidence and self-worth: You stop measuring yourself by your productivity or your job title. And finally you start to see your worth as a birthright—not tied to your ability to endure or keep everyone else afloat.
Therapy creates the space for you to choose yourself, so your future isn’t just about survival—it’s about recovery, regulation and rest.
Therapy with me is where you will be able to
Unpack the Strong Black Woman stereotype that keeps you tied to jobs that harm you.
If and When you are Ready We Can Build your Job Exit Strategy—exploring PTO, disability, FMLA, or resignation as aligned next steps.
Regulate your nervous system so you can recover from chronic overwork.
Heal from the damage and trauma of a toxic work environment
Align with your values, not just your job title.
Therapy for Work Related Stress & Trauma can help you if you are considering leaving your job for the sake of your own mental health.
Identify and unlearn survival patterns that keep you stuck.
Heal from your toxic work environment
Release guilt around quitting
Build boundaries that honor your body and mental health.
Create a future rooted in values alignment, not exhaustion.
You don’t have to keep sacrificing your health, your relationships & your well-being for your job.
Q: How do I know if I really need to quit for my mental health?
A: That’s exactly what therapy can help you discern. We’ll explore every option—like PTO, FMLA, short-term disability, or restructuring your workload—while also looking at whether leaving is the healthiest choice.
Q: What if I can’t afford to quit right now?
A: Therapy can help you regulate your nervous system, so you are able to create Walk-Away Plan that includes saving, preparing, and creating strategies to protect your mental health while you transition. You don’t have to stay stuck forever, and you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Q:I feel like quitting means I failed. What if I can’t handle the guilt?
A: That belief is part of the Strong Black Woman stereotype—that you must carry it all, no matter the cost. Quitting is not failure—it’s wisdom. In therapy, we’ll work through the guilt, dismantle those harmful narratives, and help you see that choosing yourself is a form of success.
My Areas of Expertise Include:
Chronic burnout and nervous-system exhaustion
When rest doesn’t touch the fatigue and your body never fully powers down.Career trauma & workplace harm
Toxic environments, hostile supervision, discrimination, retaliation, moral injury, and psychological unsafety at work.Identity-based overwork
When your worth becomes tied to performance, productivity, or being “the strong one.”Hyper-responsibility & overfunctioning
Feeling unable to stop, delegate, or rest without guilt.Perfectionism rooted in survival
Not just “high standards,” but fear-driven performance.Workplace-triggered anxiety & panic
Sunday scaries, emails causing physical reactions, chronic dread.Decision paralysis around leaving toxic jobs
Wanting out, but feeling frozen by fear, loyalty, finances, or guilt.Grief after burnout or career loss
Mourning the identity, ambition, or version of yourself that work took from you.Unlearning the Strong Black Woman survival role at work
Especially how it shows up in leadership, caregiving professions, and academia.
If your job is costing you your sleep, your peace, and your sense of self—you’re in the right place.
Helping you leave burnout and exhaustion behind to create a life of clarity, peace, and purpose—without sacrificing the stability you’ve worked so hard for.
How EMDR Supports Work-Related Trauma & Burnout
Work-related trauma doesn’t just live in your thoughts—it lives in your nervous system. That’s why talk therapy alone often isn’t enough for burnout, career trauma, and identity-level exhaustion.
I use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
EMDR Methods Page as a primary tool in this work because it helps your brain and body finally process what they’ve been holding in survival mode. Chronic stress, unsafe work environments, and long-term overfunctioning can train your nervous system to stay on high alert—even when you’re no longer in danger. EMDR helps your brain refile those experiences so your body can stop reacting like it’s still under threat.
In work-related intensives, EMDR allows us to:
Process career trauma and workplace harm
Release the survival-driven need to overperform
Unhook worth from productivity
Calm the chronic fear tied to rest, boundaries, or leaving
Restore a felt sense of safety around work and decision-making
This is how we move beyond just coping with work stress—and into actual nervous-system recovery.