Led by Tamara Strong

Reclaiming Peace & a Balanced Life

Adult Anxiety & Burnout Group
For the person who looks capable on the outside and is tired of carrying so much on the inside.
For
Adults
Length
8 weekly sessions
Session
90 minutes
Investment
$900

You may be responsible, driven, dependable, and used to getting things done. Somewhere along the way, life started to feel like an endless list of responsibilities with very little room left for you.

Maybe your mind rarely turns off. You overthink decisions, have a hard time saying no, procrastinate when things feel overwhelming, or hold yourself to standards you would never expect from anyone else.

Even highly capable people hit a point where stress becomes anxiety, productivity becomes exhaustion, and pushing through stops working.

Reclaiming Peace & a Balanced Life is an eight-week group for adults dealing with anxiety, chronic stress, and burnout, and especially for people who recognize perfectionism, people-pleasing, procrastination, or the fear of falling behind.

Inside the group

What you will work on

Together we look at what keeps the cycle of anxiety and burnout running, and build practical ways to interrupt it.

  • Understanding your own stress and anxiety patterns
  • Catching perfectionism and people-pleasing before they take over
  • Healthier boundaries around work, relationships, and responsibility
  • Tools for anxious thoughts and emotional overload
  • Making room for rest without the guilt tax
  • A definition of success you can actually sustain
  • Resilience for the stretches when life stays demanding

This is not about becoming less ambitious or caring less. It is about carrying what you carry without losing yourself in it.

Format

Small, predictable, cameras optional

Six to eight adults, ninety minutes a week, the same shape every session. Cameras are optional. Between-session practice is offered and never required. The predictability is deliberate: a group about anxiety should not itself be a source of it.

Who leads it

Your Facilitator

Tamara Strong-Chavez, Psy.D. Psychologist

Tamara Strong

Licensed psychologist · Pivot Counseling
Tamara also leads Next Level You, the teen version of this work.
The details

Format, Schedule, and Investment

Format
Virtual, cameras optional
Length
8 weekly sessions
Session length
90 minutes
Group size
6–8 adults
Led by
Tamara Strong, licensed psychologist
Structure
Predictable weekly format with optional between-session practice.
Starts
Late September to mid-October, once the group has enough members
$900 for the complete eight-week group
$112.50 per session. Nothing is due when you join the interest list.
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Some groups run on set schedules, and some need enough interest before a new cohort starts. Joining an interest list does not obligate you to enrol.

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