About Shekinah Counseling
For the high achiever who’s burning out quietly.
You’ve built a lot — a business, a reputation, a life that looks successful from the outside.
But inside? You’re exhausted, distracted, dysregulated, and teetering on the edge of collapse.
You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re just overloaded.
At Shekinah Counseling, I help high-functioning, ambitious, neurodivergent adults recover from burnout, recalibrate their nervous systems, and finally build sustainable rhythms that honor both their drive and their sensitivity.
Meet Dr. Brie-Anna Willey
Hi, I’m Brie — a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, trauma therapist, and recovering overfunctioner.
I used to believe that if I just worked harder, helped more people, and held everything together perfectly, I could outrun the exhaustion. I built fast. I said yes too often. I poured from an empty cup. And eventually, I hit a wall — like so many of my clients.
That’s why I specialize in supporting high-functioning, neurodivergent, emotionally attuned adults who build big and burn out hard.
Because I’ve lived that cycle.
And I’ve learned how to interrupt it.
I've Lived It
Through my own healing work — and my doctoral research on compassion fatigue in private practice — I’ve come to deeply understand the nervous system patterns that drive overbuilding, people-pleasing, and emotional shutdown.
In our work together, I bring a blend of clinical insight, lived experience, and deep respect for the parts of you that helped you survive. Together, we’ll create a reset that honors both your ambition and your nervous system — so you can move forward without burning out.
What I Help With
I work with driven, insightful adults navigating:
ADHD and emotional regulation
High sensitivity + sensory overload
Burnout, chronic stress & “can’t turn my brain off”
Compassion fatigue (especially in helpers, therapists, coaches, and healthcare pros)
Medical or career-related trauma
Anxiety, overthinking, and chronic urgency
The shame of slowing down
The people I work with are often therapists, doctors, educators, or entrepreneurs — high-responsibility professionals who are praised for their productivity… but quietly struggling to rest, focus, or feel like enough.
My Approach
I draw from a blend of evidence-based and somatic approaches, tailored to each client’s needs, goals, and nervous system capacity.
I’m trained in:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), which we can use when appropriate to support trauma healing
IFS-informed therapy (Internal Family Systems), helping you understand and work with your internal parts rather than against them
CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) to help reframe unhelpful thought patterns
Mind-body approaches, including grounding, relaxation, and nervous system regulation
ADHD-focused coaching techniques that support executive function, emotional regulation, and sustainable progress
We also explore how goal-related behavior sometimes leads to over-focusing on the wrong things — chasing productivity, perfection, or external achievement that doesn’t actually align with what you really want.
Together, we refine your rhythms, reset your nervous system, and create real-life strategies that support work-life integration, not just “balance.”
Whether your goals are related to achievement, relationships, emotional healing, or burnout recovery — therapy becomes a space to pause, recalibrate, and move forward with clarity.
My Doctoral Work & The Roots of Burnout
specialization
I hold a doctorate in Community Care & Counseling with a specialization in trauma, where I focused my research on compassion fatigue among therapists in private practice.
quiet burnout
Through that work, I identified patterns in high-achieving, emotionally attuned helpers who tend to overbuild, overgive, and quietly burn out — often without anyone noticing until they hit a wall.
Therapist Archetypes
That research evolved into what I now call the Therapist Archetypes — a framework I use in both therapy and coaching to help clients recognize their burnout patterns, understand the nervous system impact of overfunctioning, and create more sustainable ways of working and living.
Want to know which burnout pattern you tend to follow?
Ready to Slow the Boat?
High-achievers often push through the storm — but healing happens when we pause, recalibrate, and move forward with intention.