Therapy for Lawyers: How to Combat Burnout and Reclaim Meaning in Your Work

Lawyer burnout has a particular texture. It's not just exhaustion. Most lawyers are accustomed to being exhausted. It's the exhaustion plus the flatness. The cases you used to care about that now feel like line items. The Sunday dread that starts Friday night. The inability to remember why you chose this. And underneath it, often, is a specific fear: if I slow down, I'll fall behind. If I feel…