Rest feels irresponsible.
Slowing down can bring guilt, anxiety, or the feeling that you should be doing something useful instead.
Therapy for high-functioning adults navigating burnout, perfectionism, anxiety, people-pleasing, and the pressure to keep everything from falling apart.
I work virtually with adults across Georgia who are often the capable one, the responsible one, or the person everyone relies on — and who are ready to understand why functioning so well has become so exhausting.
Kelly Pierce is a Georgia Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), and Co-Owner and Co-CEO of Kula Wellness Group.
I provide virtual psychotherapy for adults across Georgia, with particular focus on burnout, perfectionism, high-functioning anxiety, people-pleasing, overfunctioning, self-criticism, and the childhood or relational patterns that can keep high-capacity people stuck.
My work may integrate EMDR, psychodynamic approaches, nervous-system awareness, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Polyvagal Theory, and somatic practices depending on your needs and treatment plan.
You do not need to be falling apart to deserve support. Many people I work with are still performing, producing, caring for others, and meeting expectations while quietly running out of room for themselves.
Slowing down can bring guilt, anxiety, or the feeling that you should be doing something useful instead.
You meet the goal and immediately move the bar. Achievement gives relief for a moment, but rarely lets you feel settled.
You organize, anticipate, fix, manage, and carry — often before anyone else realizes something needs to be done.
You may know intellectually that boundaries are healthy while still feeling guilt, fear, or responsibility when someone is disappointed.
Even when things are going well, your brain may be scanning ahead, rehearsing, planning, solving, or preparing for what could go wrong.
You are not just looking for another productivity strategy. You want a life with more ease, self-trust, connection, and room to actually experience it.
Perfectionism, overfunctioning, people-pleasing, and relentless self-pressure rarely appear out of nowhere. Often, they developed because they were useful in a particular relationship, environment, or season of life.
My job is not to give you another list of things to do correctly. We look at where the pattern came from, what it has been protecting, what keeps it going now, and what would allow you to have more choice.
Depending on what fits your treatment, I may integrate EMDR, psychodynamic work, nervous-system awareness, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Polyvagal Theory, and somatic practices alongside conversation, reflection, and practical change.
These concerns overlap. Burnout can grow from perfectionism. People-pleasing can be tied to anxiety. Overfunctioning can look like competence while costing you rest, connection, and flexibility.
Emotional and mental exhaustion, disconnection, irritability, reduced capacity, and the sense that your current pace is no longer sustainable.
High standards, fear of mistakes, chronic self-criticism, difficulty feeling finished, and self-worth that can become tied to performance.
Worry and internal pressure that may be hard for others to see because you continue to show up, perform, plan, and take care of what needs doing.
Trouble identifying your own needs, fear of disappointing others, guilt around boundaries, and patterns of keeping the peace at your own expense.
Taking responsibility quickly, carrying more than your share, anticipating needs, and feeling unsafe or uncomfortable when you are not in control.
Exploring earlier relationships and experiences that may still influence how you understand safety, worth, achievement, responsibility, and connection.
Kelly's practice is LGBTQIA+ affirming and welcomes clients across sexual orientations, gender identities, and relationship structures. Identity can be part of the work when it matters to you — without needing to become the only thing therapy is about.
Therapy does not need to be another place where you perform. I want you to understand yourself more clearly and have enough support to experiment with doing things differently.
You do not have to prove that something is hard just because you are still functioning. We can take the invisible cost seriously.
Sessions have room for processing, but we keep returning to what you want to understand, change, practice, or experience differently.
I am not here to become the expert on your life. The aim is greater clarity and self-trust so your decisions feel more like your own.
Compassion and change can exist together. We can name avoidance, resistance, or familiar patterns without turning therapy into another source of shame.
I care about helping you understand why a pattern exists, not simply telling you to stop doing it. When your perfectionism, anxiety, or over-responsibility makes sense in context, it becomes easier to meet yourself with compassion while still deciding what you want to change.
My clinical work is influenced by how the brain, body, relationships, and personal history interact. I may draw from EMDR, Polyvagal Theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology, psychodynamic approaches, and somatic practices while tailoring the work to the person in front of me.
As Co-Owner and Co-CEO of Kula Wellness Group, I also help guide the practice's strategy, growth, culture, and larger vision for creating thoughtful, human-centered mental health and wellness services.
Each offering has its own role and boundaries. Coaching is separate from psychotherapy, and speaking or education is not a therapeutic relationship.
Therapy for adults across Georgia navigating burnout, perfectionism, high-functioning anxiety, overfunctioning, people-pleasing, and related patterns.
Schedule a Discovery Call →Non-therapy support for growth, values, self-understanding, boundaries, sustainable change, and building a life that does not depend on constant overfunctioning.
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Speaking, Media & Events →Therapy sessions are provided virtually to eligible clients located throughout Georgia.
Kelly's therapy practice is focused on adults.
Initial intake: $200. Other session lengths may be discussed after intake when clinically appropriate.
Kula does not bill insurance directly. Superbills may be available for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Learn more about superbills, reduced-fee options, scholarships, and other ways Kula works to make care more accessible.
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A free 15-minute Discovery Call gives you room to ask questions, tell us a little about what you are looking for, and explore whether working with Kelly might make sense.
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