Therapy for Founders Who Want to Perform at Their Best
Stretched thin, short-fused and running on empty? 1-1 CBT and person-centred therapy for founders and business owners. Online, confidential and strictly about work.
Free 30-minute call. Confidential. Online.
What Founder Burnout Can Feel Like
Burnout is what happens when work keeps asking for more than you've got, until you're worn out emotionally, physically and mentally. For founders who know their business can only grow as fast as they do, it can feel like this:
Trapped.
You can't step away, because everything still runs through you.
Isolated.
You can't tell your team, or even your loved ones, how worried you are, and some weeks there's nobody to speak to about this.
Irritable.
Snapping at your team, and regretting it later.
Low energy or motivation.
The drive that got the business off the ground has gone quiet, and even the good days take effort.
Exhausted.
You finish the week drained, and the weekend is never long enough to refill the tank. Even on the rare weekends you don't work at all.
Putting things off.
The hard conversation or the big decision keeps sliding to next week.
Less satisfied.
A big month lands, and you feel nothing much at all.
Disengaged.
The business you built now feels like a job you can't quit.
Not sleeping like you used to.
You wake in the middle of the night and reach for your inbox.
Feeling it in your body.
Headaches, a stiff neck or a tight jaw that turn up whenever the week gets heavy.
Stress that keeps building.
It never quite drops away, even after the latest fire is out.
This isn't a checklist or a diagnosis. Founder or business owner, burnout looks much the same from the inside.
None of this means you're doing it wrong. It's what happens when a business outgrows the way it started.
What Founder Therapy Is
What you're feeling has a name, and it's more common among founders than most people realise. It's also something you can work on.
Founder Therapy is 1-1 online therapy for founders and business owners, using CBT and person-centred therapy. It stays strictly on work: the business, how you lead it, and how it's landing on you.
It's not coaching.
You won't be handed an action plan. You probably already know what to do. This works on what gets in the way of doing it.
It's not general therapy.
It's not clinical, and it's not about your whole life story. It's about how you think and lead at work.
It changes how you react, not just what you do.
Together we look at how you think and react when things get hard, then change it in the moments that count, so the change holds.
Become an Unshakeable Founder
For founders who know the business can only grow as fast as they do. Here's what we work towards together:
A team that solves problems without you.
So you can lead the business instead of fixing everything in it.
Keep your cool when things go wrong.
So you stop snapping at your team and regretting it later.
Switch off on evenings and weekends.
Without the fear that everything will fall apart while you're away.
Make big decisions without second-guessing them.
So the business keeps moving and you stop replaying every call.
Have the hard conversations sooner.
Say what needs saying while it's still small, instead of letting it slide to next week.
Enjoy the wins again.
When a big month lands, you actually feel it.
From the founder everything depends on, to the leader everything grows from.
Free 30-minute call. Confidential. Online.
What Happens on the Free Intro Call
It's 30 minutes, online. You tell me what's going on in the business and how it's landing on you. I'll ask a few questions, and we'll work out together whether Founder Therapy is the right fit.
It's a genuine fit check, not a sales call. If I'm not right for you, I'll tell you.
Free 30-minute call. Confidential. Online.
Counselling for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, Strictly About Work
Confidential.
What you say stays between us. Nobody in your business needs to know.
Strictly work.
We stay on the business and how you lead it. No digging into your childhood.
Online.
Hourly 1-1 sessions from wherever you are in Australia.
No lock-in.
I recommend weekly to start, then we space it out as things change. We decide that together, and there are no packages.
An Entrepreneur Therapist Who Works Only on Work
G'day, I'm Dylan. I'm a qualified counsellor, and I've worked with founders and CEOs leading multi-seven-figure companies. As a therapist for entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs, I work on one thing: how you think and lead at work. Strictly work. Strictly leadership.
Questions Founders Ask About Founder Therapy
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Coaching changes what you do. Founder Therapy changes how you think when it counts, so the change holds. It’s 1-1 therapy for founders, CEOs and business owners, focused only on work and leadership.
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Both. I work with founders, co-founders, entrepreneurs and business owners, including startup founders. What you have in common is a business that leans on you.
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Sessions are 1-1, not joint. If things with a co-founder are taking a toll, that’s work we can do in your own sessions.
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No. Founder Therapy isn’t a medical service, and it doesn’t diagnose or treat burnout or any health condition. If you’re worried about your health, see your GP. What we work on is how you think and lead at work.
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Yes, it’s confidential, within the usual legal and safety limits, which I’ll explain on the intro call. No referral needed. It’s a private service, so there’s no Medicare rebate.
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Founder Therapy isn’t a crisis or emergency service. If you’re worried about your safety, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (24 hours) or 000 in an emergency.
Talk It Through With Someone Who Gets It
Book a free 30-minute intro call. We'll talk about what's going on and whether Founder Therapy is the right fit.
Book a free intro callFree 30-minute call. Confidential. Online.
If you're in crisis or thinking about suicide, call Lifeline on 13 11 14, or 000 in an emergency. Founder Therapy isn't a crisis service.