I'm a therapist for tech workers in Silicon Valley. There's a specific type of person who burns out — here's how I treat them.

Nick Sanchez says exposure therapy helps his clients manage burnout while still working. Courtesy of Nick Sanchez Nick Sanchez is a licensed marriage and family therapist for high-performers in Silicon Valley. He says his clients are experiencing AI burnout and attention fragmentation. Sanchez uses exposure therapy to help clients manage burnout and build self-care routines. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nick Sanchez, a licensed marriage and family therapist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It's been edited for length and clarity. I would say 99% of my clients cite burnout as one of their biggest problems. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, I see a caseload of about 18 to 20 clients a week, most of whom are very high-performing individuals in Silicon Valley , such as business owners, executives, founders, and people in management within tech.