Coaching for Executive Stress and Burnout
Stress in senior roles is not simply a matter of volume — too much to do, too little time. The most corrosive executive stress tends to be structural: the stress that comes from being in a role that requires something you are not currently able to give, from carrying accountability without adequate authority, from sustaining a pace that was intended to be temporary but has become permanent, or from occupying a position whose demands are incompatible with who you actually are.
When stress reaches clinical levels — disrupted sleep, physical symptoms, a persistent inability to recover between demands — it has moved beyond what scheduling adjustments or resilience techniques will address. At that point, the stress is communicating something about the situation or about the person’s relationship to it that deserves a direct response.
The coaching approach to stress
Executive coaching for stress works at two levels simultaneously: the immediate structural level and the deeper psychological level. One addresses workload, boundaries, and operational reality; the other addresses the beliefs and patterns that make those changes difficult to implement.
Dr Jacquet’s dual background as an executive coach and psychotherapist allows this work to remain integrated within a single engagement.
When it is approaching burnout
Burnout is characterised by exhaustion, detachment, and reduced efficacy. It often develops gradually after sustained stress that was not addressed in time.
Coaching in this phase involves recovery, stabilisation, and diagnostic work to understand what led to the breakdown and what needs to change to prevent recurrence. The pace is necessarily slower and cannot be forced.
Online and in-person
Sessions are available at Harley Street and Central London and via secure video. In-person sessions are often preferable in the early stages of acute stress or burnout, while online coaching is effective for ongoing work once stability is established.
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