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Michela Genovese, therapist at Aletheia Therapy
Therapy for high-achieving women in Leigh-on-Sea & Essex

You've done everything "right".
So why does it still
feel like too much?

Therapy that gets real about burnout, emotional labour and the mental load, so you can stop running on empty and start living on your terms.

"I have never left an appointment feeling heard before." Client, Female 45

You're not lazy. You're carrying too much.
Mental
Overload
Burnout
& Stress
Emotional
Labour
Perimenopause
& Change
A Desire
for More

Not sure where to begin?

Most women start with a message. No script, no commitment. Just say what you can.

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Who I help

You've decided you can't go on like this.

You haven't fallen apart yet. Or maybe you have, but you're likely still doing everything that's expected of you, work, family, relationships, the invisible thousand things nobody sees and doing it while running on empty.

You cry in the car on the way home and have no idea why. Or you've gone the other way, numb, flat, disconnected from your own life. You're snapping at the people you love and hating yourself for it.

"You were not fine. You were managing. Those are different things."

"I came to Michela completely depleted. I didn't realise how much I had normalised feeling this way until someone finally named it.", Female, 54

You're so close to walking away from everything, your relationship, your job, your life as it currently is, that it frightens you.

You're not having a breakdown. But you're not fine either. You're managing. And you've been managing for so long you can't remember what it felt like not to.

But you've decided you can't go on like this.

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Michela Genovese, therapist and founder of Aletheia Therapy
About Michela

I do this work because I was that woman.

I'm a therapist, mother, wife and midlife woman which means I understand both professionally and personally how easy it is to lose yourself. Not dramatically. Quietly. Somewhere between the fourth fridge calendar you've bought because this one will definitely be the system that works and the moment you realise you're genuinely relieved when someone cancels plans because it means you don't have to wash your hair.

The sourdough phase that was never really about bread. Finding the sugar in the cutlery drawer. Starting to walk home before remembering you drove.

You're not losing your mind. You're just completely full.

"I am you, just a bit further down the road, with the training to understand what the road actually is."

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£67
The Rewrite Manual
The complete bundle
  • The explanation · The scripts
  • The hormonal truth
  • The partner document
  • Before your GP appointment
  • Mastering the Art of No
  • 6 weeks of follow-up emails
£67
Digital Product

For every woman running on empty and knowing there must be another way.

Not passive reading, prompts throughout take you directly into your own experience. By the time you finish, you won't just understand the picture in general. You'll understand your picture specifically.

"Many women start here before they're ready for therapy. Most move into one-to-one work once they've read it."

Free download: The Mental Load Guide →
What clients say

From women who've been where you are

"You made a huge difference to my life and I will be forever grateful. You helped me to look at my life in a more positive way and I think that has impacted my whole family."

Female, 54Therapy client

"I understand a little more about why I act the way I do sometimes and I can also understand others points of view. It is amazing to have someone listen without judgement."

Female, 31Therapy client

"You had a great way of framing things to enable me to self-reflect and come up with my own conclusions. I think everyone would benefit from your sessions."

Female, 45Therapy client

"The map, not the journey. A free 20-minute conversation about what is going on."

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Talks and workshops

What women say after a session

"Really engaging and great to have some strategies to live within our capacity. Hope to see you again soon. We would love to have you back."

Talk attendee

"Inspiring, relatable, thought-provoking and practical. A place to come together with like-minded people and realise I was not alone."

Talk attendee

"I felt really seen. It challenged me, it was eye-opening. I left feeling motivated and with a clearer sense of what I am actually carrying."

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