Burnout & Trauma Therapy
for People in Tech
by a former software product manager
I used to work in tech as a software product manager before becoming a therapist. Now I offer in-person therapy in Berkeley and Oakland for people working in tech.
I work with product managers, engineers, designers, and researchers dealing with burnout, workplace trauma, and emotional overwhelm. I've been inside that world—I get it in a way that's hard to explain until you're sitting across from someone who actually does.
While my in-person practice is in the East Bay, I also work online with people across California who want to do deeper, longer-term work around how their work has shaped them.
more than burnout
There’s a lot going on right now in tech: Layoffs are always looming (no matter how well you perform). AI is changing, well… everything. And there’s always the relentless pressure to keep shipping
You have worked extreme hours. You believed in the mission—only to realize the company doesn’t even care about you. You fought to improve things—in the product, the process, and the culture. And nothing really changes.
Maybe you’ve even been yelled at, had things thrown at you, treated less than human.
Now you’re exhausted. Angry. You don’t even remember who you are outside of work anymore (and you can barely force yourself to keep working).
If this sounds like you, you don’t have to go through it alone. I offer a free 15-minute consultation.
Oakland therapist Erin Fon (she/her), former tech worker
I’ve been there; I can help.
I spent nearly a decade working in tech as a software product manager at Zendesk and Patreon before becoming a therapist—you really won’t have to explain tech culture to me.
It might feel hopeless right now, but there is a path forward. We’ll start by helping your nervous system slow down—so you’re not constantly in fight-or-flight. Then you’ll tell me your story slowly, at a manageable pace (I’ll be with you each step of the way), and we’ll begin to make sense of it, together.
This isn’t about making you tolerate a broken system—it’s about helping you feel like yourself again, and figuring out what you actually want.
If this sounds like you, you don’t have to go through it alone.
I offer a free 15-minute consultation—reach out.