EXECUTIVES, PROFESSIONALS
& HIGH ACHIEVERS
Here are some reasons that high achievers, top professionals and exec level managers seek psychotherapy from my practice.
What are yours?
MEANING
You are doing well in your career, handling everything at top speed with deftness and, let’s say it, even a great deal of elegance. Your career is shining.
Why does it feel so meaningless? Is this all it is cracked up to be? You feel cheated.
NIGHTMARE AT WORK
You have the job you always wanted. A new exec is hired (it is not you, of course, but it should have been you…). They turn out to be an unhinged narcissist. The monster is ruining your life and everybody else’s.
They thrive on abuse and belittling people, and you are in the middle of it. Every day feels like an extended torture session.
NO JOY
You built a wonderful start-up/team/service for the last few years, working like a dog (yet a very happy dog). You just got wealthier by leveraging your negotiation skills and make it work for you.
Everything is how you wanted it, but you are not excited.
HEARTBREAK
You wake up one day and realize the values that drove your friends and you forward at the company are disappearing. Even they disappeared. Your buddies departed quietly.
You are the last one of a generation. You feel like a relic, and sad.
BURNOUT
You are so tired that you feel low and anxious all the time. Feels a lot like burnout, but you thought burnout was for weaklings and down-and-out folks.
“This” used to be your career! Now it’s just a job, and one you hate or feel jaded about! You need a way to recover from this hell and get your wheel rolling again.
I am completely at home with difficult and challenging issues. Smart and ambitious clients keep me sharp and seem to have “real” questions. I am never bored.
Every client is different, so I use my imagination and intuition to figure out how to help each person so it works for them.
Reading voraciously, taking as many professional development courses as I can, and staying abreast of the latest research keeps me at my profession’s forefront.
I like to get better at everything I do, too. I keep myself sharp by retaining a colleague who I consult about my work. It keeps me focused on your concerns, not mine. It is an ethical and useful thing to do, no matter your level of experience.