Therapy for Career and Work
When career challenges start affecting your well-being, relationships, and sense of purpose, it's time to seek support. As a psychotherapist in New Canaan, CT, I help individuals and couples navigate the complex intersection of professional life and mental health through personalized, evidence-based therapy.
A Unique Perspective on Career Challenges
What sets my practice apart is my background in the business world before becoming a psychotherapist. This real-world experience provides practical understanding of workplace dynamics, organizational pressures, and professional challenges that most therapists simply don't have. I comprehend the realities of corporate culture, performance expectations, and the stress of balancing competing priorities from firsthand experience, not just academic study.
This combination of therapeutic expertise and business experience allows me to grasp your career concerns quickly and work with you more efficiently on solutions that address both the psychological and practical aspects of your professional challenges.
Career and Work Issues I Address
My practice focuses on helping professionals who are committed to self-improvement and ready to make therapy a priority in their lives. I work with individuals and couples facing various career-related challenges, including:
Career Transitions and Uncertainty
Whether you're changing careers, facing job loss, adjusting to a promotion, or returning to work after an absence, transitions create stress and uncertainty. I help you navigate these changes while addressing the identity questions and anxiety that often accompany professional shifts.
Workplace Stress and Burnout
Chronic stress manifests in physical symptoms, emotional exhaustion, and loss of motivation. Through therapy, we address not just the symptoms but the underlying patterns and beliefs contributing to burnout, helping you develop sustainable approaches to professional demands.
Work-Life Balance Struggles
When work consistently intrudes on your personal life, it affects your relationships and overall well-being. I help you examine the deeper issues around boundaries, self-worth, and perfectionism that make disconnecting from work feel impossible.
Professional Confidence and Imposter Syndrome
Despite your accomplishments, you might struggle with persistent feelings of being a fraud or fear that others will discover you're not as capable as they think. We work on building genuine, sustainable confidence rooted in self-understanding rather than external validation.
Interpersonal Conflicts at Work
Challenging relationships with colleagues, supervisors, or direct reports can make even enjoyable work feel draining. These conflicts often mirror patterns from other relationships, making them valuable opportunities for personal growth and lasting change.
How Career Issues Connect to Mental Health
The impact of career challenges extends far beyond office hours. Professional stress contributes to anxiety and depression, disrupts sleep, strains relationships, and erodes your sense of self-worth. Conversely, existing mental health concerns can make workplace challenges feel overwhelming and insurmountable.
I specifically address:
Anxiety related to performance, presentations, decision-making, and meeting expectations
Depression that affects motivation, concentration, and finding meaning in your work
Work Stress that permeates your entire life and damages important relationships
Career Transitions that trigger questions about identity, capability, and future direction
My Therapeutic Approach
I draw from several evidence-based therapeutic modalities, selecting and combining approaches based on your specific needs and goals:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and challenge thought patterns that contribute to workplace stress and professional anxiety. Many people hold unhelpful beliefs about work and success that create unnecessary suffering. Through CBT, you develop more balanced, realistic perspectives.
Emotionally Focused Therapy proves particularly valuable when career issues affect your relationships or when relationship dynamics influence your professional life. This approach enhances emotional awareness and regulation—skills that benefit both personal and professional relationships.
Gestalt Therapy brings attention to your present-moment experience and helps you develop greater self-awareness about how you show up in professional situations. This increased awareness often leads to organic changes in how you navigate workplace challenges.
Solution-Focused Therapy identifies your existing strengths and builds on them to create achievable solutions. Rather than dwelling exclusively on problems, we explore what's already working and how to amplify those successes.
Career Therapy for Couples
For many couples I work with, career challenges and relationship difficulties are deeply intertwined. Work stress affects emotional availability, creates tension around priorities and values, and can leave partners feeling neglected or shut out.
In couples therapy, we explore how professional pressures impact your relationship dynamic and develop strategies for maintaining connection despite career demands. This includes navigating major career decisions together, managing differences in professional ambition, and supporting each other through workplace challenges.
Peak Performance Coaching
Beyond addressing problems, I help motivated professionals move from functioning adequately to performing at their best. Peak performance work involves identifying what holds you back from operating at your highest level—whether that's limiting beliefs, avoidance patterns, or misalignment between your work and values.
We work on overcoming mental barriers, developing authentic professional confidence, and creating a career that provides genuine fulfillment rather than just external markers of success.
What to Expect When Working With Me
Initial Consultation and Intake
During our intake process, I conduct a thorough exploration of your background, including your professional history, relationship patterns, and the specific challenges bringing you to therapy. This deep dive allows me to understand not just what you're experiencing, but why these particular issues have developed and how they connect to other aspects of your life.
Ongoing Therapy
After the initial sessions, we typically meet on a weekly basis. This consistent schedule creates continuity and momentum, allowing each session to build on previous work. Between sessions, I may suggest specific practices or reflections tailored to your needs and goals—not busywork, but meaningful exercises that support your growth and help you integrate new insights into daily life.
Sessions provide a confidential space for honest exploration where we work collaboratively to understand patterns, develop new perspectives, and create strategies aligned with your values and goals.
Who Benefits Most From My Practice
The individuals and couples who experience the most significant results are those genuinely committed to self-improvement and willing to make therapy a priority. My ideal clients tend to have issues with romantic relationships as well as career concerns, and they're ready for deep, meaningful work rather than surface-level solutions.
I offer both in-person sessions at my New Canaan office and online therapy, providing flexibility to fit therapy into your schedule while maintaining the depth and effectiveness of the therapeutic process.
Take the First Step Toward Professional Fulfillment
If career challenges are affecting your well-being, relationships, or sense of purpose, you don't have to navigate them alone. The decision to seek support represents strength and self-awareness, not weakness.
Beginning therapy doesn't require having everything figured out—you simply need recognition that something needs to change and willingness to explore what that change might look like. Through our work together, you'll gain clarity about both the challenges you're facing and the solutions that will work for your unique situation.
To learn more about how therapy can help you address career and work challenges, or to schedule an initial consultation, please contact my practice. I'm happy to discuss your specific situation and provide information about scheduling and next steps.
Your career doesn't have to be a source of constant stress or dissatisfaction. With the right support, you can develop greater confidence, navigate challenges more effectively, and create a professional life that brings genuine fulfillment.