Counseling for Lawyers
In-person in Manhattan or Virtually from NY & Florida
My prior experience as a law firm Associate informs my work with attorneys. Having practiced in law firm settings, I am familiar with their demands and pressures and thus understand readily the overall context for the concerns attorneys bring to therapy.
When one or both partners are attorneys, a central challenge in couple’s therapy often involves how to sustain a relationship and a family life alongside the intensity and unpredictability of legal practice.
In individual therapy, the work may focus on distinguishing stress and anxiety that is normative from stress and anxiety that isn’t; developing more effective and appropriately assertive ways of functioning in professional and personal contexts; and managing pressures in ways that can support sustained performance.
At times, therapy also provides a setting for considering questions of professional fit—within a particular firm or practice area, or more broadly in relation to one’s career trajectory. Other times, the therapy may involve reflecting on long-term life goals and examining to what extent work at a law firm aligns with those goals.