Working Together

You are stressed because you care. Work often dominates our lives and chronic stress  can spill over to everything else. 

Stress is a catch-all term for a lot of symptoms, but fundamentally it's when the demands placed on you exceed your perceived ability to cope.

Research now shows that stress is a common risk factor for 75%–90% of all human diseases.

We can work together to understand the roots of your stress, anxiety or triggers at work. Quickly find new and workable strategies, and change the way your system responds to the demands of your career for the long-term.

Burnout happens when our reservoir of energy runs dry (I've been there). We loose sight of why our work matters and our protective systems slam on the brakes to save us from unproductive stress. We can feel totally disengaged and permanently exhausted. 

You need (at least) 2 things right away: a workable plan for the short term situation, and space to figure out your long term direction -- how to move towards the life you want to have.

Working together, you can rapidly learn the tools you need to recover and gradually uncover the changes you can make to avoid burnout in the future.

Many men are struggling. 

The modern world can be extremely difficult to navigate, especially for younger men. We often need a distinct approach to healing and benefit from a different kind of empathy -- one that is more action-oriented. 

We can work together to  accept and appreciate who you are. Drop the behaviors that are not working for you. Discover ways to relate to your self with kindness, and how to use your potential to do hard and amazing things. 

Coaching is focused on achieving specific goals in the world. Therapy is about understanding yourself and changing how you relate to the world.

Coaching can be quick, effective and very powerful. It works better when combined with tools and confidentiality of therapy.

Together we can work to identify specific, achievable  targets, find the roots of what might be blocking you, and take committed actions to achieving your goals.

People change. Mistakes are made, unspoken fears breed resentment, relentless demands pull us away from connection, communication becomes charged, or even hostile, (I could go on). 

Relationship counseling is one of the most common reason people seek therapy. There is hope.

Together it will be possible to engage in difficult (but necessary) communication safely. We will identify unworkable themes in how you relate to each other and unearth practical ways to repair, rebalance rebuild your relationship. 

Traumatic experiences are stored in our nervous system: the body keeps the score. We carry them with us as if the danger is ever-present, often beyond our conscious mind.

So, the most effective trauma healing works both cognitively (your thinking) and somatically (your body and nervous system).

We can work to understand your triggers, reprocess distressing experiences and calm your chronically activated nervous system.

I provide culturally specific services to first responders and other high-stakes professionals. Find out more here.