You have to slow down to get there.

I was in the corporate arena before training as a psychoanalyst. Now I do practical psychoanalysis, or depth-informed coaching, with many business leaders

Being a leader has big hidden costs.

You can get so used to running hard that it becomes difficult to remember feeling relaxed, contented, or simply enjoying yourself.

At work

Pressure from the board. Market changes. Hiring problems. A deal that fell apart.

At home

Conflict at home, or relationships strained by anger and the pressures you carry.

On the inside

Dread or panic. Emptiness. Exhaustion. Stonily facing another day at work.

Ways to check out

Compulsivity with substances, sex, media, and other ways of trying to get a break.

The workplace can amplify anxiety, anger, ADHD, burn out and compulsivity. These symptoms can often be traced back to early trauma.

“I don’t have time for feelings.”

A lot of people work like they are constantly running a 50-yard dash. Their days speed past as if they are not really there, and

they are haunted by the ways that, long-term, living this way is endangering their health.

That is a lot to sacrifice.

Slow down, and work things through.

Facing this unhappiness together calls on some of the same strengths that got you where you are today: courage, a hunger to learn, and the drive to invent new ways of approaching old problems.

Start with the pressing problems

We slow down, look together at the pressing problems you face, and work them through.

Make room for what is underneath

Practical psychoanalysis lets us explore the early experiences and wounds that may lie beneath the symptoms.

There often comes a moment in our work when people say:

“I want to live before I die.”

Our aim would be to help you bring your heart with you when you get out of bed, play when you are working, and move toward the things you want instead of just running from the things that worry you.

Does this sound like it might be right?

Give me a call if this sounds like it might be right. I’d be glad to hear about what is happening for you.