You've built a career on performing under pressure. But there's a difference between productive anxiety and the kind that wakes you at 3 a.m. about a footnote in a brief. $300/session. Private-pay.
The legal world rewards a specific kind of person: someone who can sustain precision under pressure, track every six-minute billing increment, absorb enormous cognitive and emotional load, and keep performing regardless of what's happening underneath. You've built a career on that capacity, and it's real. But the same drive that made you successful also makes it difficult to notice how much it's costing you — or to give yourself permission to slow down long enough to find out. I understand the particular way high-stakes legal careers can quietly erode everything that existed outside of work.
Sustained high performance in an adversarial environment trains the nervous system to stay alert and vigilant — which works well in the office and poorly everywhere else. Sleep disruption, difficulty being present at home, increased alcohol use to decompress, and a growing gap between how your life looks and how it feels are common patterns in attorneys who've been performing at this level for years. The perfectionism and vigilance that make you an excellent advocate don't have an off switch unless you actively develop one.
I work like you work: with a written plan, defined goals, and scheduled reviews. I do real case conceptualization and written treatment plans with measurable targets. We review progress every 6–8 weeks and recalibrate if something isn't working.
Sessions before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m. available specifically for attorneys who can't disappear from the floor mid-afternoon.
Working outside insurance keeps your care more directly between you and your provider. A superbill is available after each session for out-of-network reimbursement if you choose to file one.
Completely independent of your employer. No shared systems, no adjacent relationships, no risk of anything feeding back toward HR or partnership decisions.
I understand depositions get scheduled and courts move things. We'll work out a cancellation policy that reflects the reality of your calendar, not an idealized version of it.
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A senior associate at a top law firm, six years into the career she worked incredibly hard to build. On paper, everything looks successful. She’s respected, high-performing, financially stable, and checking every box she once thought would make life feel easier.
But lately, everything feels heavier than it used to.
She’s constantly “on,” even outside the office. Workouts became rushed. Weekends became recovery days instead of actual rest. The anxiety that once helped her stay sharp now follows her home, wakes her up at night, and makes it hard to feel present anywhere.
She’s thought about therapy before, but part of her wonders what she would even say. Nothing is technically falling apart. She’s functioning. Achieving. Showing up. She just doesn’t feel like herself anymore — and she’s starting to realize that burnout doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like slowly losing connection to your life while continuing to perform well inside of it.
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Sessions are offered through a private-pay practice. Superbills are available for clients seeking out-of-network reimbursement, which may offset a portion of the fee depending on your plan.
Working outside insurance allows for a more personalized, flexible, and thoughtful therapeutic process.
Book a free 15-min fit call →Yes. I have early morning slots (before 8am) and evening slots (after 7pm) specifically for attorneys. Sessions are virtual only, so there's no commute. Most attorney clients meet weekly or biweekly in windows that don't touch client-facing hours. We'll find what works in the fit call.
Sessions are $300, paid directly after each appointment. This practice operates outside insurance, which means no claim is filed with a carrier on your behalf. After each session I provide a superbill — a formatted receipt — that you can submit to your personal plan for out-of-network reimbursement if you choose. Working outside insurance keeps decisions about your care more directly between you and your provider.
Three main differences. First, firm EAPs typically offer 3–6 sessions — enough for acute stress, not for the kind of sustained work that actually changes patterns. Second, EAP providers are contracted through your employer; the independence is more limited than it appears, and records are held by a third-party vendor your firm selected. Third, most EAP therapists are generalists. I work specifically with high-achieving professionals and understand the legal environment without you having to spend sessions explaining it.
I have a 24-hour cancellation policy, but I apply it with flexibility for attorneys. I understand that a deposition gets moved at 9pm the night before. If a last-minute change is a genuine work conflict rather than a pattern, it's fine. If work emergencies are happening weekly, we build a schedule that accounts for it — biweekly, or a consistent slot that's further from the things most likely to move.
It depends on the clinical picture. I work with attorneys whose relationship with alcohol or other substances is part of a broader pattern — using to decompress, to sleep, to maintain pace — and where outpatient individual therapy is the appropriate level of care. For more acute dependence or someone who needs a higher level of care, I'll tell you that directly in the fit call and try to point you to appropriate resources. I don't take on cases I'm not the right fit for.
I'm not a crisis service and don't provide between-session emergency support. For acute mental health crises, the right resources are 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or your local emergency services. My clients have my email for scheduling-related communication and I respond within one business day. If you're concerned you might need more intensive support than weekly outpatient therapy, that's an important clinical question to raise in the fit call.
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