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LPC

Coach

YTT, 200

Work Background:

Community Based Services 

Family Crisis Services

Community Mental Health

Group Practice 

 Private Practice 

Hospital Systems 

Research 

Higher Education 

Yoga Instruction (studios and in community) 

And more

Previous Roles/Titles:

Assistant Director, Interim Executive Director, Server, Home Health Aide, Certified Nurses Aide, Liaison, Program Assistant, Program Manager, Hot Dog Vendor, Project Director, Supervisor, Counselor, Cashier, Board Member, Child Care Worker, Yoga Teacher, Pizza Maker and Babysitter.

And that's not all.

One of the most important roles I identify with is work place trauma survivor.

I admit that some work settings were enjoyable.

Conversely and often, these jobs were unbearable. And at times, traumatizing.

You name it I have experienced or endured it.

Sabotage, bullying, hazing, marginality, discrimination, unrealistic productivity models, poor management with risky and incompetent policies, dishonest leadership and more.

During these dark times, I did what most people do...

I vented and griped to loved ones

I found a work buddy to commiserate with

I grew weary and weak from lost sleep after spending  too many hours of personal time worrying about work

I self medicated and internalized self hate on several fronts

I displaced my fears and anger onto my family

I poured my heart out in journals

I used my EAP benefits and sat through many hours of long term therapy

But none of it dug at the fact that there were patterns in how I was finding and acquiring work.  None of it explored that there were deeper reasons I ignored red flags in interviews and only recognized them once I was in crisis. None of the therapy looked at why, as a rule, I took any offer that came my way, despite knowing I wasn't the best fit for the job. And then went on to  live in resentment until the next offer came along. None of it explored the ways I tend to process "power structures" vs how neurotypical people process these spaces.

Yet, this was the type of inquiry and support that I needed to find clarity and problem-solving abilities and internal strengths.

And I know I am not alone.

I know this after talking to and treating hundreds of clients who suffer the ways I did.

I created a short term therapy model, including assessments and weekly assignments to help empower clients to live their best professional life while learning about unhealed patterns, surviving the system and finding your path forward.