Do you work at a law firm and struggle with the demands of retaining clients, managing unrealistic expectations, and hitting your billables, while trying to take care of yourself and maintain a life outside of work? If you are in-house, do the competing demands from different parts of the business, questions about the value you add, and pressure to say yes leave you feeling drained and underappreciated? Does the influence of politics, demanding bosses, lots of hierarchy, and competing priorities make your government job challenging?

I’m not a lawyer myself, but I am surrounded by them! I have friends and family members who are lawyers, and I live just outside of the city with the highest concentration of lawyers per capita in the US (Washington, DC).

Whether you work at a law firm, trade association, public interest organization, in the government, or in-house, my guess is that your career is demanding. You may be struggling with some of the common challenges faced by lawyers, including:

• High levels of stress

• Work-life balance

• Burnout

• Ethical dilemmas

• Isolation and loneliness

• Adversarial relationships

• Perfectionism and imposter syndrome

• Career dissatisfaction

• Financial pressure

• Identity and self-worth

I have worked with many law students and lawyers. We can work together to navigate the unique challenges posed by working in the legal profession to enhance your mental health and overall well-being. Therapy can be a space for emotional support, and we can work to enhance your coping skills, develop stress management techniques, improve work life balance, navigate ethical dilemmas, improve decision-making, and build self-esteem and self-confidence.