Four to eight weeks of focused work on the patterns keeping the problem in place.
individual work
Best for
A situation where you understand enough to know that one conversation will not be enough.
The pressure may be coming from burnout, chronic overload, conflict, emotional contagion or compassion fatigue, leadership isolation, difficult people dynamics, or several factors reinforcing one another.
This is where psychological depth meets the reality of professional life.
We begin by defining what needs to change and what a useful outcome would look like. Then we work across several focused sessions on the areas with the greatest leverage. That might mean:
- redesigning workload and recovery
- changing boundaries
- preparing for difficult conversations
- reducing the impact of other people's emotions
- examining your own patterns under pressure
- working through a leadership problem that keeps consuming attention and energy
The contract is bounded and practical. We agree on the scope and endpoint at the beginning, so you know what we are working toward and when the work is complete.
When the problem is interpersonal
Small professional businesses often don’t have an HR department, but the human side of running a business doesn’t disappear.
A difficult employee, a strained partnership, a recurring conflict, or a conversation you keep postponing can take up an extraordinary amount of a founder’s attention.
You can bring that problem here. This work is coaching-based, with psychological and relational expertise shared where it is useful. We examine the dynamics, clarify what is yours to manage, prepare for difficult conversations, and explore realistic options.
You remain the decision-maker. I don’t act as your HR representative, make personnel decisions, or prescribe a management solution. My role is to help you understand the human problem more accurately and approach it with more skill, more perspective, and less unnecessary mental load.
We work with the individual, interpersonal, and organizational parts of the problem together, rather than assuming the source sits entirely in one place.
At a glance
Four to eight weeks, several focused sessions
from $2,000
Your Sustainability Plan
Partway through the engagementA written synthesis of the main forces maintaining the problem, your priorities for change, and the strategies and resources most relevant to your situation. We adjust it as the work develops, so you finish with something useful beyond our conversations.
Advanced training in human development, adaptation, relationships and psychological functioning across the lifespan.
Clinical psychologist working with professionals, business owners, couples and families under sustained pressure.
From doctoral researcher to senior researcher at a psychology research institute.
Programs for attorneys and professional audiences on burnout, conflict resolution and communication.
How it works
Send a request
Tell us what is going on. A few sentences are enough.
A first conversation
We come back to you within one business day and set up a short call to see whether this is a fit. No cost, no pressure.
Tackle burnout at the source
We agree on the scope and begin. The work is built around your situation, and you leave with something written down that you can use on your own.
Growing sustainable success for professionals and teams.
Denver, CO 80222(720) 230-6727