Therapy for Executives

The relentless pace and high stakes of executive positions often lead to burnout that goes beyond ordinary fatigue. The pressure to perform, decide, lead, and deliver–day after day, quarter after quarter–can quietly erode even the most resilient leaders. 

Many executives come to therapy when they notice they're depleted of their usual mental and emotional resources, find themselves emotionally exhausted, or feel a sense of cynicism about work that wasn't there before. 

You might find yourself just going through the motions like an automaton, feeling increasingly disconnected, or snapping more at people you genuinely care about. The very traits that made you so successful, like drive, grit, and high standards, can end up turning against you. 

Together, we can identify the specific factors contributing to your burnout and develop strategies to restore your energy and engagement, both at the office and at home.

Many executives reach a point where life starts to feel muted. Executives often describe a sense of emotional numbness or disconnection that develops gradually. Wins don’t feel like wins. Time with loved ones feels distant. You may be showing up, performing, achieving, but inside, there’s a growing sense of detachment or emotional numbness. 

This emotional flattening is often a protective response to chronic stress, so it makes sense–but it doesn’t have to keep being this way. Therapy can help you explore what’s been buried or pushed aside. Together, we’ll work to reconnect with your inner landscape in a supported way to help you feel more present, alive, and grounded.

Whether you're selling a company, entering into a new leadership role or stepping down from an old one, starting something new, or experiencing major life events like divorce, parenthood, or an illness/health scare, these transitions challenge and rattle even the most grounded executives. 

When so much of who you are has been defined by what you do, these changes can trigger profound questions about purpose and meaning, as well as surface unexpected feelings like grief, anxiety, depression, or overall disorientation. 

Executive therapy offers a space to explore these changes with care and curiosity. Together, we’ll examine what’s shifting–not just externally, but internally–to help you reconnect to meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. Together, we’ll create space to navigate these transitions and discover who you are beyond your professional achievements.

Many executives struggle with being constantly "on," unable to relax or rest, and finding themselves catastrophizing or struggling to delegate control. Even off the clock, your mind may still be racing: replaying meetings, running through scenarios, anticipating worst-case outcomes. You might struggle to delegate, feel agitated during downtime, or lie awake at night thinking about everything that could go wrong. 

This vigilance may have served you well in building your career, but it comes at many costs. It takes a significant toll on your mental and physical health by wearing down your nervous system, clouding your decision-making, and creating a life where rest feels impossible and joy feels fleeting. 

In therapy, we’ll explore the deeper roots of this mental intensity–not just how to manage it, but why it developed in the first place. Together, we’ll explore how you can create more internal space to quiet the noise, release control when appropriate, cultivate a kind of grounded leadership that doesn’t constantly require you to sacrifice your peace, and create boundaries that support both your career and your well-being.

You’ve checked all the boxes–the titles, the compensation, the accolades, the prestige, and social reputation–and yet, something feels off. The victories that once fueled you now feel empty and hollow. You might find yourself asking, “Is this it?” or “What now?”,  wondering why each new achievement fades so quickly into the background noise of your never-ending to-do list.

For many executives, the goal posts keep moving, and the drive that got them to the top has now become an unending hamster wheel that they can’t step off. This internalized drive for constant achievement and recognition can leave you feeling aimless and unfulfilled, no matter how high you climb. These are really common experiences among successful executives. 

In therapy, we create space to pause that relentless motion and listen inward. Together, we’ll explore what actually lights you up, what values feel true (not just impressive), and what kind of life feels worth living even (and especially) when no one else is watching.

Work demands often strain personal relationships, leading to partner resentment, children feeling neglected, or work stress bleeding into home life. You may find yourself distracted during dinner, emotionally unavailable with your partner, or missing key moments in your children’s lives. Over time, this can lead to distance, resentment, and a painful sense that the people you love most are getting what’s left of you, not the best of you.

Many executives seek therapy when they realize their professional success has come at the cost of their most important relationships. They come to therapy when professional success has quietly started to cost them the closeness and connection they long for. Together, we’ll explore how to create more sustainable boundaries between work and home, repair strained relationships, be more emotionally present with loved ones, and help you show up more fully, not just as a leader, but as a partner, parent, and human being.

For many executives, perfectionism isn’t just a trait–it’s a survival strategy. But over time, obsessive standards, problems celebrating wins, anxious rumination about setbacks, and constantly moving goal posts can trap executives in cycles of dissatisfaction despite objective success. 

Holding yourself to impossibly high standards may have fueled your professional success, but it can also leave you feeling like nothing is ever enough. Celebrating wins feels fleeting or undeserved, while even minor missteps spiral into harsh self-criticism and sleepless nights.

While high standards may have driven your achievement, unchecked perfectionism can lead to chronic stress and diminished joy. Together, we’ll unpack the deeper roots of these patterns: where they come from, what they protect, and how they might be limiting you now. Executive therapy can help you maintain excellence while developing more self-compassion and a healthier perspective on achievement and setbacks.

Many executives experience profound loneliness at the top. When you feel responsible for everything, it can seem like there's no safe place to fall apart, question things, or just speak honestly—certainly not with colleagues, sometimes not even with loved ones. 

With few peers to confide in and the need to maintain professional boundaries with team members, leaders often lack safe spaces to process their thoughts, feelings, and professional or personal challenges. 

Executive therapy provides a confidential, judgment-free space where you don’t have to lead, fix, or perform for anyone. It’s a space where you can just be human and be met with understanding, not expectations.

For many executives, work doesn’t just bleed into personal life–it instead swallows it whole. The demands of executive positions often lead to significant imbalances between professional and personal life. 

Many leaders come to therapy when they realize they've been missing important family moments, neglecting personal relationships, or sacrificing their own health for work responsibilities.

Long hours, constant availability, and the pressure to always be "on" can slowly erode connection, joy, and even your sense of self outside of work. Therapy can help you recalibrate these priorities and create sustainable boundaries.

Even the most strategic career moves can stir up unexpected uncertainty. Whether you’re stepping into a new executive role, preparing to exit, navigating an organizational shake-up, or considering a career pivot, major professional transitions can often trigger significant identity questions and stress.  Who are you without this title, this team, this mission? What does it mean to stay… or to walk away? 

Executive therapy offers a steady, thoughtful space to navigate the emotional and psychological terrain of these transitions, while also helping you maintain your effectiveness and well-being. Together, we’ll explore what’s being lost, what’s emerging, and how to move forward with clarity, purpose, and self-alignment. 

Even highly accomplished executives can struggle with self-doubt, perfectionism, and fears of being "found out" as inadequate.  These anxieties often live in silence because vulnerability can feel like a liability in leadership. 

Therapy offers a space to address these feelings and develop more self-compassion and confidence in your capabilities. Together, we’ll explore the origins of that critical inner voice, challenge the harsh narratives that keep you stuck, and work to build a deeper, more grounded sense of self-trust that’s based on who you actually are as a whole person–not on what you “do”.