Rediscover balance.
Therapy for Lawyers
in New York, NY
Designed for attorneys. Backed by neuroscience. Focused on helping you feel better—without stepping back. Convenient online sessions.
Many lawyers privately acknowledge they’re overwhelmed.
Despite outward success, they feel anxious, disconnected, or stuck in constant overdrive. These are signs of a nervous system under strain—but just “knowing” this often isn’t enough to create meaningful change.
THE COST OF LAW
Legal practice rewards high-functioning anxiety—vigilance, perfectionism, long hours, and emotional suppression. These traits may have fueled your success and made you good at your job, but over time, they take a toll.
Many attorneys I work with describe feeling like they’re "living from the neck up," stuck in their heads, unable to downshift from this kind of mental overdrive. Stress shows up in their sleep, relationships, and bodies. They’re chronically tight, quick to irritate, and often running on copious amounts of caffeine, adrenaline, and willpower.
For many, the idea of self-care feels indulgent—until they hit a wall.
According to the 2023 ALM and Law.com Compass Mental Health Survey:
71% of lawyers report anxiety
Over 50% experience burnout symptoms like cynicism, emotional numbness, and self-doubt
Only 33% feel they can take a leave of absence to address mental health concerns
Practicing law affects your autonomic nervous system (ANS) by keeping it in a heightened state of sympathetic arousal, our evolutionary fight-or-flight system. Your body prepares to fight or flee, releasing cortisol and adrenaline. But when this stress is chronic, not acute, it turns maladaptive.
Legal success doesn’t have to be synonymous with emotional exhaustion.
HOW I CAN HELP
You know how to show up, deliver results, and stay composed under pressure. But when the adrenaline wears off and the late nights end, you’re left with the kind of stress you can’t outwork. You might be sleeping less, feeling on edge, or struggling to focus—even when everything appears to be going well.
As a former attorney, I bring a deep understanding of the legal profession’s demands and how it sometimes conditions you to ignore your body’s signals (until they become symptoms). That’s why I support lawyers, executives, and high-achieving professionals with unique, specialized therapy.
Based on your needs, I combine talk therapy with evidence-based somatic methods like EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Because while mental shifts can be powerful, what you need to move forward is deeper than that—it’s physiological. We engage with your nervous system in learning how to down-regulate stress, interrupt cycles of overthinking and self-criticism, and build new patterns that support both performance and peace. These methods aren’t “soft” alternatives, they’re science-based tools rooted in neuroscience and trauma research.
Here, we’re not trying to "fix" you. We’re helping you access the parts of yourself that have been pushed aside to keep functioning—and reintegrate them in ways that better equip you with clarity, confidence, and capacity in all your roles.
Therapy isn’t a detour. It’s a professional investment.
This work can help you:
Increase your capacity to lead, manage, and connect
Show up in court or meetings with less internal noise
Recover faster after high-stakes interactions
Make decisions from a composed, steady place—not panic, perfectionism, or people-pleasing
You don’t need to leave law to feel better.
You need a different way to engage with it.
Let’s work toward that—together.
Frequently asked questions —
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Yes. Therapy is completely confidential. Nothing you share will be disclosed without your written consent, except in rare circumstances required by law. I understand how important discretion is, especially in legal environments where reputation matters.
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Not at all. This work doesn’t dampen ambition—it helps refine how you pursue it. When your nervous system is regulated, your perspective and decision-making can improve. Therapy enhances performance by helping you lead from a place of steadiness rather than stress.
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Yes—and I get this question often. Not just from clients, but from colleagues and friends still practicing. Therapy, especially somatic therapy and EMDR, can help you show up more grounded, focused, and clear-headed in high-stakes situations. It strengthens access to the skills you already have by working with your nervous system, not against it.
I wrote more about this in Can Therapy Help My Law Practice? (New York Law Journal), where I explain how this work helps lawyers not only recover from difficult moments, but prepare for what’s next with more internal steadiness.
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It varies. Some are facing burnout or questioning whether their current path is sustainable. Others want to improve their relationships, get out of reactive stress cycles, or recover from a professional experience that rattled their confidence. Therapy is a place to think differently about whatever isn’t working in your life—and to build new ways forward.