Executive & Professional Coaching Grounded in Clinical Psychology

Working with People Who Are Used to Carrying a Lot

I work with professionals who are accustomed to responsibility, complexity, and high expectations—often their own as much as anyone else’s.

My clients are physicians, attorneys, executives, entrepreneurs, pilots, and others in high-demand roles who have built lives defined by competence and performance. What brings them to this work is rarely a lack of ability or motivation, but a growing awareness that the approaches that served them well professionally are no longer serving them as effectively in their relationships, emotional well-being, or during significant life transitions.

They are thoughtful, capable people who want to understand what is happening beneath the surface—and to respond with intention rather than habit.

My Training and Perspective

I hold a PhD in Clinical Psychology and have been in clinical practice for over 20 years. I have also spent more than 15 years coaching elite athletes and high-performing professionals in environments where performance, accountability, and pressure are constant.

This background shapes how I work.

Clinical training provides a disciplined way of understanding patterns—how people think, relate, regulate emotion, and make meaning under stress. My experience in performance settings keeps the work grounded in real-world demands, where insight must translate into action and decisions carry real consequences.

Together, this allows for work that is psychologically rigorous, practical, and responsive to the realities of high-responsibility lives.

How I Understand the Work

In my experience, most of the people I work with are not struggling because something is “wrong” with them. They are struggling because they are relying on approaches that were highly adaptive in demanding professional environments, but far less effective in more relational and emotionally complex parts of life.

I pay close attention to patterns—how people respond to pressure, make decisions, manage emotion, and relate to others when the stakes feel high. Many of these patterns are associated with competence, efficiency, and control. In professional settings, they are often rewarded. In relationships, however, those same strategies can create distance, rigidity, or repeated conflict—particularly when vulnerability, mutual influence, or emotional attunement are required.

Over time, and especially during periods of transition or loss of structure, these patterns can become overused or misapplied. The work is about understanding them with precision and curiosity, and then expanding the range of possible responses. Not by replacing one strategy with another, but by increasing awareness, flexibility, and choice—so people can engage both their work and their relationships more effectively.

This is what allows meaningful change to occur without oversimplifying complex lives or reducing people to diagnoses or techniques.

Fit and Working Style

This work tends to resonate most with people who value depth, precision, and a willingness to examine themselves honestly. My clients are typically reflective, intellectually curious, and willing to look closely at themselves without needing to be managed or fixed.

I work collaboratively and directly, with respect for the experience and intelligence my clients bring. The tone is serious but human, focused but not rigid.

An Invitation

If this approach resonates, you’re welcome to reach out for an introductory conversation. It’s simply a chance to talk through what’s bringing you here and to see whether this work feels like a good fit at this point in your life.