Fran Weiss, LCSW-R, BCD, DCSW, CGP, Psychotherapist
Just because it is hard to do, does not mean it is impossible to achieve
Superwomen
Are you a stressed-out professional or a stressed-out "do-it-all" mom?
The Stressed-out Professional
You are a high functioning professional or executive woman who finds herself struggling with the balancing act of maintaining job, family, friends, relationships (tending to the needs of your primary relationship, or trying to develop a connection with a potential significant partner).
You are a highly regarded woman who is working at top-level speed and intensity, yet having difficulty in learning how to slow down?
Does this sound like you?
- You can never turn the switch off . . . you're constantly "on"
- You are finding it harder and harder to concentrate and focus on the needs of your children, your spouse
- You constantly feel pulled between family and professional life . . . sometimes the strain feels too great
- Work seems to come first, even though you don't want it to
- You have recently developed health-related issues related to negative stress
Or, are you feeling you have to work twice as hard as your male counterparts because you work in an environment that treats women differently? Sometimes this is an accurate evaluation of your situation; sometimes this sense of vulnerability can come from family of origin issues. Maybe you feel you just don't deserve your success and are filled with guilt and remorse about your family and continually struggle with finding BALANCE.
Even highly competent professionals sometimes need a neutral person to talk to.
I can help you:
- Find balance
- Determine if "I can't find time" is really a stand in for some other meaning
- Get re-connected with your family
- Help you grapple with your guilt
- Stop letting old feelings of inadequacy interfere with your current reality of success
Contact me for a confidential consultation. I would be happy to hear from you. At this time due to the covid-19 pandemic, I am conducting all consulation sessions on a HIPAA-compliant Zoom platform.
The Do-it-all Mom
Does this sound like you?
- You gave up your career to become the full time house administrator
- You are the back stop for your partner and do EVERYTHING
- raising the children
- coordinating the help (if there are any),
- maintaining and developing the social calendar
- However, you neglect yourself in matters of health, self care, et al.
- Externally you look like you can do it ALL, but you are having trouble "keeping it together"
- You are busy keeping everyone else's life going but have lost a sense of yourself.
- You are overeating and getting into compulsive behaviors
- You are struggling with depression and anxiety
I can help you:
- Develop a sense of your self and your self worth
- Find your own identity
- Develop a sense of pride
- Find balance
Sound good? Call me for a private consultation to see how I can help you. At this time due to the covid-19 pandemic, I am conducting all consulation sessions on a HIPAA-compliant Zoom platform.
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