When you are suffering from anxiety or depression, it can permeate every aspect of your life. Certainly your career is no exception. In fact, everything about the work environment – self doubt about your job performance, making tough decisions, dealing with difficult co-workers or just managing with day-to-day stress can make it a breeding ground for anxiety. I offer career counseling as an important element of my holistic approach to treating anxiety and depression.
My career counseling services in Chicago include helping you work on self-esteem issues so you can stop underestimating your work and worth to the company; providing you with tools to cope with stressful situations that arise; helping you identify and work towards the career goals that are most important to you; and more.
You are not alone. You deserve to feel better, and I would be honored to work with you.
If the demands of your career or finding a job is causing your stress and anxiety, here are three things you can do right now to help:
If career stress is not what’s troubling you, here are other areas that I treat:
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Stacy Perkins Smith, is an anxiety therapist based in Chicago who helps women find calm, clarity, and confidence.
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