The next role isn't the hard part. Figuring out who you are without this one is.

You've spent years building a career that defines how people see you and, more importantly, how you see yourself. Now something is shifting. Maybe you're thinking about leaving. Maybe you were pushed out. Maybe you already made the move and expected relief but got disorientation instead.

The strategic questions, what industry, what role, what compensation, are usually the easier part. The harder question is the one most people around you aren't equipped to help with: who are you when the title, the team, and the daily structure that organised your sense of self are gone?

A lot of people assume the grass is greener on the other side of the corporate/startup divide. They trade one set of difficulties for another and wonder why the relief didn't last. Usually the problem wasn't the specific job. It was the relationship to work itself, and that comes with you.

At senior levels, your career isn't just what you do. It's the structure that holds a lot of your identity together. Your social world, your daily rhythm, your sense of competence, these are all built around the role. When that structure changes, everything it was quietly holding in place starts to shift too.

If you were laid off, the experience often produces a grief response you didn't expect, because it's not just about the job. It's about the version of yourself that existed inside it. If you're choosing to leave, the paralysis usually isn't about the options. The doubt is protecting you from something, usually the fear of what you'll find on the other side.

And if you already made the move and feel lost rather than free, that's not a failure. It's the predictable result of removing a structure without understanding what it was compensating for.

Career coaching helps you figure out what to do next. Therapy helps you understand why you're stuck, what the transition is actually about at a deeper level, and what needs to shift internally for any external change to hold.

Without that internal work, people tend to recreate the same patterns in new settings. They end up building the same problem in a different context.

I'm a licensed psychotherapist who made this kind of transition myself, from 18+ years in B2B SaaS and growth advisory to clinical practice. I know what it's like to leave an identity that works, and I know the difference between doing that reactively and doing it with some clarity about what's actually driving the change.

Senior professionals considering a major career change but paralysed by the decision. Executives who were laid off and are dealing with more than just the job search. Leaders who made the move and feel more lost than free. People who keep almost leaving but pull back every time. Anyone at a senior level who suspects the career question is really a question about identity, worth, and what they want from the next phase of their working life.

The first session is 60 minutes, free, and open. We figure out what's actually driving the transition (or the resistance to it) and whether therapy is the right kind of support for this moment.

The first session is free, 60 minutes, no obligations. We use it to understand where you actually are and what kind of support makes sense right now.