The next role isn’t the hard part. Figuring out who you are without this one is.
The real transition
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.
What makes this hard
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.
Why a therapist, not a career coach
Career coaching helps you figure out what to do next. Therapeutically-informed coaching 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.
The work combines high-trust advisory, nervous system regulation, and — where useful — data from wearables that shows how the transition is actually landing on you. The aim isn't just the next role. It's a working life that feels genuinely fulfilling, not just impressive.
Who this is for
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.
Start here
It starts with a short, free fit call, about 15 minutes. 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.
Common questions
Why would I need a therapist for career transition coaching?
Because at senior levels, a career change disrupts your identity, your social world, and your sense of competence — not just your job. The strategic part is rarely the real difficulty. The harder part is figuring out who you are when the structure that organised your life is gone.
I can't decide whether to leave. Can therapy help with that?
Usually, yes. The indecision almost never comes from lack of information. The block tends to come from what the decision represents: loss of identity, fear of regret, the distance between what you actually want and what you think you should want. Endless deliberation has its own cost, and therapy works with the internal conflict that's making the decision feel impossible.
How is this different from career coaching?
Regular career coaching works on what to do next. Therapeutically-informed coaching works on why you're stuck and what needs to shift internally for any external change to actually hold. A lot of what gets called career coaching actually needs therapeutic depth to address properly.
I was laid off and I feel lost. Is that normal?
Very. Involuntary exits at senior levels produce genuine grief, not just about the job but about the identity and daily structure it provided. Most people around you won’t fully understand that because they see it as “just a job.” Therapy gives you a space to process the loss before rushing into whatever comes next.
I already made the move and feel worse. What happened?
You probably removed the structure without fully understanding what it was compensating for. The old role was quietly holding things in place: your sense of purpose, your daily identity, your social connections. Without it, those gaps become visible. That's not a sign you made the wrong choice. It's a sign there's deeper work to do — and now you have the space for it.
What clients say
“We have been working together for a while now, and the sessions have gradually changed the way I make decisions. Aggelos doesn’t tell me what to do or try to make me dependent on his opinion. He helps me separate the real problem from the fear, ego and old patterns wrapped around it. I usually leave with less noise and a much clearer sense of what is mine to do.”
“I had been forcing a business situation to continue because stopping it felt like failure. After one of our exercises, I realised I was trying to manufacture reasons to keep going when I already knew the answer. I had the difficult conversation shortly afterwards. It was not that Aggelos gave me the decision. He helped me stop fighting what I already knew.”
“I was initially sceptical about somatic and trauma-informed work because I assumed it would be vague or a bit spiritual. It wasn’t. Aggelos explained what we were doing, paid attention to my limits and connected the experience back to patterns I could recognise in my work and relationships. It felt grounded, careful and surprisingly practical.”
Next step
It starts with a short, free fit call, about 15 minutes, no obligations. We use it to understand where you actually are and what kind of support makes sense right now.