The Unhappy Professional

Therapy for Entrepreneurs

Startups. Scale. Strategy. No one talks about what it takes to hold it all.

Building something from nothing comes with a different kind of pressure.

Entrepreneurship is more than a job.
It’s identity. Vision. Risk. Pressure.
And often—lonely at the top.

You may be navigating:

  • Investor expectations, funding timelines, or founder dynamics

  • Building a team while managing internal uncertainty

  • Public wins with private chaos

  • Pivots, layoffs, or product failures

  • Mental whiplash between strategy, survival, and storytelling

  • Personal relationships stretched by time, stress, or tunnel vision

Even when things are going “well,” the internal strain can be hard to ignore.

And when they’re not—there’s rarely space to say it out loud.

Why Some Founders Use Therapy

Therapy isn’t about slowing down.
It’s about removing friction from the inside—so decisions are clearer, leadership is cleaner, and pressure doesn’t build in silence.

Common focus areas include:

  • Managing internal pressure while staying externally focused

  • Clarifying identity outside of the company

  • Improving emotional regulation and communication

  • Processing stress without letting it spill into the team or relationships

  • Recovering from burnout, rejection, or public setbacks

  • Making decisions that align with personal and professional health

This is work that supports performance—not softens it.

Our Approach

  • EMDR therapy for nervous system recovery and stress release

  • Psychodynamic work to explore deeper patterns that impact leadership

  • No fluff. No generic advice. Just strategic, focused therapy built for high-functioning professionals

  • Sessions structured for founders, operators, and builders who don’t want to waste time

Details

  • Private-pay only — no insurance

  • $250 per session

  • 30-minute video consultation available at no cost

  • Virtual sessions available in NY, VA, DC, CO, NC, and WA

You’ve built the product.

You’ve managed the chaos.
Now it might be time to build internal clarity, too.

Our Claim:

We help high-achieving professionals succeed by becoming authentic.
When they stop living behind armor, their work and relationships come alive.

What clients say:

“Zack was a patient and caring guide through a difficult time.

He provided a therapeutic relationship that offered a balance of support and challenge, helping me build a stronger foundation from which to live my life.

Through EMDR I was also able to travel to the root of many beliefs that were stifling my growth — making core changes to how I see myself and my world — opening up more love in all directions.

I’m grateful.”

-AB