Helping Lawyers Find Increased Satisfaction in Law Practice

Lawyer Career Consulting DC helps lawyers increase job satisfaction by assessing the reasons for dissatisfaction in law practice, and helping lawyers overcome them.

Lawyer Career Consulting DC determines if the principal source of your unhappiness is at work, in yourpersonal life, orboth.

• As an unhappy lawyer, your symptoms of distress may be caused by:
• An inappropriate area of law practice.
• Excessive work and time demands.
• Difficulty setting reasonable limits on demands by others.
• Financial stress, despite a substantial income.
• Disappointments in your personal life.
• Disturbed relationships in your family of origin.
• Sexual frustration, confusion or dysfunction.
• Abuse of substances, such as food, drugs and alcohol.
• Underlying emotional issues.

Your symptoms may have more than one cause:

• Many lawyers suffer "Sunday night insomnia," caused by fear and anxiety directly related to work. Sleep-deprived lawyers need to understand and address the reasons for their fear and anxiety related to work.
• If you have a demanding job, you may be neglecting your intimate relationships (for example, your marriage) until a crisis erupts, which then demands urgent attention.
• Unhappiness in your personal life (for example, a broken marriage) can interfere with your ability to concentrate at work.
• Crises of the "normal" kind (birth, family illness, and death) can cause distress both at work and at home.
• If the distress you experience outside work is too intense and preoccupying, you may need to address the external stressors first, before you make adjustments at work.
• Your unhappiness may also be influenced by experiences earlier in life.
• If several crises in your professional and personal life have occurred at once, you may need assistance with crisis management.