Counseling for Education, Work and Career Issues in McLean - Fairfax County

Amy Beckman lcsw Psychotherapy

Mindfulness to emotions and thoughts enable me to empower you.

Education, Work and Career Issues

for Northern Virginia

Serving Teens & Adults in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area, including...

Fairfax County, VA - McLean, Arlington, Alexandria, Hemdon, Reston, Fairfax,

Burke, Springfield, Annandale, and Vienna - Potomac & Bethesda, MD

(703) 356-3239

Counseling for Education, Work and Career Issues

in your work place. Worry and anxiety typically accompany these transitional periods. Adjusting to change or simply contemplating the need for change in your work setting or career may arouse feelings of frustration and self-doubt. The emotional fatigue can be overwhelming. Lack of sleep happens when the stress of work takes over, further aggravating the problem and making it even more difficult to perform focused work.

Many of us feel that success at work is necessary – at any cost. As a result we compromise our health, relationships and social life in an effort to advance our career.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

~ Maya Angelou

Discussing work or career related issues with your psychotherapist is a healthy activity. It is also a sensible choice that will help you objectively look at your career development. Together we identify your priorities and career or educational goals. We will assess areas of strengths and weakness. For instance, if you determine that you would like to be more assertive in your communication with colleagues or your supervisor, or possibly need to address and resolve low confidence or self esteem that may get in your way of seeking a job change or promotion. We will focus on and strengthen your existing skills.

Supportive psychotherapy is a successful approach to helping and resolving these emotional and personal experiences. I integrate an eclectic model of psychotherapy methods and principles to mobilize problem solving and motivation. I draw upon techniques from such models of motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), stress management techniques and Lifestyle Coaching.

For 25 years I have been working in the field of mental health counseling and practicing as a psychotherapist. I have treated a wide range of presenting problems. I manage my own practice and have developed a model that merges professionalism and clinical skill with warmth and care. I create a supportive therapeutic environment where people can explore and discuss intimate and difficult emotions, memories of the past and challenges of the present day. My high level of skill and my caring approach facilitate successful outcomes.

We are all living through a rapidly evolving market place, trying to adjust to a turbulent and uncertain economy. Work and career issues can cause a constant, unsettling uneasiness. Your career is a significant component of your identity. It shapes your life's purpose, and when complications in your career occur, as they often do, they can be psychologically consuming and leave you feeling anxious and confused.

You may be a young adult completing school or launching your career. Perhaps you’re well into your chosen career but are confronting challenges or changes

Amy Beckman LCSW

Psychotherapist

Counseling for individuals, couples and families.

Serving teens and adults.

1499 Chain Bridge Rd., Suite 200

McLean, VA 22101

(703) 356-3239

Amy@NorthernVirginiaPsychotherapy.com

Amy Beckman, LCSW sees patients for individual (teens and adults) & couples counseling, family therapy, and lifestyle coaching in Northern Virginia. As a therapist and counselor, she treats for depression and anxiety including bi-polar disorder, grief and loss, substance use and abuse, relationship, parenting, stress management, and education, work & career issues. From her McLean, VA practice, she serves the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area including the counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William in Virginia including the neighborhoods of McLean, Great Falls, Countryside, Sterling, Hemdon, Reston, Wolf Trap, Tysons Corner, Pimmit Hills, Idylwood, Falls Church, Arlington, Seven Corners, Bailey’s Crossroads, Chantilly, Centreville, Fair Lakes, Fairfax, Oakton, Mantua, Merrifield, Annandale, Lincolnia, Alexandria, Springfield, Burke, Newington, Woodbridge, and Dale City; and the county of Montgomery in Maryland including the neighborhoods of Potomac, Bethesda and North Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Rockville.