The Unhappy Professional
A Robinhood Therapy Brand
Therapy for Lawyers
Quiet pressure. Long hours. Very little room to come undone.
Your career demands a lot both professionally and personally.
Legal professionals work under conditions most people don’t see:
Constant deadlines and high-stakes outcomes
Adversarial environments that require composure under pressure
Long hours, often at the expense of rest or relationships
The mental load of managing clients, teams, or partners
Decision-making in gray areas with real consequences
Compounded stress from systems that aren’t always fair or clear
Outside the office, that pressure doesn’t always let up.
Partners or spouses who want connection
Kids who want presence
Families who may not understand the demands
A lack of time or energy for processing anything beyond the next obligation
What Brings Lawyers Here
Therapy can offer space that legal work rarely provides.
Therapy here is a place where you don't have to be perfect.
Therapy here is a place where you can say whatever comes to mind without judgment or fear having to fully understand.
Therapy here is a place to process what’s been building mentally, emotionally, and physically.
We support and treat:
Burnout prevention and recovery
The struggle with Imposter Syndrome and challenges with confidence and self esteem
Vicarious Trauma from tough cases and difficult outcomes for clients
Boundaries between professional role and personal identity
Heal your relationship with YOURSELF and the ones you love.
There are no rules for therapy. Just show up as you are.
EMDR therapy to support nervous system reset and reduce stress overload
Psychodynamic work to explore deeper patterns and pressures and heal
Respect for your intelligence, time, and privacy
We understand the specific challenges that a career in law can bring.
Private-pay only — no insurance
$250 per session
30-minute video consultation available at no cost
Virtual sessions available in CO, DC, NC, NY, TX, VA, and WA
I understand first hand how difficult it can be to carry the weight of unresolved emotional pain. My diverse personal and professional experiences have given me a deep appreciation for how unique each individual’s journey is.
Whether it’s healing from childhood trauma, navigating relationship difficulties, or overcoming professional stress, I’m here to help you find the peace and fulfillment you deserve.
Zack Rothwell, PMHNP
Psychiatric Health Nurse Practitioner
Master of Science - UNC Chapel Hill
Accepting New Clients
Real Questions Lawyers Ask Before Starting Therapy (FAQs)
Why would a successful lawyer need therapy?
Because success and suffering aren’t mutually exclusive. Many lawyers build careers on control, composure, and pushing through, but over time, that can come at a cost: insomnia, detachment, low-grade dread, or chronic irritability. Sometimes, it’s not a crisis that brings someone in, it’s the subtle realization that winning cases hasn’t translated into feeling whole.
What if therapy just feels like someone telling me what to feel?
We get it. Some therapists miss the mark, especially with lawyers. They push too hard or oversimplify what’s actually a complex internal system of survival. A good therapist doesn’t lecture, they listen, challenge, and track what you're protecting. Our approach honors the parts of you that got you here… and helps the ones that are exhausted evolve.
I can’t turn my mind off. Is that something therapy can help with?
Yes, and not with gimmicks. We get curious about what’s underneath the mental churn: maybe work stress, but often deeper layers like grief, betrayal, unresolved family roles, unhealed relationships. Therapy helps you digest what’s fueling the restlessness so that rest becomes something you can access, genuinely and consistently.
Why does my job seem to affect my relationships?
High-pressure roles often flatten your emotional availability at home. But sometimes it’s not just the job, it’s that the job amplifies earlier patterns: mistrust, keeping score, staying guarded. And those patterns may have started long before you passed the bar. Therapy helps you see the origin stories and shift the ones that no longer serve you.
I’ve made it this far without talking to anyone. Why now?
That makes sense. Maybe silence was safer when you were younger. Maybe there wasn’t anyone who could handle what you had to say. That strategy helped you survive and probably succeed. But if its starting to isolate you, therapy gives you a space to use your strengths in a deeper, more sustainable way.
I’m supposed to be fine. I look fine. Why do I feel like I’m falling apart?
You’re not alone. Many lawyers feel this way and feel ashamed for feeling it. The pressure to perform isn’t just professional, it’s cultural, generational and familial. Therapy gives you space to drop the mask without dropping your edge. We help you separate the pressure from the pain, so you can make clear decisions instead of reactive ones.
Why do I feel like I’m avoiding something, like there’s a wall I can’t name?
That wall often protects something real: law school trauma, early family dynamics, betrayals, religious shame, even early exposure to porn. You’ve probably built a life on pushing through. But now? You’re ready to process, not just push. We help you approach the wall with respect and insight, not force. And you stay in control of the pace.
I don’t even know what’s wrong. I’m just tired, and it’s not going away.
That kind of fatigue is rarely just physical. Often it’s the weight of open tabs in your mental browser, things you’ve never had time or space to process. Past relationships, grief, failures, identity confusion, childhood wounds. We help you close those tabs. You get more presence, more empathy, more energy. You don’t lose your edge, you get sharper and calmer.