Why I Offer Free Consultations
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When you book a consultation with me, you may have a few questions about what we’ll cover and why I do a comprehensive assessment after we’ve already spoken for 30 minutes.
Fair questions. Here’s what’s happening in that call.
The Consultation Purpose
During our consultation, I’m trying to get an initial sense of three things.
First, how we work together. Do we communicate well? Does my approach feel like a good fit for how you think about problems? Chemistry matters in this work.
Second, whether your workplace struggles seem more personal, systemic, or both. Are we looking at psychological patterns? Organizational dynamics? Role fit issues? Life circumstances? Usually it’s multiple factors, but I’m listening for where the weight seems to be. The last thing we want to do is launch you into a brand new career if the root of your problem is really chronic perfectionism, because you will be taking that perfectionism with you to your new career.
Third, what initial pathway makes sense as a starting point. Based on what you’re describing and how it’s affecting you, which approach is most likely to be helpful?
Why the Assessment Comes Next
A 30-minute conversation gives me enough information to recommend a direction, but not enough to deeply understand all the contributing factors. That’s why everyone who continues working with me completes a comprehensive assessment before we start our formal work together.
The assessment systematically evaluates your workplace patterns, stress responses, relationship dynamics, work motivation, burnout indicators, and job satisfaction across multiple domains. It gives us data, not just impressions.
Sometimes the assessment confirms what seemed obvious in our consultation. Often it reveals complexity we couldn’t readily identify in a brief, 30-minute conversation. Occasionally it will completely shift our understanding of what’s driving your experience.
The Value of This Two-Step Approach
The consultation helps us determine if we’re a good fit and establishes an initial direction. The assessment ensures we’re targeting the right factors before you invest significant time and money in a particular approach.
Because after years of doing this work, I’ve learned that people can waste enormous amounts of time and energy solving the wrong problem. They change jobs when they needed better boundaries. They work on “mindset” when their workplace was genuinely toxic. They assume something is wrong with them when the real issue is systemic barriers.
A comprehensive assessment can prevent you from making those expensive wrong turns. It can help us understand which combination of factors is creating your experience, so we can focus your efforts where they’ll make the biggest difference.
What You Can Expect
Before our consultation, you’ll complete a brief intake form. This helps me prepare for our conversation, so we can use your time effectively.
During the call, we’ll talk about what prompted you to reach out and what you’re hoping to figure out. Then I’ll share my initial thoughts on how I might be able to help and what I’d recommend as next steps.
If we decide to work together, you’ll complete the comprehensive assessment before our first full session. That assessment will be followed by a deeper interview during our first and second sessions, which will inform everything that follows. This process is how we ensure we’re addressing the root of your struggle, not just the symptoms.
The consultation is genuinely free because I want you to have the chance to see if my approach makes sense for you before you invest in the assessment and ongoing work. And the assessment is comprehensive because I’ve seen too many professionals waste years trying solutions that were never going to work for their specific situation.
Questions about the process? Comments are open, or you can reach out directly through my website.
Ready to book a free consultation? You can schedule that HERE.
