san diego eye movement desensitization and reprocessing san diego emdr logo
emdr for the publicemdr for therapistsemdr articles and resourcescontact san diego EMDR
  San Diego Therapist Specialties:

Career or Job Performance Enhancement 

Common Concerns List:
• Worries about a high-stakes job interview
• New duties not yet in your comfort zone
• Dealing with office politics
• Fears because of a bad experience with a job in the past

Also see general Performance Enhancement

The importance of doing your best in your chosen career cannot be overstated. In the current economy, there are added stresses, too, which can obviously increase anxiety about job performance.

Whether your career issues involve the job itself, pure and simple, or issues about promotions, performance reviews, rumors about layoffs, or the relationships you have with co-workers, bosses or subordinates, a Performance Enhancement specialist can offer a safe place to explore these issues fully and gain new, effective skills for managing stresses, and navigating challenges.

The value of working with a trauma therapist around these issues lies in their experience in identifying earlier experiences that may have interfered with your confidence and belief in your ability to be your best. These interferences are often quickly processed, leaving you free from a block that may have been impeding you for a long time.

The fascinating aspect about the “Trauma Therapies” is that after negative experiences have been “desensitized” or “processed,” the mind becomes much more open to optimum functioning. It becomes highly receptive to the use of a similar process the trauma therapists use to instill, strengthen, and enhance positive qualities, abilities, potentials, feelings, and visions for future accomplishments. Our therapists have tools for performance work that most other talk therapists, life coaches, and teachers (even though their input can also be valuable) simply do not have.

Because traumas are sometimes a cause of performance problems, it can be very useful to choose to work with a trauma therapist on career issues. A fairly insignificant experience of which one has little memory can leave long-term repercussions that affect simple, everyday tasks. Overcoming career limitations brings freedom and, with that, greater success and joy in your work. 

For some people, the performance work helps them gain a better sense of being true to themselves and discover what is missing in their present job. On occasion, this growth may lead them to see that they really would like to move toward a new career that gives them greater satisfaction and fulfills a lifetime goal.  Whatever your vision of your career or job performance, our Performance Enhancement specialists can assist you in moving forward and finding greater passion, meaning and satisfaction in your work.

Back to Psychotherapy Specialties for San Diego

San Diego Therapist, Job Performance, Career Performance, Stress Management, layoffs

 

San Diego Therapists Specializing in Career Performance Enhancement:

Laurie Chapman, MS, MFT
Coronado

Sara G. Gilman, LMFT
Encinitas

Jeffrey Smith, LMFT, AC
Vista

Nina Stark, LCSW, BCD
La Jolla

Dana Terrell, LCSW
San Diego

 
 
 
           

Home  •  For the Public  •   Find a San Diego EMDR Trauma Therapist  •   For Therapists  •   Articles & Resources  •   Contact Us

           
San Diego EMDR Therapist DirectorySan Diego EMDR TherapyFind a San Diego therapist for EMDRSan Diego EMDR treatmentSan Diego Psychotherapists
Copyright 2009 Dana Terrell. and San Diego Trauma Therapy, San Diego, California 92104