Performance Reviews and the Inner Review

January is a common time to consider leadership stress therapy. Performance reviews, new goals, and a fresh round of expectations all arrive at once. You may be evaluating your team while privately evaluating yourself, and the second review is often the harsher one.

Leaders are frequently the steady presence for everyone else. It can be hard to find a place where you do not have to be composed, strategic, or right. Over time, that constant self-monitoring can show up as restless nights, a short temper at home, or the sense that success no longer feels like much.

Before you set this year's goals, it may be worth asking a different question: what am I trying to prove, and to whom? Resolutions built on self-criticism tend to be brittle. Understanding where the pressure comes from can make room for clearer choices.

I spent more than twenty years in corporate communications and consulting before I became a therapist, so I know these rooms well. My sessions take place by secure video, for adults across Texas. If you would like a space that is just for you, book a time to talk.