Counselor/therapist in the Boston area (MBTA-accessible) who is good at handling career and life goal questions?

January 30, 2007 7:36 AM

Counselor/therapist in the Boston area (MBTA-accessible) who is good at handling career and life goal questions?

In general I'm feeling like my life's in a holding pattern. I have so many options available and am overwhelmed by the idea of choosing anything, and I'm not even sure how to begin researching or deciding which would be appropriate.

I have plenty of non-goals and things I don't necessarily want to do, but I can't seem to create (or respect) positive goals for myself, things that I do want to do. Every possibility gets undercut by double-thinking - what if I just want to do something because it sounds cool or for the Kodak moments? What if I abandon my current excellent setup (job in IT, extensive social network, salary, health insurance) for a complete mistake? Why can't I break out of this all-or-nothing thinking? How can I even get hung up on these self-centered self-fulfillment issues when there are real problems in the world? What if I'm just dissatisfied with one aspect of my life and fixing that would take care of all these escape plan dreams and really make me happy?

I feel like I have trouble talking with friends about this and could really benefit from sitting down with a professional who might be able to offer advice or at least act as a good sounding board.

Location: Greater Boston area, MBTA-accessible

posted by cadge to health (2 comments total)

I would be glad to give you the name of the therapist I have been seeing for the last several years. He's in Cambridge. I was going to e-mail you directly, but there's no e-mail in your profile.

I started seeing him for self-esteem issues that over time developed into a serious effort on my part to address some mid-life issues of career and personal goals. He's been very helpful to me .

I am also involved with a support group in Cambridge for "careers in transition" and can give you some information about that, too.

Please feel free to send me e-mail, my address is in my profile.
posted by briank at 11:18 AM on January 30, 2007

Thanks, briank - I will email you!
posted by cadge at 7:08 PM on January 30, 2007