Counseling and Consulting

In the early years of my career I worked as a performance consultant and counselor, helping musicians on lighting up an audience, attorneys presenting cases in front of a jury, and CEOs giving speeches or leading boardroom discussions. As my practice grew, several psychologists invited me to come into their practices, first to help with patients who faced performance challenges, like taking tests, or overcoming stage fright, but then to help solve unusual and extreme cases on any matter.

 

I appreciated the wide range of challenges because the clients’ unique problems and their capabilities to solve them each taught me many facets of human nature. Here are three such cases: a five-year-old boy, a married couple, and a superstar opera singer.