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Workplace Conflict
Let me be clear: I'm not coming to your office. I'm not mediating with your boss. That's sounds horrific and is absolutely not what I do.
What I do do… is help you navigate the thing that's living in your body long after you've closed your laptop.
The email arrives and your stomach drops. The meeting invite makes your jaw clench. You rehearse what you should have said in the shower, days later. And then you carry it. To the dinner table. To the weekend that was supposed to be yours.
You're in a coffee shop on a perfect day. The sun is out. Your drink is warm. But you're not there. You're still in the office, running the argument again. You've not changed out of your workwear. And frankly? That coffee is too expensive to waste on Brian from Payroll.
Here's what makes workplace conflict so uniquely awful:
in most conflicts, you can walk away. You can choose if that person stays in your life. But at work? You feel trapped. You need the income. So, you stay, and you try so hard to keep the peace that may not even be in jeopardy, monitoring every email, every tone. And when conflict does happen, it lands harder. Because your nervous system believes you can't leave.
A feeling of being trapped is one of the key factors that turns a stressful event into something that stays with you. Your body doesn't just register the conflict. It registers the cage.
In our sessions, we work with that response directly.
We track what happens in your body when you think about the conflict. The breath that stops. The shoulders that rise. The place that goes numb. And we practice staying present with those sensations, not running, not exploding.
We also get practical. What's in your control? What isn't? Where can you set a boundary, and where do you need to protect your energy until you find a way out?
Slowly, your nervous system learns that even if you can't leave tomorrow, you're not completely powerless. You can close the laptop and actually close it. You can be in the coffee shop, present, wearing your own clothes again. Brian doesn't get to live there rent-free…. Well… that is… Unless Brian is adding some, value, to your daydreams…. (Also not what I do though).
Book a free introductory call
If you’re considering therapy with me, the next step is to book a free introductory call.
This call is a no-pressure way of getting to know each other a little. You can ask questions, get a feel for how I work, and see whether we are a good fit for each other. Therapy is a relationship, and fit matters.