Jonathan Lassiter(He/Him/His)

Are you burned out? Feel like others are expecting you to mess up? Feeling pressure to compromise your values to get ahead? Others have unfair expectations of you? Beating yourself up for small mistakes? Feeling like an imposter? Tired of carrying the burden of being the only person of color or LGBTQ+ person at your job? Or maybe you feel like you have to prove yourself over and over again as one of the few people who look like you in your field?

Is the stress of being the first one to “make it” in your family creating tension with your relatives? Do you feel guilty for "making it?" Does it seem like your relatives, partner, or friends don't understand how much stress you are under?

Do you have the career and title but still feel unfulfilled? Are your relationships not as you imagined they would be? Still searching for love and feel like its not being reciprocated? Does it feel like you and your partner can't get on the same page? Are you having a hard time talking about your emotions in a way that you and your partner understand?

Maybe you've spent so much time on your education and career that you now find that it's hard to recognize your own voice? Feel like you're living someone else's dream? Hard to find the right words to express what's happening in your head or body?

As a Black same gender loving male psychologist who is also the first in his family to become a doctor, I personally know the unique pressures of being a high-achieving minoritized person. I have 10+ years of experience helping Black, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people heal and thrive in their careers, relationships, and, within themselves.