Meris Powell

Specialties

Relationships - Recognizing patterns, improving satisfaction, putting your needs into words, improving your listening and negotiating skills -- with friends, families, colleagues and bosses and partners. Setting goals, dealing with intimacy, family planning, infertility and infidelity; assessing separation or breakup options

Identity - Digging into the unique context of one's race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, class, family and cultural background to achieve self-understanding; getting to know who you are now and why, getting clearer about who you want to be

Anxiety - Social anxiety, obsessive thinking, generalized anxiety, panic. Skills, including meditation and mindfulness, to regulate emotions, shift attention, deal with negative feelings, modulate your physical response

Procrastination - Identifying stressors and ties to perfectionism, structuring and managing time, learning self-management habits

Career development - Setting and managing career goals so they accord with your values and talents; recognizing your talents; executive coaching with targeted support around important meetings and events

Social and emotional isolation - Exploring issues related to isolating and escaping, whether in the past or in the present; diagnosing and managing depression

Body image and eating concerns - Using psychodynamics and psychoeducation to help clients become aware of how unconscious biases may undermine the best intentions; supporting the development of healthy habits

Depression - Dealing with symptoms and ways of thinking that get in the way of feeling motivated and satisfied; learning to create and follow routines, including improving sleep; getting comfortable with going out

General expertise