CB, the Jan. 26 Houston Chronicle has an article in its
Lifestyle section that appears to be relevant to what you are
doing. The first few paragraphs go like this . . .
For nine years, Stephen Braun was a practicing attorney who
specialized in education law - - a good area, he thought, for
someone whose strength lay in his people skills.
Braun is the first to admit that being a lawyer has its advantages.
But he also remembers the stress, the late-night panic attacks
over heavy case loads, the lawyers he occasionally encountered
who were so distracted they looked like deer caught in the glare
of oncoming headlights.
In the back of Braun's mind was the nagging question: Is this all
there is to life?
The answer, Braun finally decided, was no. Now the former legal
counselor is a counselor/psychotherapist who, as part of his
practice, uses his people skills and his law background to help
other lawyers stay mentally healthy. He does that through
counseling sessions, seminars on handling stress, and columns
he writes for local law publications on everything from the
perfection trap to handling stress.
The problems, Braun said, include high rates of depression,
suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, and job dissatisfaction . . . |
