High-performing professionals are often the last people to seek therapy — and the first to notice something is wrong. You’ve spent years developing the discipline, intelligence, and resilience it takes to succeed at the highest levels. Which is exactly why it can be disorienting when anxiety won’t turn off, when work that used to energize you now feels hollow, or when relationships that matter to you keep paying the price for a life you built but can’t slow down.

Individual therapy gives you a private, dedicated space to work through what’s going on — with a therapist who understands your world.

I’m Adam Goodman, JD, LMFT. Before becoming a licensed therapist, I worked as an attorney. That means when you describe the pressure of a partnership track, a difficult client, a board presentation that went sideways, or a career that’s consumed your identity — I understand what you’re actually describing.

What Brings Professionals to Therapy

There’s no single profile. The people I work with individually tend to be dealing with one or more of the following:

• Burnout — the exhaustion that doesn’t go away with a vacation; the loss of interest in work that used to feel meaningful
• Anxiety — high-functioning anxiety that keeps you performing on the outside while running on adrenaline and dread underneath
• Depression — in high-achievers, often masked by busyness, productivity, and the appearance of having it together
• Work-life balance — a phrase that understates the reality: a career that leaves nothing left for your relationships, health, or sense of self
• Career transitions — leaving a firm, a role you’ve outgrown, or an industry that no longer fits who you are
• Identity — when you’ve been defined by what you do for so long that you’re not sure who you are outside of it
• Relationship strain — individual work to understand your own patterns before, during, or alongside couples therapy
• Life after achievement — the strange emptiness that can follow reaching a goal you worked toward for years

A Therapist Who Understands the Profession

Most therapists are trained to help with the symptoms — anxiety, depression, relationship conflict. Fewer have direct experience with the environments that produce them.

I practiced law. I know what a firm’s culture actually feels like from the inside, what billable hour pressure does to a person over time, and what it means to have your professional identity scrutinized regularly. I know the specific way that high-achievement culture can make it nearly impossible to ask for help — because asking for help is itself coded as weakness.

That background shapes how I listen and how I work. I’m not going to ask you to slow down and breathe when what you need is someone who can engage seriously with the complexity of your situation.

I also understand why confidentiality matters to you in ways that go beyond the legal requirement. Many attorneys and executives in Boston are cautious about who has access to their personal information — for good reason. I take that seriously. There is no phone number on this website, no public association between your name and this practice, and every session takes place via a secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform.

My Approach

I draw on several evidence-based frameworks depending on what a client is working through:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) — identifying and shifting the thought patterns that drive anxiety, perfectionism, and self-critical spirals
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) — building psychological flexibility so you’re not consumed by thoughts and feelings that pull you off course
• Psychodynamic approaches — understanding how earlier experiences and relational patterns shape present-day reactions, especially in high-stakes professional environments
• Mindfulness-based interventions — not as an alternative to understanding the problem, but as a practical tool for managing the nervous system while you do the deeper work

Fees & Insurance

Session fee: $250 per 50-minute session.

I am in-network with several insurance plans and will bill your insurance directly when applicable.

If you have a PPO plan and I am not in your insurer’s network, I provide a monthly superbill for direct submission to your insurer. Most PPO plans reimburse 40–70% of the session fee after your deductible, bringing your effective out-of-pocket cost to $75–150 per session.

HSA and FSA funds may be used for therapy sessions.

Current Availability

I am currently accepting new individual therapy clients. I offer a free 10-minute phone consultation so you can ask questions and determine whether we’re a good fit before scheduling anything.

Telehealth only. Serving clients throughout Massachusetts, New York and Florida.