Let me introduce myself…

I am a dual-licensed psychologist and nationally certified school psychologist. When it comes to roles in my field, you name it and I’ve probably done it. I have worked in schools, universities, private agencies, state entities, and now for almost seven years, in my thriving mental health private practice, Capital City Psychology, LLC (if you’re looking for mental health therapy in Wisconsin, take a peek).

So you may ask…why did you start Empowered Focus if you already have a thriving business, Liz?

The personal answer to why I started Empowered Focus is that I stood at the cliff of burnout a little more than two years ago. I came very close to throwing in the towel on my thriving private practice I had worked so hard to build. I daydreamed about finding a job where I could clock in and out and never take anything home. I felt pulled in every direction between having young kids, feeling perimenopause creeping in, and feeling helpless about living too far away to really help my aging parents. Add in a pandemic and a diagnosis of early stage breast cancer and I had reached every limit that I could personally reach. Instead of thinking systematically, I threw myself into taking on even more…which you will probably guess did not work well.

Middle aged professional mamas…I get YOU! And I’m here to say that I’ve stepped away from the burnout cliff. Did I figure it all out? Of course not. But I’m here to share what I know might help…

The professional answer to why I started Empowered Focuse is that I wanted to reach a wider audience in a way that focuses on skill building, positive change, and without the need for labels. Client after client was coming to me with the need for executive function skill training, either due to a known reason (e.g., ADHD) or for unknown reasons (e.g., general overwhelm). And most of the folks were the parents of kids I was seeing in my practice.