With Eve Applebaum, you will discover a compassionate and understanding professional dedicated to helping individuals navigate through their emotional and psychological challenges. Her approach fosters a safe environment where clients feel comfortable expressing their thoughts and feelings, enabling them to explore their innermost concerns and aspirations. Eve combines various therapeutic techniques tailored to meet the unique needs of each client, empowering them on their journey toward self-discovery and personal growth.

The Weight of Leadership Is Real. So Is the Way Through It.

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” — C.S. Lewis

You didn’t get to where you are by taking the easy road. But somewhere between the board meetings, the bottom lines, and the sleepless nights, the weight of it all can become something no title, salary, or success metric prepares you for.

You’re not alone — even if it feels that way.

The Numbers Don’t Lie
75% of executives have seriously considered walking away from their roles in search of better mental health support. In 2024, 622 CEOs stepped down — many citing stress and burnout as the breaking point. And it doesn’t stop at the top. Managers and directors, caught between leadership demands above and team needs below, consistently report some of the lowest well-being scores in the entire workplace.
By 2025, 44% of employees are more stressed than they were five years ago. Two-thirds report experiencing burnout. Nearly half say they can’t even access the mental health benefits available to them.
The pressure is real. The silence around it doesn’t have to be.

The Weight Nobody Talks About
Every leader knows the feeling — the stakeholder calls that never stop, the decisions that keep you up at night, the scrutiny that follows your every move. What fewer leaders acknowledge is how deeply all of that accumulates.
When you’re responsible for employees’ livelihoods, a company’s direction, and the expectations of investors and board members simultaneously, the emotional load is immense. Conflicting priorities create chronic stress. High-stakes decisions lead to decision fatigue. And in today’s digital environment, public scrutiny is constant — every misstep amplified, every choice dissected in real time.
What makes it harder is the pressure to appear bulletproof. Leaders are expected to project confidence and stability, which means the people who need support the most are often the least likely to ask for it. Over time, that silence takes a toll — on performance, on relationships, and on the person behind the title.

What Leaders Are Actually Experiencing
The data reflects what many leaders feel but rarely say out loud.
55% of CEOs reported experiencing mental health challenges in the past year — a 24-point jump from the year before. 72% of entrepreneurs are directly or indirectly affected by mental health issues. 30% of business founders report a lifetime history of depression. And burnout among managers has risen sharply, with research showing a 35% increase in a single year.
These aren’t just statistics. They’re the stress that follows you home. The anxiety that shows up in your chest before a board meeting. The numbness that sets in when you’ve been running on empty for too long. The disconnection from the people and things that used to matter most.
Anxiety, depression, and burnout are not signs of failure. They are signs that you are human — and that you’ve been carrying too much, alone, for too long.

What Therapy Actually Does for Leaders
Executive therapy isn’t about lying on a couch and talking about your childhood. It’s a strategic, focused process that helps high-performing people understand themselves more deeply — and lead more effectively as a result.
Sharper decision-making. Research has shown that targeted therapeutic work strengthens executive functioning — the very cognitive skills that drive complex, high-stakes decisions. When you understand your own patterns, biases, and emotional triggers, you make better calls.Stronger emotional intelligence. Studies suggest that emotional intelligence accounts for nearly 90% of what separates good leaders from great ones. Therapy builds it — not as a soft skill, but as a practical leadership tool that improves how you communicate, manage conflict, and build trust with your team.
Stronger teams. When leaders model vulnerability by seeking help, it creates psychological safety — an environment where team members feel safe to express their own struggles. That openness fuels trust, collaboration, and a culture where people actually want to show up.
A life outside the office. Therapy helps you identify where your boundaries have collapsed and rebuild them with intention. When the stress stops bleeding into your personal life, your relationships deepen, your presence improves, and the people who matter most to you get more of you — not just what’s left over after work.
Resilience that lasts. Every leader faces setbacks. Therapy provides the tools to move through them — coping strategies, perspective, and a framework for long-term thinking that keeps short-term pressure from driving long-term decisions.

Changing the Culture Starts With You
One of the most powerful things a leader can do is be honest about their own struggles. Not performatively — but genuinely. When executives normalize seeking support, something shifts in the entire organization. Teams feel safer. Conversations open up. People stop suffering in silence.
84% of employees report at least one workplace factor that negatively impacts their mental health. That number doesn’t change until leadership does.
Creating a culture that supports mental health doesn’t require a sweeping policy overhaul. It starts with small, consistent actions — checking in with your team, talking openly about stress and well-being, making sure mental health benefits are accessible and actually used. It starts with you deciding that your own mental health is worth prioritizing.
Employees who work in organizations that actively support mental health are twice as likely to report no burnout or depression. The ripple effect of a supported leader touches every level of an organization — and every corner of their life.

Why Work With Me
I understand the weight of leadership because I’ve carried it myself.
Before becoming a licensed clinical social worker, I spent years managing crews in the fast-paced, high-pressure world of independent film production in New York City. I know what it means to lead under pressure, keep teams aligned under impossible deadlines, navigate conflict on the fly, and carry the responsibility of others’ livelihoods on your shoulders — all while making it look seamless.
That experience doesn’t just inform my work. It shapes every conversation I have with the leaders I work with.
Since opening my private practice in 2017, I’ve combined that real-world leadership background with clinical expertise to offer something most therapists simply can’t — a space where you don’t have to explain what it feels like to be in charge. I already know. What I bring is the training, the tools, and the lived experience to help you lead with more clarity, more resilience, and more of yourself intact.
This isn’t generic therapy. It’s built for the complexity of your role — and the fullness of your life.

You Don’t Have to Carry This Alone
The leaders who perform at the highest level over the long term aren’t the ones who push through everything alone. They’re the ones who’ve built the self-awareness, the resilience, and the support systems to sustain their performance without sacrificing themselves in the process.
Therapy is not a last resort. It is not a sign of weakness. It is one of the most strategic investments a leader can make — in themselves, in their team, and in the longevity of everything they’ve worked to build.
You’ve given a lot to get where you are. Now it’s time to make sure you can stay there — and actually enjoy it.

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² Deloitte & Workplace Intelligence. Well-being at Work. 2023. deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/talent/workplace-well-being-research.html

³ Businessolver. State of Workplace Empathy Study. 2024. businessolver.com/resources/state-of-workplace-empathy

⁴ Spring Health & Forrester. Mental Health at Work. 2025. springhealth.com/blog/mental-health-at-work-2025-global-report

⁵ NAMI & Ipsos. 2025 Workplace Mental Health Poll. nami.org/research/publications-reports/survey-reports/the-2025-nami-workplace-mental-health-poll

⁶ Mind Share Partners & Qualtrics. Mental Health at Work Report. 2025. mindsharepartners.org/2025-mental-health-at-work-report