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Letting Go of the Work You Love
A Workbook for Therapists to Prepare for Retirement, Close a Practice, and End a Career with Integrity
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- Author:
- Lynn Grodzki, LCSW, MCC | Margaret Wehrenberg, PsyD
- Copyright:
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2025
- Publication Date:
- Aug 05, 2025
- Publisher:
- PESI Publishing
- Product Code:
- PUB180015
- ISBN13:
- 9781683738350
- Format:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 270
- Media Type:
- Book
Description
Retiring from a career in mental health is uniquely complex. Whether you are in private practice, community care, or education, the enduring nature of the therapist-client relationship sets this profession apart from any other area of health care.
How do you leave the work you love – with compassion, clarity, and care?
In Letting Go of the Work You Love, authors and therapists Lynn Grodzki and Margaret Wehrenberg offer a groundbreaking roadmap for therapists preparing to step away from their professional roles, whether by choice, necessity, or life change. This essential guide – unlike any other for therapists – provides both practical and emotional counsel for navigating your retirement. You’ll learn how to:
- Ease the uncertainty of knowing when and how to take the first steps in closing your practice
- Support your clients through the process of ending therapy in a collaborative, ethical, and healing way
- Gently detach from your professional identity and rediscover your worth beyond your role
- Follow a ten-step retirement plan to answer all your questions about the logistics of leaving
- Claim your legacy and translate your skills to a meaningful next life chapter
- Redefine your sense of wholeness and fulfillment as you shape your future
Whether your retirement is years away or just around the corner, Letting Go of the Work You Love helps you leave with the same intention, grace, and compassion you’ve always given to your work.
Let this workbook be your trusted guide to ending well – and beginning again.
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Author
Lynn Grodzki, LCSW, MCC Related seminars and products
Lynn Grodzki, LCSW, MCC, is a psychotherapist in private practice, a master certified coach, and the author of Therapy with a Coaching Edge: Partnership, Action and Possibility in Every Session and Building Your Ideal Private Practice.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lynn Grodzki maintains a private practice and receives royalties as a published author. Lynn Grodzki receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lynn Grodzki has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Margaret Wehrenberg, PsyD Related seminars and products
Margaret Wehrenberg, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist whose five decades of work in the mental health field have had a far-reaching impact on the understanding and treatment of anxiety. Her pioneering approach has influenced psychotherapists, business leaders, educators, elected officials, and legal professionals around the world. Dr. Wehrenberg was among the first to translate the emerging science of neurobiology into practical applications for psychotherapy, demonstrating how clinicians can “use the brain to change the brain” in the treatment of anxiety and depression.
Her twelve books have been translated into eight languages. The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques remains an international bestseller. Her newest book, Letting Go of the Work You Love (co-authored with Lynn Grodzki), is the first comprehensive retirement roadmap for healing professionals.
Dr. Wehrenberg’s expertise has been featured in numerous media outlets. She has a deep personal commitment to giving back to the community, providing pro bono consultation to community organizations, school personnel, and attorneys focused on reducing risks related to anxiety, depression, and suicide.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg maintains a private practice. She receives royalties as a published author. She is an international presenter and receives compensation. Dr. Wehrenberg receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg is a member of the Anxiety Disorder Association of America.
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