MCDA November Roundtable
Trauma and Career Development
By Dr. Lee Richmond
Noon - 1pm, Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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Career-related trauma affects many people today. Economic insecurity, primarily caused by inflation, deflates both ego and pocketbook. Will I be able to meet my mortgage, feed my family, and pay my medical bills? These are common worries. What jobs will be cut next, and will AI replace me in the career I am preparing to enter? These issues stress both workers and college students alike, causing feelings of depression and, in some cases, hopelessness. Career trauma has become an epidemic that affects mental and, eventually, physical health. This Lunch and Learn outlines the workplace issues and health consequences, while also offering techniques that career counselors can use to help clients cultivate equanimity and resilience. The end goal is to eliminate the job-related paralysis frequently caused by career-related trauma and the negative thinking that accompanies it.
Attendees will be able to:
- Assist clients to recognize the causes and effects of work-related trauma
- Identify steps to regain equanimity and resolve issues from work-related trauma
- Formulate strategies to reenergize, improve self-confidence and efficacy of our clients
Members are free, Non Members are $10
Add $20 for One NBCC Clock Hour.
Lee J. Richmond. Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in the State of Maryland and holds the title of Professor Emerita from Loyola University Maryland where, as counselor educator she directed the school counseling program and taught in both the school and the pastoral counseling programs Past president of both NCDA and ACA since her retirement from Loyola, Dr. Richmond has enhanced her interest in the nexus between spirituality, mental health, and life-career development. Continuing with her private counseling practice, she privately contracts to teach Wise Aging and Living With Purpose courses. Mindfulness, spirituality and living with joy are at the core of her current body of work.
The Maryland Counseling Association, Inc. has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 2021. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Maryland Counseling Association is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
For Contact Hours, contact: MCA, Inc. 915 Russell Ave, Suite B Gaithersburg, MD 20879 240-401-8686, Info@MDCounseling.org
MCDA is a Division of the Maryland Counseling Association (MCA) and is a state branch of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) a Division of the American Counseling Association (ACA).
