The “Theracoach” Is In for Founder Therapy

The “Theracoach” Is In for Founder Therapy
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Chantel Cohen Has Worked With Over 2,500 Founders On Their Mental Health
Originally published 2/20/24 on https://hypepotamus.com/community/startup-resource/the-theracoach-is-in-for-founder-therapy/

When founders going through Google’s prestigious Black Founders Fund need a therapist to talk about the hard stuff, they turn to Chantel Cohen.

Cohen, a therapist and founder/CEO of CWC Coaching and Therapy, has held over 2,500 sessions over the last five years with founders going through Google for Startup (GFS). As a therapist and a certified business coach, Cohen told Hypepotamus that she jokingly refers to herself as a “TheraCoach.” And for founders, having a therapist that understands the difficult founder journey is important.

Chantel Cohen – founder therapy Chantel Cohen, founder and CEO, is a therapist for founders
“People think entrepreneurship is sexy [and] I think that it really puts entrepreneurs in a box because they can’t talk about the struggle,” Cohen said. “70% of entrepreneurs have some sort of mental health challenge or crisis during their tenure as a founder. They have higher rates of depression, higher rates of ADHD, substance abuse, divorce.”

CWC works with founders on work-life integration, EQ (emotional intelligence), anxiety, depression, and how to improve the most important relationships in their lives: the one they have with a significant other and the one they have with a co-founder. The goal is to talk through problems and then what next steps might be, be it coming up with a new hiring strategy, a new scheduling system, or a new team communication strategy.

One of the big things she talks with founders about is getting enough sleep. That is counterintuitive to the ‘burning the midnight oil’ mentality that is typical for early-stage founders.

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