Michele L. Dorfsman

Michele Dorfsman is a physician coach who helps high-achieving doctors handle stress, fatigue, and burnout. She has coached physicians for over 10 years. She is also a practicing academic emergency department physician, so she knows the job firsthand. Her coaching uses cognitive-behavioral exercises and thought reframing. Sessions are one-on-one by phone or video. She helps doctors reach both personal and professional goals.

What Michele helps with

Michele helps physicians enjoy their work more and avoid unhealthy stress, fatigue, and burnout. She also works on balance between home and work.

• Physician burnout
• Unhealthy stress and fatigue
• Enjoying a medical career more
• Home and work-life balance
• Regaining sustainable performance
• Reaching personal and professional goals
• Finding time for self-improvement as a busy doctor

Who Michele works with

Michele works with high-achieving physicians. Many are busy and feel they have no time to work on themselves. Her clients want to enjoy their profession more and reach goals at work and at home.

How Michele works

Michele uses a research-based coaching style built on evidence-based techniques. These come from cognitive-behavioral exercises and thought reframing models. Coaching is one-on-one and done virtually by phone or video conference. She offers a complimentary consultation to start.

Background and qualifications

Michele Dorfsman, MD has coached physicians for over 10 years. She is a practicing academic emergency department physician. This gives her firsthand knowledge of why burnout coaching is needed in medicine. She created a coaching program for high-achieving physicians through her practice, Physician Coach MD, LLC.

Michele L. Dorfsman pricing

Programs and services

• One-on-one coaching by phone or video
• Complimentary consultation

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