Licensing investigations. Professionalism concerns. Monitoring programs.
When your career is on the line — you don’t need more judgment. You need a plan.

What We Do

You’re not alone - and this doesn’t have to be the end.We help physicians and healthcare professionals navigate professional setbacks with clarity, strategy, and peer-level support. Whether you’re facing a board complaint, on leave for burnout or substance use, or reentering after disciplinary action - we can help you move forward.This isn’t therapy.
This isn’t legal advice.
This is confidential, practical coaching to help you get your footing and make your next steps count.

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Who We Help

We help physicians, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals in distress, including:- Physicians under board investigation- Residents facing professionalism concerns- Providers navigating PHP monitoring or workplace probation- Clinicians preparing for credentialing reentry- Professionals coming back after burnout, substance use, or career disruption

Services

🔍 Clarity Session - $195
A 60-minute private strategy call + customized action plan
Best for providers who feel overwhelmed and don’t know what to do next.🔁 Recovery to Reentry Package - $495
Three 1:1 coaching sessions over 2-4 weeks - includes prep for reentry letters, strategies for stakeholder interactions, interview coaching, and emotional strategy.📄 Digital Toolkit (Coming Soon)Letter templates, journaling prompts, licensing timelines, and reflection guides. One-time purchase, lifetime access.

Why Work With Us

We are practicing physicians and allied healthcare providers with decades combined clinical experience — and we’ve seen firsthand and personally experienced how lonely and disorienting it can be when your career hits a wall. We have navigated these challenges and can provide meaningful, actionable support born from having successfully lived through professional challenges. . .Whether your challenges are recent or long past, you deserve guidance that’s grounded in experience, discretion, and genuine respect.This work is quiet, difficult, and sacred. You don’t have to do it alone.

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Take the first step - confidentially. Your career deserves respect and support.You deserve respect and support.

What We Do: Real Support When Your Career Feels at Risk

You didn’t expect to be here - but here you are
Maybe you’ve been reported to a licensing board. Maybe you’re in a monitoring program. Maybe you said the wrong thing on the wrong day, and now you're dealing with professionalism concerns, leave of absence paperwork, or HR investigations.You might feel ashamed, angry, disoriented, or completely numb. You might be terrified of what's coming next.We help you get your footing - and start moving forward again.

Our Mission

Second Shift exists to provide compassionate, nonjudgmental support for physicians and healthcare professionals navigating career-threatening disruptions.
Our goal is to help you reclaim clarity, agency, and direction - even when everything feels uncertain.This is not therapy.
This is not legal advice.
This is structured, confidential coaching from a peer who understands the medical system - and knows how to navigate crisis from the inside out.

How We Help

We meet you wherever you are in your process - whether you're just facing allegations, currently in a monitoring program, or preparing to return to clinical work after time away.Depending on your needs, we can help you:- Understand the road ahead (licensing board processes, monitoring contracts, credentialing red flags, etc.)- Prepare reflection letters, statements, or reentry documents- Strategize around disclosure, interviews, and professional communication
- Create structure during a leave of absence or mandated break from practice- Build a mindset of recovery and reintegration, not shame and exile- Learn from those who’ve walked this road and come out strongerWe offer a space to talk openly, plan deliberately, and rebuild strategically - without judgment or institutional pressure.

What to Expect in a Clarity Session

A Clarity Session is a private, 60-minute, one-on-one session where we work together to understand your situation and create a practical, forward-looking strategy. It’s confidential, grounded, and focused on helping you make your next decisions with confidence.Here’s what a typical session includes:
1) Listening without judgment: You tell your story. What happened. What you’re facing. What’s keeping you up at night.2) Mapping out the landscape: We help you make sense of where you are - and what likely comes next. We won’t sugarcoat it, but we won’t catastrophize either.3) Identifying your priorities:
We zero in on what actually matters now: what to do, what to say (or not say), and how to start protecting your future.$) Next steps: You leave with a short written summary of your next 3–5 action steps - tailored to your specific situation.Most people walk away from this session feeling more grounded, less alone, and with a clearer head.That’s the goal.

What’s Included in the Recovery to Reentry Package

This three-session package is designed for healthcare professionals who are in the process of rebuilding - professionally, emotionally, and strategically.It includes:- Three 1:1 sessions spaced over 2-4 weeks- Coaching on writing effective reentry or reflection letters- Guidance on interviews, statements, and “what to say” when re-enteringAccountability and structure to help you move forwardOptional review of draft documents or role-play prep for credentialing conversationsIt’s supportive. It’s confidential. And it’s designed to help you return with your head held high — not quietly disappear.

Why Work With Us

Because we understand what you’re going through - not just professionally, but personally.At Second Shift, we’re not a hospital system.
We’re not a licensing board.
We’re not a PHP.
And we’re definitely not here to judge you or monitor you.We’re a small, independent team of physicians and healthcare professionals who have either personally (and successfully) walked through the fire of professional crisis - or have supported dozens of others who have.Some of us have faced board complaints.
Some of us have completed monitoring contracts.
Some of us have lived through professionalism lapses, job loss, or deeply painful moments in our careers - and found our way back.We know the fear.
We know the shame.
We know what it feels like to sit in a meeting where your career is hanging by a thread - and how confusing it is to figure out what to do next.You don’t have to explain how Medicine or the medical system works to us.
You don’t have to pretend to be OK..
You don’t have to worry about saying the “wrong” thing.This is a confidential, non-clinical, non-punitive space. Our only agenda is to help you get grounded, move forward, and reclaim your professional identity - whatever that looks like for you.You’ve likely been told what you did wrong.
We’re here to help you figure out what you can do next.If you’re looking for someone who truly gets it - not in theory, but in practice - you’ve found us. Let’s take the next step together. Let's start your journey back.