Dr. Monica Delgado Shares Mental Health Tips for Lawyers on Answering Legal Podcast

August 2, 2021

Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler’s Dr. Monica Delgado recently appeared on the Everything Except the Law podcast presented by Answering Legal. She sat down with host Nick Werker to discuss the "today normal" and strategies for lawyers in a post-pandemic world. 

Dr. Delgado shares helpful insights about a number of topics, including:

●      How meditation can be a helpful exercise for attorneys

●      How lawyers should be approaching each day in this “today normal”

●      Why lawyers need to be checking into with their staff frequently

●      How mental health experts will play a role in the future of law

"I think in our culture, especially with all that has happened [in 2020], more people are reaching out to those who have experience understanding psychological issues, emotional trauma and how the body responds to them,” said Dr. Delgado. "There are a lot of things lawyers can learn from this past year, but the question is how they will respond to those experiences."

You can watch/listen to Dr. Delgado’s podcast episode on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Anchor. She also recently published a related article in the New York Law Journal about how a "today normal" mindset can help attorneys stay grounded and succeed in this new landscape.

Dr. Delgado is an executive coach who works with the firm’s legal teams at critical and stressful stages of cases to prepare clients for peak performance. These include depositions, testifying at arbitrations or trial, preparing for settlement mediations and navigating the unwinding of business relationships. Dr. Delgado has twenty years of experience working with individuals involved in legal cases, and in multicultural psychology.