About Dr. Angélica Pérez-Litwin
Careers are more complex than the choices on a résumé.
Modern careers ask us to navigate ambition, identity, health, relationships, responsibility, and change—often all at once.
I've spent more than two decades working with accomplished professionals at meaningful crossroads: some carrying work that had become too costly, others ready to grow, reinvent, or build something new.
I've also confronted some of these questions in my own career.
That is why I see both the person and the career.
The path to this work
Career Health became the broader lens.
My training as a clinical psychologist taught me to look beneath the obvious explanation—to notice patterns, contributing factors, context, and the way different parts of a person's life affect one another.
Years of working with accomplished professionals showed me that careers shape far more than what we do. They can affect identity, physical health, emotional well-being, relationships, and our ability to be present for life beyond work. They can also become a source of possibility, meaning, growth, and reinvention.
I call this broader relationship Career Health.
Within that work, I identified Career Distress Response™ and explored it in The Great Unraveling. I later founded the Career Health Institute to advance the understanding and practice of Career Health.
Career Harmony is where those ideas become personal: a place to understand what's happening, clarify what you want, and shape what comes next.
Education & training
Where I trained.
Clemson University
M.B.A., Entrepreneurship & Innovation, 2020
Fordham University
Ph.D. & M.A., Clinical Psychology, 1998 & 1993
Columbia University
B.A., Psychology, 1989
Harvard Kennedy School
Executive Education, 2012
Roles & experience
Where I've worked.
Founder & CEO, Career Health Institute
2025–Present · Founded an institute advancing the understanding and practice of Career Health.
Clinical Psychologist & Career Advisory Practice, South Carolina
2020–Present · Career advisory and psychological assessment for accomplished professionals.
Director, Prisma Health Addiction Research Center
2017–2020 · Led addiction-focused research and digital mental health initiatives in a major health system.
Founder & CEO, Think Big Society
2012–2019 · Built an award-winning professional network and platform advancing diverse professionals.
Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, New York
2004–2017 · Psychotherapy and assessment for professionals, founders, and high-achieving adults.
Director & Assistant Research Professor, NYU School of Medicine
1998–2004 · Founded a multicultural memory research clinic at an NIH-funded Alzheimer's center.
In the media
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