Meredith Van Ness is a licensed psychotherapist, coach, and speaker with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals and organizations in building confidence, balance, and emotional well-being.
Meredith Van Ness, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist, coach, and speaker with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals and organizations in building confidence, balance, and emotional well-being.
She is the founder of Balanced + Well Counseling & Coaching and Meredith Van Ness Therapy & Consulting. Her work blends clinical expertise with real-world insight, helping people navigate self-doubt, burnout, and the demands of modern work and life in practical, realistic ways.
Meredith offers therapist-informed workshops and presentations that are grounded, relatable, and immediately applicable. Drawing on her clinical background, professional experience, and work with both individuals and organizations, she creates engaging sessions that support meaningful, sustainable change.
Workshops can be delivered as interactive sessions or adapted into larger-format talks for company-wide audiences, wellness initiatives, leadership programs, and retreats.
Speaking & Workshops
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Speaking & Workshops *
Meredith offers engaging workshops and presentations designed to support confidence, self-care, and balance at work and beyond. Sessions can be delivered as interactive workshops or adapted into larger-format talks for company-wide audiences.
All sessions are practical, approachable, and focused on tools participants can use immediately. Content can be tailored for departments, leadership teams, or broad employee audiences.
Confidence in the Workplace
This session focuses specifically on confidence at work and in professional settings.
Meredith shares science-backed strategies for building confidence through action, including the confidence–competence loop and how small, deliberate steps strengthen self-trust over time.
This session includes:
What actually builds confidence at work
The confidence–competence loop and why action matters
Three types of confidence: self-confidence, social confidence, and task-specific confidence
Navigating self-doubt and imposter syndrome in professional roles
Practical tools participants can apply immediately at work
This session works well for broad employee audiences, leadership teams, and professional development programming.
Finding Balance: Work, Life, and Everything In Between
Work–life balance isn’t something you achieve once and keep forever. It’s something you practice, reassess, and adjust as work and life change.
In this workshop, Meredith helps participants rethink balance in a realistic way. Not as perfection or equal time, but as intentional choices that support energy, well-being, and sustainability, especially during busy seasons.
This session includes:
Rethinking what balance actually means in real life
Early signs of imbalance and burnout
Small habits and boundaries that support sustainability
Managing competing demands without constant guilt
Practical strategies for busy, high-demand seasons
This session can be delivered as a workshop or adapted into a large-format presentation.
Self-Care: Mind, Body & Soul
Self-care doesn’t have to be time-consuming, expensive, or another thing to do perfectly. It needs to be realistic, supportive, and sustainable.
This workshop focuses on simple self-care practices that fit into real workdays and busy lives, without adding more pressure.
This session includes:
Reframing self-care as a support, not a checklist
Small, meaningful practices that actually help
Self-compassion during high-stress or demanding seasons
Identifying what drains energy and what restores it
Creating habits that support well-being over time
This session is especially well-suited for wellness months, high-stress seasons, and company-wide audiences.
Building Confidence
Confidence isn’t about feeling fearless or eliminating self-doubt. It’s about learning how to trust yourself, take action when things feel uncomfortable, and build momentum over time.
In this workshop, Meredith breaks down what confidence really is, what it is not, and why so many capable people struggle with it. The focus is practical, supportive, and grounded in real life.
This session includes:
Common myths about confidence and why they keep people stuck
How self-doubt and imposter syndrome show up, even in high performers
The role of values and strengths in building self-trust
Simple self-talk tools that support action without pressure
How small, consistent habits build confidence over time
This session can be delivered as an interactive workshop or adapted into a larger-format presentation.
Empowered You
Empowered You is a therapist-led workshop created to help women navigate self-doubt, emotional overwhelm, and the pressure to hold everything together, especially at work and in busy seasons of life.
Rather than focusing on motivation or quick fixes, this workshop centers on practical tools, self-trust, and realistic change. The goal is to help participants feel more grounded, confident, and supported in how they show up both professionally and personally.
Empowered You can be offered as a mini workshop, a half-day session, or a full-day experience, depending on the goals of the organization.
This workshop may include:
Understanding common patterns of self-doubt and overthinking
Building confidence through small, sustainable actions
Self-care and boundaries that support real-life demands
Reconnecting with values, strengths, and self-trust
Tools for clarity, confidence, and follow-through
Empowered You works especially well for women’s initiatives, leadership development, wellness programming, and organizations looking to offer a deeper, more immersive experience.
Optional Add-On: Empowered You Course Bundle
Organizations have the option to bundle the Empowered You workshop with access to the Empowered You self-paced course.
This option allows participants to continue the work beyond the live session, reinforcing key concepts and offering additional tools for reflection, confidence-building, and self-care at their own pace.
The course complements the workshop content and provides structure and support for continued learning after the event.
This bundle may include:
Access to the Empowered You online course for participating employees
Flexible enrollment options, including organization-distributed access codes or direct employee sign-up
The option to pair course access with individual coaching or therapy sessions for employees seeking additional support
This bundle works especially well for women’s initiatives, wellness programming, leadership development, and EAP offerings where ongoing support is valued.
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How I Work With Organizations
Speaking and writing are core extensions of my work as a therapist. I deliver trainings and workshops designed to support meaningful, realistic change, drawing on clinical experience, real-world stories, and research.
My sessions are tailored to each audience and are often described as warm, approachable, and practical. I focus on creating a space where people feel comfortable, engaged, and able to walk away with tools they can actually use.
Trainings and talks can be booked for corporate teams, conferences, retreats, entrepreneurs, and community organizations.
What People Are Saying
"Meredith’s session, The Skill of Confidence: Your Pathway to Workplace Success, was exactly what we asked for. She took the feedback she received from her previous session with our group, Self-Care During Your Busy Season: Mind, Body, & Soul, and developed a presentation to meet our specific needs. She provided clear definitions, real examples, and tangible takeaways, and she wove in our company values and performance metrics. We received a lot of positive feedback from those who attended. Meredith is a naturally gifted speaker – she connects, energizes, and adapts – who is an expert in her field.”
– Deidra P. Steamboat Resort
"I walked away from Meredith's training with a renewed sense of purpose and the confidence to tackle challenges head-on. Her insights on self-care and self-compassion were truly transformative."
– Rachel P. Corporate Leader
"Meredith's workshop was a game-changer! The practical tools and strategies she shared helped me build confidence and navigate challenges with a new perspective. Highly recommend!"
– Emily T. Marketing Manager
"Meredith’s approach is engaging, insightful, and empowering. She creates an atmosphere where you feel safe to learn, reflect, and grow. I walked away with actionable tools that made an immediate difference in my life."
– Sarah W. Therapist
"Meredith's workshop gave me the tools I needed to overcome imposter syndrome and really own my strengths. Her approachable style made the concepts easy to understand and apply to my daily life."
– Jane D. Entrepreneur