Kay Gimmestad, LCSW

It isn’t every day that I notice an article in the New York Times and contact the professional that is featured. The article was titled “I Give Booster Shots For Careers” with sage advice for employees and business owners experiencing career dissatisfaction following the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. I contacted Nancy immediately and never looked back. I had spoken to a few other career coaches but left feeling unheard and sent in a direction that didn’t interest me at all. Nancy sounded like a different type of career coach based on her strong business savvy combined with the psychological aspects of managing loss, change and growth.

I’ve known Nancy over 20 years now and have sought her out for career direction and strategies through different transitions in my life and career. She is always very tuned in to my unique needs and uses a customized approach for the goals I want to achieve.

For example, during a very intense and critical work assignment, my dad was quite ill with Parkinson’s disease. Nancy helped me effectively navigate this assignment and successfully manage the intense personal stress I was experiencing. I was also starting to feel burned out. My boss at the time was talking to our clinical staff about the firm offering coaching services to our clients. Having worked with Nancy for several years, I acquired an excellent base for career coaching and decided to resign and work for myself in this field. My boss offered me a part – time assignment for 3 days a week to retain me. While I still wanted to resign, Nancy convinced me to accept the part – time role with full benefits as a way to transition versus leaving with no secure plan in place. It worked out great. A few years later, Nancy helped me establish a hybrid work model which included building a clinical and coaching practice while also working in a new organization part time. The business was launched as the Gimmestad Group, now rebranded as “Work for Solutions”.

Working with Nancy was one of the best investments I’ve ever made and highly recommend her to significantly grow your career and work life with new tools and skills. She is extremely knowledgeable and operates with the highest level of integrity.