A client truly has an impossible job in that he does not have adequate talent with his department to execute work, does not have a supportive manager, continually is pressed to delivery faster better work and is monitored to ensure that he does not continue or create a hostile work environment. Recently he stated I need to :”raise above it” – Raise above it? – That is the last thing I told my client to do.  He must stay in it – in all the difficult sticky mess of it all – try to manage realistic expectations, pull on her inner resources and find external resources both within the company and outside, that she can give and get support from.  By trying to raise above it I fear that the client is trying to minimize the chaotic and difficult and demanding situation. If a situational depression is the result of this current state so be it but to deny it or not face it on a moment to moment and day to day basis would serve no one particularly himself.