I provide the missing link between job loss and job readiness  

Emotional Recovery & Resilience Strategies for Professional Job Loss

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Dr. Amy-Katerini Hall, Ph.D. &
Certified Lifelong Learning Trainer

No one prepares you for the emotional aftermath of job loss.

I'm an ex-academic and corporate layoff survivor who brings nearly 30 years of experience in academia and corporate training, plus HRDA certification in Lifelong Learning, to recovery and resilience work.

After navigating multiple job losses and building my research background in contemporary grief theory, loss, and recovery, I discovered a critical gap in layoff support:

No one prepares you for the emotional aftermath of job loss.

Professionally, theoretically—and practically—I know that job loss doesn't just feel like a career setback—it feels like a devastating emotional blow.

It's an identity crisis. It's grief.

And neither individuals nor organisations can move forward effectively without addressing it.

The Missing Link: Emotional Recovery
Before Professional Rebuilding

Not career coaching. Not therapy.
Evidence-based emotional recovery &
resilience strategies for professional job loss.

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My approach brings together three critical elements:

Academic rigor

Research-backed frameworks grounded in grief theory, the psychology of loss, and resilience studies. 

Lived Experience

Three career disruptions in 12 years across sectors—credibility that can't be taught.

Missing Link

Exclusive focus on emotional recovery as prerequisite to professional rebuilding.

What I Offer

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For Individuals

 6-Week Program: "Prepare for Midnight: Resilience Strategies for Job Loss" (launching 2026)
 Inclusive Pricing: Self-Study, Live Cohort, Private Sessions
 Emotional roadmap for job loss

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For Organisations

 Workforce Resilience Training (launching 2026)
 Support for HR teams navigating layoffs
 Manager training for leading through transition
 Building proactive resilience strategies

Bridging Academic Research with Practical Resilience Strategies

Whether you're navigating personal job loss or supporting your organisation through workforce transitions, I'm here to help.

My Story

Two  years ago, I felt like Cinderella waiting for midnight—counting down to the massive corporate layoffs and paycuts that cost me my income, sense of security, and my professional identity.

But that midnight moment also became my turning point.

That experience sent me back to what I love most: research. With a Ph.D. specializing in loss and complex recovery and nearly 30 years in academia and corporate training, I've spent the last two years bridging contemporary grief theory with actionable strategies for job loss recovery.
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My Philosophy

Job Loss is grief.

Grief for your livelihood, yes—but also for your identity, purpose, and the person you were when you went to work each morning.

People need time between the shock of the news and being ready to apply for jobs.

And most career advice skips the grief component entirely.

What I Do

I'm NOT a career counselor or a psychologist. I don't help people find jobs. But with my academic expertise in loss and complex recovery, I can help you understand what you're experiencing and give you evidence-based tools to go from job loss to job readiness.

When the clock strikes midnight for you, I will help you pick yourself up and dust yourself off.

Nobody is coming to save you.

But I can help you become your own fairy godmother.

Credentials and expertise
Academic Background 
 Ph.D. in loss and recovery (Lancaster University)
 MLitt (Masters of Letters) (University of Sydney)
 M.A. in English (SCSU)
Lifelong Learning Trainer Certification
 EU-Certified Vocational Trainer (HRDA Level CYQF/EQF5)
 Diagnosis of training needs
 Design & implementation of educational programs
 Evaluation of quality training
Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills (UPENN)
 Understand the protective factors that make one resilient
 Make use of non-cognitive strategies that decrease anxiety
 Describe thinking traps and how they undercut resilience
 Create a buffer of positivity that boosts resilience in stressful situations
Psychological First Aid (Johns Hopkins Uni.)
 Utilize the RAPID model (Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition)
 Differentiate benign, non-incapacitating psychological/ behavioral crisis reactions from more severe, potentially incapacitating, crisis reactions
 Prioritize (triage) psychological/ behavioral crisis reactions
 Mitigate acute distress and dysfunction, as appropriate
 Recognize when to facilitate access to further mental health support
Lived Experience
 30 years in academia & corporate training
 3 major career disruptions
 2 corporate layoffs
 Personal journey through professional job loss & recovery
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Dr. Amy-Katerini Hall (Ph.D./MLitt./MA/
Lifelong-Learning Trainer Level 5)

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