The Birkman Method:
Where psychology meets data to realign your career from the inside out.
UNCOVER…
your internal operating system so you can work from your strengths, restore clarity, and feel lit up by your career again.
The Birkman Method is a research-based assessment developed over seven decades.
It measures four things at once: what motivates you, how you operate day to day, what you need to stay at your best, and the specific ways you respond under pressure when those needs go unmet.
Most assessments stop at behavior. This one shows you the system underneath it.
Needs are invisible. Not just to the people around you, but often to you. That makes them easy to override for years without noticing, and it's why exhaustion, overwhelm, and a loss of clarity so often arrive without an obvious cause. The Birkman is one of the few assessments that puts them in writing.
Elizabeth reads the results with a background in relational and attachment psychology, so the conversation goes past what the data says: where your needs came from, why certain ones stopped registering, and what they mean for the work ahead.
Career challenges are rarely just strategic.
They are psychological and relational.
When your work environment meets your core internal needs, your system feels it.
When your career aligns with your wiring, you feel connected, capable, and resilient - even during demanding seasons. When we combine science-backed insight into your unique wiring with a psychological approach to career strategy, realignment happens.
Confidence stabilizes because you’re operating from strengths
Decision-making becomes clearer because you trust your instincts
Energy renews instead of drains
Boundaries feel natural rather than forced
Your contribution becomes more authentic and impactful
Growth feels available and sustainable, not overwhelming
Agency is restored and you feel capable of shaping your career rather than reacting to it
From this foundation, thoughtful planning and career decision-making become possible again, not from panic or exhaustion, but from alignment and agency.
Your Internal Wiring, Explained
The Birkman Assessment is a research-backed look at your internal wiring, built on 70 years of research. Paired with relational psychology, it helps you understand why certain roles and environments energize you while others quietly drain you.
What You’ll Walk Away With:
Clarity on your core strengths and behavioral style
Insight into your innate interests and passions
An understanding of what you need from your environment to thrive
Awareness of how you behave under stress
Language for unmet needs that lead to burnout or self-doubt
Direction toward the roles and environments where you are most likely to flourish
The Birkman Intensive
We begin with an initial session so your results are explored in the context of your story and current experience.
What’s Included:
30 to 60 minute online Birkman questionnaire
Your personalized 50+ page Birkman Signature Report
One initial session
Two sessions exploring your results
One planning session
Investment: $1940
The Birkman Intensive Add-On
If you have completed the Career Reconnection Intensive, this add-on layers the Birkman Assessment onto the work we have done together. Because I already know your story, we skip the initial session and go straight into your results.
What’s Included:
30 to 60 minute online Birkman questionnaire
Your personalized 50+ page Birkman Signature Report
Two sessions exploring your results
One planning session
Investment: $1440
If you're ready to schedule your Birkman Intensive, email elizabeth@elizabethmcc.com to get started.
Not sure where to begin? A Clarity Session is a natural first step, a focused 60-minute conversation to start uncovering how your unique psychology is shaping your experience at work.
“Elizabeth just "gets it" in ways that traditional coaches or therapists don't: she has hands-on experience with various workplace dynamics and challenges, so you can spend less time context-setting and more time digging into the meaningful work of lasting personal and professional growth.”
— Strategy Lead at a Fortune 500 Technology Platform
“What makes Elizabeth so effective is her ability to get to the root causes of challenges while also equipping you with tactical strategies you can apply immediately. She’s helped me navigate complex workplace situations with more clarity, build resilience, and ultimately perform at a higher level.”
— Enterprise Sales Leader at Global Technology Company
"Elizabeth is one of the most caring and emphatic individuals I have ever worked with but what I appreciate about her the most is her ability to continuously challenge me. She has challenged me to believe in myself in ways I never knew I could, leverage tools to overcome past family habits/current relationships that no longer serve me to get to my best self, and trust in my own intuition vs. looking for external validation. She has changed my life in more than one way and I wouldn’t be where I am without her! Excited to see what else the future brings in continuing to work with her!"
— Global Sales Leader at a Research & Advisory Firm
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"When we understand the psychology beneath our professional experiences, what once felt like personal failure often reveals itself as a deeply human pattern. This understanding of our unique wiring can restore clarity, rebuild self-trust, and course correct a career in powerful ways."
— Elizabeth McCarthy, Psychology-Informed Career and Identity Consultant