One participant talked about her recent miscarriage. Another, contemplating becoming a mother, asked how other attendees balanced pursuing professional excellence with parenthood.

The setting was a weekly group counseling session for women attorneys who are also mothers. It is the product of a partnership between the Bar’s Mental Health and Wellness of Florida Lawyers Committee and Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc.

Karl Klein, chair of the wellness committee, said that immediate past Bar President Dori Foster-Morales, herself a former chair of the committee, asked the panel to look at the idea of small group counseling sessions for lawyers.