Career Counselling
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WHAT IS CAREER COUNSELLING?
Career counselling is one-on-one support offered by a professional counsellor or coach to address career development, growth, new direction, transitions, conflicts, changes, and blocks that can prevent us from reaching the next level at work.
Although career counselling is designed to empower people in making informed decisions about their careers, identify and challenge any limiting beliefs and resolve areas of “stuckness”. Moreover, career counselling is results-oriented, solution-focused, and focuses on accountability and taking action.
You can benefit from career counselling at any stage in your working life. This support is designed to increase
your sense of confidence, inspire you to think differently, shift your perspective, overcome challenges and enhance your existing strengths. For instance, support you might get can range from student transitions and decision making, to building a new resume/CV. Or it might mean working toward a promotion, self-employment, or grappling with conflicts or unhappiness at work. Sometimes career counselling can support you in making significant decisions, such as whether or not to retire.
SIGNS YOU MAY BENEFIT FROM CAREER COUNSELLING
- You’re navigating a life transition and want support creating a plan for your next step in life or work.
- You feel confused about your calling and want to align your true self with your work.
- You come home from work feeling frustrated, drained, or unsatisfied.
- You keep thinking about work long after you leave.
- You struggle to identify what you truly want to do for work.
- You need to make a big decision but can’t seem to move forward confidently.
- You feel stuck and unmotivated in your current job.
- You struggle with difficult relationships at work, including conflicts with your boss or co-workers.
- You want to make a career change but don’t know where to start.
- You want to become self-employed but feel overwhelmed by the process.
- You’re starting or finishing school or a job chapter and feel uncertain about your direction.
- You know you’re capable of more but feel mentally or situationally stuck.
HOW TO RESOLVE CAREER ISSUES
Not everyone chooses career counselling when facing these challenges. Some people gain clarity through mentorship, books, meditation, personal reflection, etc.
However, when there is a feeling of stuckness, inaction can delay us and even prevent us from achieving what we’re truly capable of. Additionally, Many people never move forward and that’s okay if they are content with it! If that’s not quite okay with you, then seeking external support through career counselling can move things forward a lot quicker for you.
What is the difference between a career counsellor and a career coach? A counsellor has skills in helping to resolve psychological components of what could be blocking that forward movement in your career, in addition to coaching skills.
Furthermore, someone who is only a coach may have to refer you to a counsellor if it is revealed that there are deeper issues to work through. At FreeMind Therapy, all of our Counsellors can provide career counselling and coaching to give you full support and an all in one service.
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