Career counseling, sometimes called career coaching, helps individuals make informed career decisions. This type of counseling is led by one of our Houston therapists who is trained to provide career development support.
Career counseling works to help you navigate your professional career and offer valuable information, such as required skill sets and/or education, regarding a particular position you may be considering. The following are common focuses of conversation that will help your career counselor best help you:
- Job environment preferences
- Growth potential
- Career goals, short- and long-term
- Personality type
- Desired lifestyle
- Potential earnings of a given career
Career counseling can last for weeks, months, or even years. It all depends on the goals that you’re looking to accomplish and whether you continue to want/need a counselor to help you reach your goals. Either way, our career counselors are here and ready to help you get on the right track.
Career Counseling and Coaching—Therapists and Counselors in Houston, TX
Making career choices used to be a lot simpler than it is today. The “jobs for life” are no longer around either. That means people can expect to change their position within a company and/or their career at least twice during their lifetime. Just the job search itself can prove upsetting and harmful to a person’s mental state of mind. Career counseling can prove instrumental in times like these. Counselors can help people in the following areas:
- Avoidance of assuming roles and responsibilities
- Fear of failure
- Fear of success (it happens)
- Identity confusion
- Lack of motivation
- Low self-esteem
- Personal problems clouding the mind
- Self-doubt (lack of belief in one’s ability)
If it sounds like career counseling is something you can benefit from, reach out to Thriveworks Houston to schedule your first appointment. We’re here to help.
Deciding on a Career Path
There are plenty of obstacles when looking at first time career options or making a career change later on in life. One of the challenges people face is ignorance. Not knowing what you’re doing or where you’re headed can ruin your chances of a successful outcome. Some of the common setbacks include:
- Exposure and belief in career academic myths
- Decision making difficulties
- Inaccurate or irrational beliefs
- Lack of information about available career services
- Lack of information about the world of employment and work
- Lack of self-awareness
- Pressure from others to take a certain career path
What to Expect from Career Counseling at Thriveworks
All career counselors have been through professional training. They are fully aware of the concerns that individuals face as they explore their future career options. The whole purpose of this type of counseling is so that you get to make better-informed decisions, choices that are in your best interest.
Thriveworks in Houston, TX offers career counseling services that can assist in straightening out a whole plethora of things that might be getting in the way. Professional career guidance is what we do best. Career counseling is not a fixed system that deals with all cases equally. A qualified vocational counseling expert looks at each case on an individual basis. In other words, it varies according to the specific needs of the individual’s situation and circumstances.
Scheduling Career Counseling at Thriveworks Houston
If you feel lost and in need of some professional guidance, don’t hesitate, call us today to schedule an appointment. We offer evening and weekend sessions, provide same-week appointments to new clients, and accept most major insurances.
