Career Wellbeing
Career-focused therapy—also known as career counseling—can help people who feel uncertain about their direction, overwhelmed by work stress, or disconnected from their values and well-being. It can be especially meaningful in mid-career, when work that once made sense no longer feels aligned with who you are or how you want to live. This stage often brings clearer values, different priorities, and a desire for work that fits your whole life, not just your résumé.
Many people notice that when work feels misaligned, it begins to affect energy, mood, relationships, and overall well-being. Research consistently shows that greater satisfaction at work is connected to better mental health and life satisfaction, underscoring how closely our work and well-being are intertwined.
Career counseling may be a good fit if you want to:
Reflect on what matters most to you now
Reconsider long-held definitions of success
Explore how your work fits with your values, health, and identity
Navigate transitions or uncertainty with intention
Make changes that feel thoughtful and sustainable
Career Counseling offers space to slow down, reflect, and listen more closely to yourself. Together, we can clarify your values, explore options that honor your experience, and move toward work that feels more grounded and supportive of your life as a whole.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Career counseling can help you:
Clarify your career direction
Explore new career opportunities
Navigate career transitions
Manage workplace stress or burnout
Improve work-life balance
Build confidence in career decisions
Identify strengths and personal values
Create an action plan for career growth
Whether you're feeling stuck or preparing for your next professional move, career counseling provides guidance tailored to your unique situation.
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Career counseling may be a good fit if you:
Feel uncertain about your career path
Are considering changing careers
Want more meaningful or fulfilling work
Feel burned out or dissatisfied with your current job
Are returning to work after time away
Need support navigating a promotion or workplace change
Want your career to better align with your values and personal life
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First, we’ll explore and identify your goals, strengths, interests, work experiences, and challenges. Together, we’ll identify your values and priorities - and the barriers you currently face. Finally, we’ll develop practical strategies for making confident career decisions that support your professional and personal wellbeing.
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Absolutely. Career counseling can help you explore and evaluate different career options, identify transferrable skills across environments, work through uncertainty and create a realistic plan for transitioning into a new field. Whether you’re changing industries completely or seeking more values-aligned work within your current industry, this process is here to help you move forward with confidence.
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You’re in the right place. Feeling stuck is one of the most common reasons people seek career counseling. Together, we can explore what’s adding to your dissatisfaction, clarify what matters to you, and develop strategies to help you find work that better aligns with your goals, resource needs, and values.
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Also a yes. If work has become overwhelming, exhausting, or emotionally raining, career counseling can help you understand the causes of burnout, establish healthier boundaries, reconnect with what matters to you, and determine what changes might improve your life. Complete a burnout assessment here.
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Career counseling provided by a licensed counseling psychologist incorporates holistic assessment and psychological expertise alongside your career development. Career counseling doesn’t just give you a strategy - it considers your emotional well-being, values, stress, identities, strengths, and life circumstances to help you make sustainable career decisions that fit your whole life.
Working with a licensed psychologist means your career concerns are addressed within the broader context of your mental health, relationships, identity, stress, and overall well-being. This helps you to create meaningful, lasting change that extends beyond just finding a new job.
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Career counseling doesn’t tell you what career you should choose. Instead, it helps you to better understand yourself - your strengths, interests, values, and goals - so that you can make more informed career decisions that are right for you.
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We sure can. While career counseling focuses on your work and professional goals, it’s really common for personal experiences, relationships, stress, self-confidence, and life transitions to impact your career decisions. Our sessions provide a supportive place to explore interconnected areas as they relate to your career and overall being. When we look at the bigger picture, we can develop strategies that help you make decisions that support your mental and physical health.
I have a passion for supporting people who are navigating career transitions and chronic illness. -
I understand that requesting workplace accommodations, medical leave, or disability benefits can feel overwhelming, and it's common to wonder whether your therapist can complete the required paperwork.
While I do not provide formal evaluations or complete FMLA, disability, or workplace accommodation paperwork, I'm happy to help you understand what type of provider or evaluation may be needed for your specific situation. If appropriate, I can also help you identify a qualified professional who offers these services.
If we're working together in therapy, we can certainly discuss how your mental or physical health is affecting your work, explore strategies for navigating these challenges, and help you prepare for conversations with your employer or healthcare team. My goal is to support your overall well-being while ensuring you receive the most appropriate evaluation and documentation from the provider best suited to complete it.