More Questions My Clients Asked Me

Questions My Clients Have Asked Me

Problems in Career Counseling

Work Complaints

Thoughts on Career Counseling from an Experienced Career Counselor

A Confrontive Career Coach: a short-short story

Lessons Learned from 10 Career Coaching Clients

Questions My Career Counseling Clients Ask

Reflections on My Life as Career Coach

I’m in my 36th year as a career and personal coach, having had the privilege (and yes, that's not just a cliche, it's true) of helping more than 6,000 clients with a central part of their life.

Perhaps it's time to share some candid reflections in hope they might be helpful not just to career counselors and coaches but to any helping professional as well as to clients. I offer those reflections in my Psychology Today article today.

“I Don’t Want My Child to Grow Up Unemployable!” A mock career counseling session

She’s just a high school junior but her parents want to do what they can to ensure she’ll be self-supporting. So they sent her for career counseling. My PsychologyToday.com article today presents the core of session 1.

A Nervous Middle Manager: A mock career counseling session

I've had many a middle manager nervous about keeping his job, let alone getting promoted. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers a composite career counseling session with such a person.

"Should I Be Self-Employed?" A mock career counseling session

Many people struggle with this dilemma: Should I be self-employed or work for someone else? My PsychologyToday.com article today presents a mock career counseling session with a person facing this dilemma.

A New Graduate Searches for a Career: A mock career counseling session

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer a mock career counseling session with a new graduate trying to figure out what career to pursue.

A Burned Out Physician: A mock career counseling session

My PsychologyToday.com article today offers a mock career counseling session that offers lessons not just for physicians and other health care providers but for others, for example, lawyers, social workers, teachers, as well as for counselors.

A Researcher Who'd Rather Work Than Be With Family or Have Fun: A mock career counseling session

My PsychologyToday.com article today is a mock career counseling session with a researcher who'd rather work long hours than have fun or be with family. Her husband objects.

The Emotional Side of Career Issues: Symptomaticand deeper solutions

With so much free career information available free on the Internet, many people see a career counselor, not just for tactics, but to overcome emotional blocks that keep them from doing what they know they should do.

Whether you’re a career counselor, coach, other mental health professional, or user of career services, my PsychologyToday.com article today offers some thoughts, based on my work with 5,500 clients over the past three decades, on how to address the emotional side of career issues.

"Nemkoisms"

A students in the course on career counseling I’m teaching suggested I compile my “Nemkoisms” in a book. I don’t have enough to fill a book but perhaps there’s enough for an article. It's my PsychologyToday.com contribution today.

Why Career Counseling Clients Fail

How-to writers tend to present success stories. I’m guilty of that. But of course, much can be learned from failure. 

So in my PsychologyToday.com article today, I describe common ways in which career counseling clients fail and what individuals and counselors can do to help.

Career Counseling For Non-Career Counselors

In the course of a counseling session, you may find yourself wanting to offer career counsel rather than refer the client to a career specialist.

If someone put a gun to my head and say, “Gimme the five things I need to know that I probably don’t already know," my PsychologyToday.com article today answers that.

Anatomy of a Career Counseling Session

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I demonstrate a few elements of my typical process with a client who wants to change careers.