Career Counseling
Career Counseling
Choosing the right career path requires an accurate understanding of yourself – your strengths and weaknesses, your values, your personality traits, and how you find meaning in life.
Career counseling can help you learn more about yourself by using a variety of techniques. Maria Droste offers career counseling for both adults and young adults, where you can speak with a counselor individually online or in-person. You can utilize our services to find a career path that aligns with how you want to live and work.
We offer affordable online and in-person career counseling services.
Contact us today if you’re looking for career direction. Our team will match you with a counselor that is right for you. Let us know if you have any specific preferences, including gender, payment type, approach to services, or other criteria.
For adults: midlife career changes
Many people today are unsatisfied with their careers for a variety of reasons. Some people may have moved into their careers without much thought, and find themselves ill-equipped and continuously overwhelmed. Conversely, others may be very effective at their job, but feel it will never bring them joy or ever align with their purpose in life. Still, the fear of change can stop a person from acting on these feelings.
How to make a career change
It can take a lot of courage to change jobs or industries. It can be scary to learn the skills needed for a new area that help you achieve the level of employment and income afforded by a former job. Career counseling, however, can help you find the courage you need to take these steps.
Career counseling can also help you deal with changes that may be happening in the labor market as you work to find your place in it. Our counselors will be there to support you through the possible financial impacts of temporary or long-term unemployment and re-training resources.
If you’re uncertain about changing careers, are getting into the workforce for the first time or after a long hiatus, or just aren’t sure which direction to go, consider career counseling with a Maria Droste Counselor. We offer in-person and online career counseling.
For students: potential majors and careers
If you’re a student looking to get into the workforce for the first time or are interested in starting on a career path, career counseling can help you make practical choices based on sound data and relevant information. In this process, you’ll also gain self-knowledge vital to becoming empowered to design your own future career.
Maybe you (or a student you know) are hesitating on choosing a major to start on a future career? Or, perhaps you’re afraid that you’ll make a wrong choice and leave college without a clear sense of direction? It is reassuring to know, career counseling can help you ensure your years of investment of time and energy won’t go to waste. There is hope and help for you!
Career Counseling – What to expect
Career counseling can take on many forms, depending on the reasons you are seeking assistance.
For example, if what you need are some practical resume critiques, you may discuss why you think that particular career direction is suitable for you. If you are struggling to juggle family life, graduate school, and career, you may discuss your priorities, time management habits, and how your family influences your career decisions.
In either situation, you can expect open-ended questions, skill-identifying, brainstorming, and expressing yourself out loud.
| Imagining career ideas and trust-building | Yes. |
| Discussing negative emotions that inhibit your career progress | Yes. |
| Determining the steps to your career goal | Yes. |
| Answering your concerns and questions | Yes, prepare your questions! |
| A career counselor writing my resume for me | No, but we will help you get started and offer suggestions for revisions. |
| How many counseling sessions are needed? | 2-6, based on your need. |
At Maria Droste Counseling Center, we offer psychologically and culturally-informed individual counseling, and we aim to help start you on a career path that aligns with how you want to live and work.
We offer affordable online and in-person career counseling services.
Contact us today if you’re looking for career advices. Our team will match you with a counselor that is right for you. Let us know if you have any specific preferences, including gender, payment type, approach to services, or other criteria.