Career Counseling and Coaching in Amity, Oregon.

It is not uncommon to wonder what one's purpose in life is. It is not uncommon to hate your job and feel you inner self telling you that you were meant for more in life. It can be confusing and painful if you don't know what "more" looks like and how you can be paid to do it. I have found that psychotherapy can be quite magical in naturally helping this process. The more we get to know ourselves, the more we understand our desires and passions. Once we know ourselves better, then the focus can move to how to get paid to do what we are most passionate about, how to do work that is meaningful to us. What a delight to wake up and go to a job you like and feel happy about. Come in and explore.

Career Counseling is an opportunity to clarify, explore, and develop a career identity. Gain personal insight into jobs, education, and career paths. Whether you are just entering the world of work or looking to make a mid-career change, I can help. Together will assess current aptitudes, values, and interests. Breakdown fears, realize self-value, and develop goal maps to help you find career satisfaction. Career is one part of developing a balanced life. Life satisfaction is derived when all of our life areas are harmonious. Together will create a lifestyle that meets all your needs. Call, email, or text me today.

When you wake every morning, do you dread going to work, or do you approach the day confident that you'll be fulfilled by your accomplishments? Have you recently left your job, and have no idea where to go next? Together, we will work to identify your true interests, skills and strengths, and determine the steps necessary for you to acquire the career you're meant to have.

While most career counselors love to give you capacity based profiles of what your talents and interests are for your best bet career choices, Grey Matters international believes that most people make predictably irrational decisions and then after making them learn way to make them fit into their identities using various types of rationalizations and strategies. We are able to assist folks in career counseling type settings by giving a deeper look at their decision making profile so they can better understand where the core frustration or desire is coming from in the world of work. Contact kevin@kevinflemingphd.com or 877-606-6161.

Although I am not a general career counselor using standard career testing tools, I can help Highly Sensitive People (HSP), Creatives and the Gifted identify the particulars of the environment and type of work that they would be well suited for, based on the works of Elaine Aron and Barrie Jaeger. I also often use a tool to understand the experiential learning style of the individual created by David Kolb to help the client understand their preferred learning stye, the careers their style is well suited for and ways they could expand their learning style to make learning in other areas easier.

Careers are integral to the identities of many people, while for others careers are simply means for attaining a happy life. Whether you’re developing your first career or looking to switch careers, I use a combination of assessment batteries and counseling to explore my clients’ goals, preferences, and aptitudes to identify their career path and develop a plan for achieving it.