Career Counseling and Coaching in Gig Harbor, Washington.

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.

The modern job market is a confusing place and people are changing careers more frequently than ever. Career counseling can support you in identifying the job you really want and the tools you need to get it. Wether your goal is getting a position with more responsibility to provide a better lifestyle for your family or starting your own business, career counseling will be a place of support as you discern your needs, find new resources, and see the process through to the new position you desire.

One of my areas of focus is work life stress and trauma. I work with many clients who are experiencing everything from low level stress to PTSD as a result. I partner with my clients to help them understand their current work dynamic. They are often able to then decide if they would like to change the way in which they are currently working and relating in the workplace or if it's necessary to make a career move or change. I also help clients who are looking for personal and professional growth and can help them identify both areas of strength to build upon as well as self limiting beliefs we can work to eradicate. I have found my analysis client’s Myers-Briggs type to be very helpful.

Struggling to find a job, a career, or don't have a clue where to begin? Thats okay. Career counseling is a service offered in this practice from a generalist perspective. Supportive resources are offered to you in your exploration of a career choice or transition. Dealing with emotions in career issues is not uncommon, and so you benefit from the opportunity to examine your feelings about leaving a current job, going into a current job, or your self-identity as it applies to your work.

Do you feel like lack of social confidence, anxiety, and poor social skills are keeping you back at work? Or maybe you are just starting your career and selecting jobs that won't require talking much to others or socializing, because you just feel so anxious even thinking about that. Do you dread group work, social events, speaking out in meetings, parties and networking? I have good news for you! Social confidence is a learned skill, one you can learn just like any other. You just need the right information, some support and feedback and the drive to try some new things. The rewards are potentially very large, especially at work. Level up your career and your life!

Let me help you find your passion and career path! You will benefit from working with me to understand your personality, strengths, skills, interests, and values. We then work together to identify your passions and career options. All of the information is then pulled together to make decisions about a career path and to set up an action plan. I then support you in moving forward and look at any barriers around motivation, self doubt, or action that might keep you from moving toward your new career path. I use practical and compassionate methods and work with your style. I look forward to working with you!

Humans spend an average of 90,000 hours at work over their lifetimes, so, understandably, there can be a lot of stress and anxiety during career changes or thinking about your future. Through assessments, self-reflection exercises, and personalized guidance, career counseling helps individuals explore various career options, identify potential obstacles, and develop actionable strategies to overcome them.

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.

Whats next? Maybe you've worked in the same field for decades or are just getting started after college. How do you find work that is meaningful? In some ways its an age old question, in others the extent of that question has never been so broad in today's modern culture. I offer a helping hand in the journey towards meaningful and life giving work.

Career Counseling is a therapeutic process that will help you come to know yourself and the world of work so you can make the educational and career decisions that harmonize with the life you envision. It's so much more than choosing a major or a job. Career Counseling begins by defining what is important to you so you can make decisions for your future, today. From there, you know what knowledge and skills to build, and will be equipped to determine the next steps to achieve your goals. Career Counseling provides support whether you need help to narrow the choices, or to start something new!