Work should help give our lives purpose and dignity. We spend so many of our waking hours there – it is important to make a good choice of career. Yet so many of us drift into a job, based on what our friends were doing or on temporary jobs that turned permanent: sooner or later, through force of habit, we find ourselves thinking it is too late to change. But an increase in stress-related health problems on Mondays tells a different story – we need to find a way to think and act differently about work and career.
Counseling can help us by talking about the skills and traits we already possess that are transferable. Too often we focus just on what makes money without thinking about whether that fits for us. Also, we sometimes think vaguely about careers, without knowing what day-to-day tasks they entail. Talking all that over can help.
Therapy can also allow us to broaden our horizons, to identify where in our lives we can get more of what fulfills us, other than at our job. Sometimes it is more enjoyable to do something as an avocation, i.e., not having to worry about pressures of time or a boss.
Finally, counseling can help change our mood by changing the inner story we tell ourselves about circumstances that cannot be changed for now. How can Person A stay cheerful, while Person B is always down, yet they share the same workplace? The secret lies very much in the meaning each one of them places on everyday events.
Andrea had an initial career in the mortgage servicing and securitization industry, before returning to school in mid-life to obtain a counseling degree. She also taught as an adjunct instructor while earning her doctorate in Philosophy.
Contact her here, to arrange for an initial consultation.
Counseling can help us by talking about the skills and traits we already possess that are transferable. Too often we focus just on what makes money without thinking about whether that fits for us. Also, we sometimes think vaguely about careers, without knowing what day-to-day tasks they entail. Talking all that over can help.
Therapy can also allow us to broaden our horizons, to identify where in our lives we can get more of what fulfills us, other than at our job. Sometimes it is more enjoyable to do something as an avocation, i.e., not having to worry about pressures of time or a boss.
Finally, counseling can help change our mood by changing the inner story we tell ourselves about circumstances that cannot be changed for now. How can Person A stay cheerful, while Person B is always down, yet they share the same workplace? The secret lies very much in the meaning each one of them places on everyday events.
Andrea had an initial career in the mortgage servicing and securitization industry, before returning to school in mid-life to obtain a counseling degree. She also taught as an adjunct instructor while earning her doctorate in Philosophy.
Contact her here, to arrange for an initial consultation.
