Who do we help?
The Career Psychologist was originally set up to help people who were unhappy in their careers, who want to make a change, but don’t necessarily know how. In particular we help people who feel stuck in something we call career paralysis:
What do we do?
We help our clients get ‘unstuck’ and moving forward with purpose, based on a clear understanding of their strengths, values, priorities and personality preferences.
All our clients develop clear and objective decision making criteria, explore their career options in depth and create a comprehensive plan to move forward with purpose. In addition as psychologists we also help people to understand and overcome the difficult thoughts and emotions which are holding them back and keeping them stuck.
What does the process involve?
The Career Psychologist offers a comprehensive career change process which takes people all the way through career change. The process is based on the latest research into psychology, behaviour change and decision science and it consists of three stages:
A one page picture of the process can be found here.
How the Career Change Process Works
A full description of the process itself is here, but typically, a client will get in contact by phone or e-mail and outline what their problem is. We offer a free introductory session to all clients. This is an informal chat about your situation and a chance for us to explain how we work and answer any questions you might have. After this, we will provide you with a proposal about how we could help. Sometimes this is a one-off session, though most often people want to work through the whole 3 stage process. Clients are provided with materials to work through at home and supported by phone and e-mail in between sessions.
Career Psychology Sessions
Sessions last a minimum of 90 minutes. The format of each session is to review the work you’ve done at home, and also to discuss (in some detail) the psychology, thoughts, belief, emotions that underlie this. We listen for patterns and themes in what you are saying, as well as help to identify areas that may be keeping you stuck. We help clients to identify what feels real and authentic and to find ways of dealing with difficult thoughts and emotions.
Online Services
The Career Psychologist also offers psychometric testing and online career decision making software, CareerStorm NavigatorTM which can support the process depending on the needs of the client.
Our Promise
We don’t promise to help clients identify their ‘ideal’ job or their ‘true’ vocation. We don’t even think such things exist. However, we do promise to help clients get unstuck from where they are, and move forward with purpose. Together we will ensure that the direction you choose plays to your strengths and reflects the ‘real’ you.
We do not promise to take away your anxiety, but we will provide you with skills which will change your relationship to anxiety.
We have spent years putting together what we think is the best, most comprehensive career change process around, so if you feel like you need help getting unstuck, get in touch.
“Rob provided me with tools to enable me to evaluate what decision was right for me. As a consequence, after two sessions I found I had grown in self awareness and I made several excellent decisions – definitely value for money. With Rob techniques I felt confident in following them through and consequently have spent the summer doing something I truly love.”
Research Manager