Career Counseling and Coaching in Lakewood, California.

Work is an enormously important part of our lives. As is often said, we spend more hours of our lives at work than anywhere else. So making that work as good as it can be is vitally important to our health, sanity, and general well-being. Yet that, like so many things, can be easier said than done. I can help you explore your upbringing and education, your personal values, needs, and desires, along with ambitions and fears to help you find and succeed along a well-chosen professional path. This kind of support and guidance is just as important for someone just embarking on a career as it is for someone well along the path. It's never too late to take control of your direction.

Questions about work run deeper than they first appear. Feeling stuck, unfulfilled, or burned out in your career, dreading Mondays, or sensing you're on the wrong path entirely — these are rarely solved by a better resume or a quick pros-and-cons list. They usually touch something more personal: what you want, what you're afraid of, and the often-unspoken expectations shaping your choices. I help you sort through career questions at that level. Together we'll look at what's really behind your dissatisfaction or indecision, including the desires and pressures you may not have fully acknowledged, so that any change you make comes from clarity rather than panic.

Career transitions can be deeply personal, often tied to our sense of identity, purpose, and self-worth. In my work, I help clients explore not just what they want to do, but who they want to be. Whether you’re facing burnout, questioning your current path, or navigating a major career shift, I provide a supportive space to clarify your values, identify patterns that may be holding you back, and move forward with confidence. Together, we can make work feel more aligned and fulfilling.

Feeling discouraged or dissatisfied with work can be stressful and confusing. It can be difficult to know what steps to take to find fulfillment and satisfaction. Talking with a trained professional can help you sort out your feelings, wants, needs, and options. In the safety of a therapy relationship, you can process through what might have felt overwhelming before and find empowerment, motivation, and hope.

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.

Career satisfaction is an intrinsic part of living a fulfilling and meaningful life. Human happiness is multifaceted, and career satisfaction is an integral part of feeling happy. I help my clients to identify their career goals and aspirations. We spend so many of our waking hours working and if we are not satisfied at work then it sets us up for a dull and humdrum existence. You deserve more than that! I will work closely with you to explore and identify how you can improve your career life. As changes begin to take shape your career satisfaction will improve.

Having trouble deciding the path of which career to choose? Are you unhappy with the career you chose? We can help. We use a test to see what career will fit you best and counsel you through those and other issues you are experiencing. We create a custom made system that fits your life to bring the greatest results. Call us now to see how we can help you.

Rising costs of gas, housing, food, insurance, and the high competition for available jobs is forcing many young people to spend their 20's still sharing their parent's home. I help non-college bound teens combine their life experience with their passion to develop a vision of a career they would enjoy. I help young adults who are considering returning to college brainstorm about next steps and develop an action plan.

We offer support and counseling for a variety of career-related issues. If you are at a professional crossroad and looking for an environment to process and determine your next phase, please call us. If you have experienced a major career loss or transition we can help you to manage the multitude of feelings that accompanies this difficult and confusing time.