Career Counseling and Coaching in Playa Vista, California.

Sometimes it's hard to know what's next. Whether you're a c-suite executive, a business owner, a longstanding employee, or just beginning your career journey, there is a life that's more meaningful. Perhaps there's been a massive change in your business or employment status, or maybe you've been on a track for a long time and you're ready for something different. Whatever the case is, together we can look explore the options and help deepen your understanding of yourself, what you desire next, and how to experience that "next" with more meaning, joy and purpose. If this is something you're ready to explore, please don't hesitate to reach out.

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.

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

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.

Starting a career for the first time, or making a change to your career down the line can both feel daunting. One might find themselves with lots of questions and uncertainty with no clear direction of where to turn. I help people work through the stress and worries that accompany any type of career transition. Together we will collaborate on a stable plan of action, and uncover additional resources that may be beneficial to you in taking the next steps on your path to success.

Carreer counseling techniques will support you in making decisions in helping you move forward with your particular career situation. The focus of career counseling is generally on issues such as career exploration, career change, personal career development and other career related issues. We will help you get a solid understanding of where you want to go moving forward with your carreer.

Are you starting down a path, or maybe interested in course correction? Either situation can be especially daunting and stressful. How do you get on a path that leads to professional satisfaction? What do you do when you find yourself a long way from what hoped and dreamed about? It can feel as if you're condemned to a life you never wanted: "How did I get here, and is there a way out? Is there any chance to pursue those ideas I still think about?" Together we explore these questions and possibilities.

Career Counseling is about change. Whether you are changing a career position, seeking a new field, or a student changing a major, the core of career counseling is preparation and the understanding of your goals and how they affect your life as a whole. In my practice, I do not use assessments or aptitude tests, as I believe the client is the best source of information. Together we will review your education, interests, work history and the reasons to make a change at this time in your life. Additionally, we will evaluate your level of risk taking, relationships and approaches to pursue a new career path. My style is comprehensive and tailored to you to help your reach your career goals.

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.

With training at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching, I am confident we can explore goals, strengths, and values around career and work. We may clarify your direction, identify skill sets, navigate transitions, and develop strategies for pursuing meaningful opportunities. I believe in an essential truth that there is unrealized potential in all of us and focusing on the professional self can be illuminating.

Oftentimes, people seek out career counseling because they are finding that their current job is not making them happy. From a Christian perspective, finding the work or "mission" God has designed you for is often called "finding your purpose" which we believe is the key to happiness in your work. In my work with Christians I strive to help people to find this purpose in their lives.

A large component of career choice is how we view ourselves and what we feel we can accomplish. So there's a big element of identity in there. I use Positive Psychology tools to assess the individual's strengths of character and what they view as important tools for success that they already have in their arsenal. From that perspective, we also look at those character strengths that could use a little further strengthening in order to best serve the individual reach their goals. Dreaming and imagining are big pieces of this process, so we also explore those in depth. I encourage realistic dreaming and identify fears and doubts that getting the way of dreaming and accomplishing dreams.

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.