Career Counseling and Coaching in San Dimas, California.

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.

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 approach that I use is to use current on line career tests/assesments available for people by integrating Myers-Briggs theory and levels of interests and passions when it comes to finding a proper career. As they take these tests and assessment, I then use a few books such as "Now, Discover your Strengths" as a way to help people integrate their gifts, talents, interests, passions and desires so that they feel that they can succeed in life.

Are you unhappy at your job? Do you dread going to work? Or do you feel lost, feeling like you should have a career but you do not know in what field? Our career and work is a big part of our lives--usually taking up a third or more of our adult lives! And typically, a person's career is tied to a person's life goals and their sense of direction in life. That is why dissatisfaction at work impacts our happiness so much. Stop dragging yourself to work and feeling like you are forced to tolerate a job you hate. Come talk to me so we can explore your real hopes and dreams for your life and find ways to get you on the right track.

Are you struggling with a toxic work environment and / or boss? Unfulfilled in your current occupation but unsure of what vocation might satisfy? Let's examine the options together, perhaps uncover some ideas you have not yet considered. I focus on building upon your strengths to create positive new experiences, whether this comes about by altering your interactions within your current employment or through new directions. If you are ready for a change, call me today!

Dr. Robert Puff brings 25 years of experience in psychotherapy helping individuals, institutions and organizations find success and balance. In addition to in-person consultation for workplace stress management or other issues, Dr. Puff is available for 45-minute phone consultations – an economical alternative to having him travel for in-person consultation. Your first consultation, be it about stress and anger management or goal planning and achievement, is Risk-Free. If you find that Dr. Puff’s services are not a good match for your needs, there will be no charge. With his office located in Newport Beach, CA, Dr. Puff is frequently contacted by media representatives for his expertise on a va....

Yes , we are equipped to do testing to determine your areas of strengths and weaknesses. We can help empower you to understand reasons you have struggled and teach you better coping skills in order to discover your true passions. We would like to help you find your career path through personality assessments and psychotherapy. We want to help you find your dream job and enjoy your career path.

Exploring strengths/weaknesses, talents and gifts, it makes it easier to maneuver through career choices. We strive to find how and where the client can do their best and how to create that opportunity for themselves. We work together to find necessary testing, training and education so that they have a realistic and achievable goal and plan. Areas of needed improvement are challenged and grown. Personal accountability is strengthen as well as communication skills.

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.

Clients seeking career counseling are usually seeking more than an increase in their income and benefits package. They are often seeking a path to identify and express their life’s purpose professionally (and personally). In our collaboration, clients and I identify their core values and creative options. Also, together we uncover conscious and unconscious “cognitive constructs” that undermine the active pursuit of their ideal career. Finally, we collaboratively design a flexible plan that embraces their life’s purpose, while cultivating insight, skill and the daily commitment needed to attain a professional (and personal) path that will give them the most intrinsic satisfaction.

The two major areas of life are work and love. We must deal with them both well to be happy. If you are in need of help with your career path, job stress or satisfaction with you work we can help. We have trained professionals who have many years of experience in career counseling and helping people find greater meaning in their work lives. In this complicated world of career challenges you may need a professional who is skilled in this area to come along side of you. We have resources to help you if you give us a call.

Unemployment is high and few are satisfied at work, so finding a counselor to help a person discover their potential and find fulfillment in a career choice is essential if a person wants to experience true success. For those unemployed, career counseling may involve helping a person with interviewing techniques, resume formation, and communication skills. For a person experiencing difficulty at work, counseling may include boundary implementation, interpersonal interaction, and conflict resolution. Finding a fulfilling position is not easy, but with counseling the benefits of finding the right career choice can be realized.

Dream big! Whether you say I CAN or I CAN'T you will be right! Learn to use tools to help you REACH YOUR POTENTIAL. Take the steps toward your dream and MAKE IT REAL! Use tools to grow out of negative beliefs, old fears, self-sabotage, limitations. Instead of trying to use the anxious or limited part of your personality to reach your goals, learn how to use the highest-functioning part of yourself!