Career Counselling and Coaching in Erin, Ontario.

In my work with career counselling, I help clients explore their skills, values, and passions to find meaningful and sustainable paths forward. Together, we clarify goals, identify obstacles, and develop strategies for growth, transition, or change. I focus not only on practical steps—like resumes, networking, or job searches—but also on aligning career choices with personal strengths and purpose. Through reflection, guidance, and actionable planning, I support clients in building confidence, resilience, and clarity so they can navigate their professional journeys with intention and fulfillment.

In career counselling, I support clients in exploring direction, purpose, and alignment between their values and professional life. This process often includes identifying strengths, interests, and barriers that may be influencing decision-making. Clients are encouraged to reflect on what feels meaningful and sustainable rather than purely external expectations. Many experience increased clarity, confidence in decision-making, and a stronger sense of direction, allowing them to make career choices that feel more intentional and fulfilling.

Understanding which career you are best suited for can feel like an overwhelming process. With the support of a therapist, you can explore your individual strengths, skills, and values and how these may apply to a fulfilling career. You can also work collaboratively on developing a course of action to pursue your professional goals. Book a free consultation to explore if we are a good fit for therapy.

Finding a career has become a confusing and complicated endeavor with the addition of more technology and choices in terms of programs, careers and career pathways. In my sessions you will discover the most helpful career websites,. You will also be able to identify the top three careers that are best suited for you by completing two highly effective career assessments. As your counselor, I will take you through this process step by step. You will also be provided with some helpful contacts and resources to assist you in getting launched into your career.

Even the thought of building a career can feel overwhelming. There are so many options, so many steps, and it be hard to know where to start. While I do not offer support regarding career counselling, at Psychotherapy Collective, our online clinic, we have therapists who are available to offer a free 15-minute consultation to see if they are the right fit for your journey. Visit https://www.psychotherapycollective.ca/our-team

Dr. Strauss offers career counseling through New Leaf Psychology Centre. In order to facilitate decision making, sessions will first assess your current skills, assets and interests. Your level of fulfillment at your current place of work, and obstacles to fulfillment will also be discussed. Potential career changes will be reviewed, with the goal of helping you come to a decision that you are comfortable with.

You are the only one that knows which career choice will be right for you. However, sometimes it can be hard to tune into your own intuition, especially within the mix of what you want, what you need and what others think. My role in therapy is to help you untangle all these knots and empower you to make a decision that you feel is your own. This may involve collaborating to understand what your intrinsic values are, how you define success and what needs are important for you to fulfill. Call today so we can find a path you can call your own!

Are you struggling to figure out what to do after high school? Do you feel sometimes that you don't even know what you like, and that it would be impossible to make a choice about a future career? Are you at a point in your adult life that you just want a career change because you aren't happy where you are? Have you outgrown your career and feel stuck? Or are you just such a different person now that its hard to understand what got you there in the first place? Maybe you want someone to help you decide if going back to school is the right decision at this stage in your life. Or maybe you just want someone to ask you the right question to find your own solution. Let us help you.

Even the thought of building a career can feel overwhelming. There are so many options, so many steps, and it be hard to know where to start. My approach to career counselling is to create a supportive environment for exploration where we can discover what makes you unique and find careers that fit your strengths, interests and values. We will work together to plan and implement the steps towards building your career so that you can feel less overwhelmed and more confident to take action. Contact me today to begin your journey towards your ideal career.

My approach to career counselling aims to empower individuals to make informed decisions about their careers, maximize their potential, and achieve personal and professional success and satisfaction. It involves exploring and evaluating factors such as interests, skills, values, personality traits, and life circumstances to help clients align their career goals with their personal and professional aspirations. It is a collaborative and client-centered process that considers the individual's unique circumstances, preferences, and goals for their future.

I offer a counseling/coaching service that is holistic and dynamic. We address all of your life issues so that there is a balanced approach to ensure you success in achieving your goals, whatever they may be. Based on a 'follow your bliss' model where 'do what you love and you will never have to work a day in your life', requires courage, realism partnered with creativity and a sense of adventure. It is about knowing or finding out what you want and then creating a plan to set things in motion. Let the adventure begin!

My approach to career counseling is not about personality tests or resume tips. It’s about helping clients navigate the deeper questions that arise when work feels disconnected from identity, purpose, or vitality. Often, career distress signals a deeper misalignment — between the life one has built and the person one is becoming. Together, we explore how attachment patterns, self-worth, relational dynamics, and existential concerns shape how you show up in your professional life. This is not about finding the perfect job — it’s about restoring right relationship with meaning, agency, and the kind of work that supports who you are becoming.

Navigating our careers can be challenging and confusing. This process can become overwhelming, but with the help of a professional who is both compassionate and impartial, things can become more clear. Together we can explore areas of possibility for your future, and also work towards identifying and overcoming the emotional barriers that might get in the way of you reaching your career goals. Combining coaching techniques, with therapeutic techniques to regulate emotions, we can explore your professional aspirations and set out manageable steps to move towards them.

I am passioante about supporting individuals in exploring their experience of burnout from hustle culture and managing the invisible mental load. I also help folks unpack and explore the impact that systems of oppression (patriarchy and capitalism) have had on one's identity, lived experiences and internalised messages of not enough. Together lets work to dismantle these systems of oppression.

Ray is an experienced guidance counsellor and special education teacher. Changing careers in mid-life can be a difficult task. Ray understands the college and university application process and can help clients define what their educational and work goals are. Ray have tools to help define what fields clients may be interested in pursuing. Ray can also teach them how to navigate the college and university web sites.

Shauna has a edge on career counselling and planning through the use of NBI thinking preference assessments that define your preferred ways of thinking, studying, learning, and interacting with the world. Through this powerful tool, individuals come to understand their preferred way of thinking, working, and engaging the world, leading them to make positive and creative choices for their education and career aspirations.