Career Counselling and Coaching in Unionville, Ontario.

Career challenges can bring stress, uncertainty, and self-doubt. In our sessions, I provide a supportive space to explore your goals, values, and strengths. Together, we’ll identify obstacles, clarify direction, and develop practical strategies for growth and success. My approach combines evidence-based techniques with a person-centered focus, helping you build confidence, make informed decisions, and create a career path that aligns with your purpose and well-being.

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.

Feeling stuck, burnt out, or unsure about your next step? Career counselling isn’t just for job seekers—it’s for anyone navigating change, clarity, or confidence in their work life. Whether you’re questioning your current path, facing workplace stress, or wanting to align your career with your values, we help you explore your strengths, passions, and possibilities. At Rooted in Resilience, we offer culturally attuned support for racialized professionals and those navigating identity in the workplace. Together, we’ll uncover what fulfillment looks like for you—and build a roadmap to get there.

If you are undecided, anxious or confused about your next educational and/or career direction, working with me can help you clarity and gain knowledge about your unique “career profile “and specific careers and/or educational options that are in line with your personality, interests, skills, abilities, academic achievements, values, and goals (and the situation on the labour market). I am certified to administer and interpret vocational and career testing instruments.

Ever feel like you’re in the wrong job at the wrong company? You are not alone, surveys show that over half of all workers do. Most people however never do anything more than complain about it, so congratulations for your first step! Clients find very affirming to have a third party to reflect back an accurate image of what you can do best, to give you the confidence necessary to make the career move you want. I am trained and certified in a many different of assessment tools and counselling techniques that allow us to identify the most fulfilling career path for different profiles and personalities. We maintain a personal contact with clients either face to face or online.

I support clients in navigating their questions and concerns around potential career paths—whether they’re students exploring future options, professionals considering a career change, or newcomers adjusting to a new job market. As a counselor, I guide individuals through a thoughtful process to identify careers that align with their values, strengths, and long-term goals. Using practical tools and tailored resources, I help clients gain clarity, build confidence, and make informed decisions. Together, we explore what feels meaningful and sustainable, so they can move forward with purpose in their career journey.

Having been through a number of different careers in my life I have the first-hand experience of knowing what it feels like to go through such transitions. For so many years I couldn't find my passion which created a lot of drawbacks in my life. Today I don't see these as drawbacks but stepping stones to be where I am today. I can help you find your passion through your journey on the path you are creating. We are all writing our own story and this is only a chapter in your book. Consider the possibility of the next chapter to be life changing and your possibilities could be endless.

In our Career Coaching practice, we have found these 3 methods to be the most powerful when it comes to helping you discover your career roadmap - the right major, right talents or career. 1. Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (JVIS) is the "Career Roadmap" which will help you determine the best career fit. 2. CareerPlanner Personality Test (CPPT) is the "Personality Blueprint" which will highlight your talents, skills, strengths, weaknesses, interests and how they coincide with your career roadmap. 3. Jump Start Coaching Hour (JSCH) is the "Life Coach" who will guide you in the planning and implementing of the "Career Roadmap". All you need to do is make a small investment.

Your career can be fulfilling - you need to decide to make it so. We will uncover what your career goals are, whether that is in your current work life or something different. We will consider many aspects including your inner desires, your short and long term goals, and we will assess your strengths and interests. From there, we you will work on exercises and specific action plans to uncover if your interests are truly that. Step-by-step we will work toward uncovering a more fulfilling career.

We all have goals and dreams about what we'd like to do for a living. But sometimes, those goals can feel out of reach - or we may feel unsure if we're on the right path or even want to change directions entirely. Together, we'll explore your interests, passions, and strengths, and identify any skills or steps you may need to reach your goals. From there, we'll work on building a clear and realistic plan to help you move forward in your career journey with confidence and purpose.

Even the thought of building a career can feel overwhelming and it can be difficult 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/therapist/usman-khan

There can be a lot of pressure to figure out one’s career or to decide where one fits within a particular field. Oftentimes this is a winding road rather than a straight route. Within therapy, I will support you in identifying and exploring the values, goals, interests, and passions most important to you so that you can make decisions about your career that feel right to you. I will also work with you to process possible obstacles along the way such as (and certainly not limited to) challenging work dynamics, stress and burnout, and difficulties finding a work/life balance. Contact me or book a free consultation if you wish to learn more.

Even the thought of building a career can feel overwhelming and it can be difficult 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/therapist/usman-khan