Gay Men’s Career Development: Are You Feeling “Stuck” in Your Job or Career?
In my over 18 years of clinical practice, one of the most rewarding and fun types of working relationships that I have with my clients includes those who want career counseling.
I have some idea of what you might be going through. You have a job, but there is a yearning for something “more” or “different”. Or maybe you have a job, because you need the money, but if you’re honest with yourself, you almost want to cry because you actually hate the job, or you hate a boss who makes you want to hate your job, even if it’s a job that you thought you would love, or even used to love. Sometimes someone comes along to ruin it all.
Or maybe you daydream about doing something different, and you know what it is, but you don’t know “how to get there.”
Or maybe you daydream about doing something different, and you DON’T know what it is, and that’s the problem.
Maybe you like your job OK, but you really want to earn more money, for all kinds of reasons that people want to earn more money for.
I’ve heard examples of all of these, and worked with clients to help them solve problems such as these, and more.
So, what VALUE does hiring Ken Howard, LCSW, for career coaching/counseling bring to YOU?
Here are some examples:
- We discuss what is working for your career now, and what isn’t. We take stock.
- We develop new ways for you to think, feel, and act that help you get your career “moving”.
- We determine what “resources”, help, or information you need to make real, lasting, positive change to your “Professional Self”.
- We set short-term and long-term goals that get you closer to what your ideal career life is.
As a result of this and other work, you’re relieved of the old “bad feelings” about your job or career.
You feel relieved, inspired, motivated, excited, creative, calm, and content.
Over many years of doing this work, I’ve helped people from all walks of life and in all kinds of professional fields make these changes.
I’ve used examples from the theory and practice of career counseling in psychology, and examples from my own life, the lives of previous clients, and my family, friends, or colleagues, in a collective perspective and experience, and apply all these to help YOU, in your situation.
If you’re ready to do career counseling work with me, email me at ken@gaytherapyla.com, or call me at 310-726-4357.
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If I can answer any questions for you, let me know.
I would love to help you have the professional life of your dreams.
I do. 
I offer Career Counseling Services for people who are searching for a new job, changing their career, or who want to ask for a raise, supervise a staff, or cope with a difficult boss.
Through activities such as finding your aptitudes, role-playing, and even resume review and coaching, we set short-term and long-term goals together and develop a plan for you to empower, enrich, and enhance your Professional Self.
This book is a great resource for focusing your thinking about your career, updated annually:
This book is a great resource for focusing your thinking about your job search, and it’s updated annually: