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Career Counselling for High School Students
Making education and career decisions when you’re 16 or 17 is hard. I can help.
If you’re feeling confused and overwhelmed, that’s completely natural! There are so many options! Did you know that there are an estimated 12,000 different occupations? And that there are over 3,000 university programs, and over 2,000 college programs in Ontario alone?!
Not only are there tons of options, there’s also a lot of pressure. If you’re going to be spending a career doing something, this choice is a big deal. You want to choose wisely. You want to be happy!
I want you to stop worrying. We will figure this out together. This is exactly what I do. I’ll help you move forward confidently, with a clear direction that feels true to you.
First and foremost, career planning will get you started on a path to a career you’ll enjoy. As a career counsellor, that’s my number one goal, no matter who I’m working with.
Do you want your career to provide a creative outlet?
Make a contribution to society?
Help you become an innovator?
Together we’ll answer these questions and many, many more. Or we can confirm whether an option you’ve been considering, like becoming a doctor, is the right fit for you.
Are you ready to work with a career counsellor?
Are you comfortable talking about yourself and your experiences? Can you name some of your strengths and interests, some of the things you’re proud of? You don’t have to have all the answers yet … I’ll be helping you to discover more in-depth responses to these questions. But you will need to help me along. I’ll need input from you all through the process, so that I know we’re on the right track.
Let’s find clarity together.
Finding career clarity is not as simple as filling out a career assessment with the guidance counsellor. If it were, we’d have mostly nurses, scientists, and electricians — and everybody would be delighted with their jobs. My process is about more than checking a few boxes — it goes much deeper. This is about seeing you — and guiding you to career clarity.
Over 20+ years, I’ve crafted a process that works — really works — to give my clients and their families relief, direction, confidence and excitement about the future.
This is how the Career Clarity process works:
We'll meet once a week for five weeks, with each session lasting 75 minutes. Meetings are conducted via Zoom and you’ll need to be on a desktop or laptop (not your phone).
Session 1:
Getting to know you the real you. The first step is about understanding who you are, and what drives you, in great depth. Though you will have plenty of insight into this, I will also invite your parents or guardians in for our first meeting, because they hold a wealth of information on who you are as a person. This first step is about getting to know you from a toddler to the present. I want to find out what you were drawn to as a child, and what made you light up. Right from your first memory, what have you enjoyed? What was your school experience like? Understanding what draws your attention and makes you excited is the first piece of the puzzle. From this foundation, we embark on a discovery journey.
Following each session, you'll receive a summary outlining the key highlights of our conversation, complete with the reports generated from the assessments. These summaries will form the base of your own custom career guide that you’ll receive at the end of our work together. Your completed career guide will continue to serve as a useful reference for research and decision-making throughout your career.
At the end of each meeting, I will also assign a small amount of homework including exercises relating to your specific career needs and goals.
During our sessions:
We gain clarity.
Through discussion, structured activities, and formal, standardized career assessments (including the popular Strong Interest Inventory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), we uncover themes and patterns — and begin to hone in on what’s right for you.
We’ll explore occupations and educational pathways.
We'll explore the kinds of work that will fulfill you the most and map out the educational route—be it through university, college, or an apprenticeship program—to guide you there.We’ll consider your comfort level and unique needs when it comes to selecting a college or university. What kind of environment speaks to you? How far away are you comfortable being? Again, it’s all about finding the right fit.
You walk away with next steps, relief — and a report to guide you.
As you move forward with peace-of-mind, you’ll also have your own customized career guide. This comprehensive digital report will include summaries of our discussions, insights from assessments, and a list of potential career and educational paths. Plus, it'll outline actionable steps for you to take next.
Investment:
$1,525.00, including all standardized assessments, and your customized, comprehensive career guide.
To book, a $500 deposit is required, with the remaining amount due one week prior to our first meeting.
Payments can be made online by credit card, or by Interac e-Transfer.