Career Counseling Therapists in Belfair, WA
Therapy is a unique journey for each individual.
My approach is eclectic and client-centered, grounded in the belief you are the expert of your own story—the traumas you've endured, the life you've lived. I’m here as a clinician who values walking alongside you, collaborating to create a plan that supports your growth, builds new skills, and helps you reconnect with the most authentic version of yourself.
I truly believe each of us has a purpose—a reason for being—that can sometimes be obscured by the weight we carry. Therapy, to me, is a space to gently unpack the heaviness, to breathe, and to learn how to move forward.
Therapy is a unique journey for each individual.
My approach is eclectic and client-centered, grounded in the belief you are the expert of your own story—the traumas you've endured, the life you've lived. I’m here as a clinician who values walking alongside you, collaborating to create a plan that supports your growth, builds new skills, and helps you reconnect with the most authentic version of yourself.
I truly believe each of us has a purpose—a reason for being—that can sometimes be obscured by the weight we carry. Therapy, to me, is a space to gently unpack the heaviness, to breathe, and to learn how to move forward.
I use an interdisciplinary approach, which means I use different styles of counseling to meet the different needs and personalities of clients. I always allow their feedback so they remain comfortable. I try and meet their perceptual needs, emotional needs, cognitive needs, situational needs, and respect their individual personalities. I have worked with all ages, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds (including the Middle and Far East), and social economic backgrounds.
I use an interdisciplinary approach, which means I use different styles of counseling to meet the different needs and personalities of clients. I always allow their feedback so they remain comfortable. I try and meet their perceptual needs, emotional needs, cognitive needs, situational needs, and respect their individual personalities. I have worked with all ages, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds (including the Middle and Far East), and social economic backgrounds.
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If you are a professional of color, an international professional, or a recent immigrant, you may also be navigating bias, workplace politics, and microaggressions while trying to succeed and build a secure, meaningful career and life.
With over 30 years of professional experience as a psychologist, manager, and executive leader, I understand the pressures professionals face. In 10–12 sessions, with a structured and goal-focused approach, we identify what is holding you back and develop practical strategies to improve your psychological capacity and resilience to reach your life goals.
If you are a professional of color, an international professional, or a recent immigrant, you may also be navigating bias, workplace politics, and microaggressions while trying to succeed and build a secure, meaningful career and life.
With over 30 years of professional experience as a psychologist, manager, and executive leader, I understand the pressures professionals face. In 10–12 sessions, with a structured and goal-focused approach, we identify what is holding you back and develop practical strategies to improve your psychological capacity and resilience to reach your life goals.
Are you desiring a deeper breakthrough? Have you tried the mainstream approaches and are you looking for something to shake old patterns loose? Do you have a glimmer of what you want, but can't quite reach your potential? Are you open to new ways of accessing insight? If so, we may work well together. I utilize a combination of methods to help you visualize what you are trying to achieve and what might be getting in the way. I use graphic (visual) facilitation and coaching to literally sketch our conversations in order to see new possibilities.
Are you desiring a deeper breakthrough? Have you tried the mainstream approaches and are you looking for something to shake old patterns loose? Do you have a glimmer of what you want, but can't quite reach your potential? Are you open to new ways of accessing insight? If so, we may work well together. I utilize a combination of methods to help you visualize what you are trying to achieve and what might be getting in the way. I use graphic (visual) facilitation and coaching to literally sketch our conversations in order to see new possibilities.
You’re not broken. You don’t need fixing. But you do deserve support. I help high-achieving professionals recover from burnout, rebuild self-trust, and reconnect with their natural intelligence. We will use a combinations of somatic practices and mindfulness techniques to help you feel safe to be present with physical sensations, emotions, and thoughts. Through this holistic approach, individuals develop a greater sense of self-awareness, emotional regulation, and resilience.
You’re not broken. You don’t need fixing. But you do deserve support. I help high-achieving professionals recover from burnout, rebuild self-trust, and reconnect with their natural intelligence. We will use a combinations of somatic practices and mindfulness techniques to help you feel safe to be present with physical sensations, emotions, and thoughts. Through this holistic approach, individuals develop a greater sense of self-awareness, emotional regulation, and resilience.
I am a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 7 years of experience supporting teens, adults, parents, and families. I specialize in helping clients navigate academic stress, peer pressure, anxiety, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. I take a holistic approach to care, recognizing the connection between the mind and body and how multiple factors influence a person’s overall well-being.
I am a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 7 years of experience supporting teens, adults, parents, and families. I specialize in helping clients navigate academic stress, peer pressure, anxiety, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. I take a holistic approach to care, recognizing the connection between the mind and body and how multiple factors influence a person’s overall well-being.
If you're experiencing life or career transitions, financial issues, or in need of personal development, you'll learn how to be more aware, self-manage, and choose how to respond in challenging situations.
Counseling is a tool for you to be self-sufficient to improve your overall quality of life, relationships, and emotional wellbeing. My role is to help guide you to think more optimistically and confidently about yourself and your life; manage your emotions and reactions in situations; and reduce stress through healthy outlets instead of suppressing feelings.
If you're experiencing life or career transitions, financial issues, or in need of personal development, you'll learn how to be more aware, self-manage, and choose how to respond in challenging situations.
Counseling is a tool for you to be self-sufficient to improve your overall quality of life, relationships, and emotional wellbeing. My role is to help guide you to think more optimistically and confidently about yourself and your life; manage your emotions and reactions in situations; and reduce stress through healthy outlets instead of suppressing feelings.
I’m Nitish with 20+ years practicing Counseling. My calling started during my 3rd year as a pre-med student. Something in me wanted to figure out why I felt like I had a chip on my shoulder. This lead me to investigating Psychology that became my vocation thereafter. Understanding why humans feel, think, and act in certain ways helped me to understand myself and people around me. I could feel God had given me new tools to learn about His pinnacle of creation. It was like gaining a window into my soul. After all, by definition, Psychology is the study of the soul.
I’m Nitish with 20+ years practicing Counseling. My calling started during my 3rd year as a pre-med student. Something in me wanted to figure out why I felt like I had a chip on my shoulder. This lead me to investigating Psychology that became my vocation thereafter. Understanding why humans feel, think, and act in certain ways helped me to understand myself and people around me. I could feel God had given me new tools to learn about His pinnacle of creation. It was like gaining a window into my soul. After all, by definition, Psychology is the study of the soul.
I work with Seattle's busy professionals and families to provide therapy that targets stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, parenting challenges, child behavioral issues, and more. I work from a systemic perspective to understand the many roles you play in your life, as well as the influences of the past. My goal is to help you understand the root of your challenges, strengthen your mindset, improve your resolve, and help you feel healthier and happier. Let's talk.
I work with Seattle's busy professionals and families to provide therapy that targets stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, parenting challenges, child behavioral issues, and more. I work from a systemic perspective to understand the many roles you play in your life, as well as the influences of the past. My goal is to help you understand the root of your challenges, strengthen your mindset, improve your resolve, and help you feel healthier and happier. Let's talk.
I am an art therapist, artist and creative person who understands emotions and the body and how they work together. I am also a life-long learner who will always be honing her skills because I want to be someone who can serve every population I am working with in the best way that I can. Additionally, I am a human who believes in Spirit, so I believe there is a reason we come across one another's paths. We will teach one another and grow together if you choose to work with me.
I am an art therapist, artist and creative person who understands emotions and the body and how they work together. I am also a life-long learner who will always be honing her skills because I want to be someone who can serve every population I am working with in the best way that I can. Additionally, I am a human who believes in Spirit, so I believe there is a reason we come across one another's paths. We will teach one another and grow together if you choose to work with me.
Getting up in the morning, you wish you had a sense of joy. Work is dreadful. Endless meetings and classes leave you feeling the numb. You feel too dried out to pray or read scripture. Church services have become chores rather than hope. A nagging sense of your old family "stuff" is weighing you down. Feeling good has become a wish rather than an experience. You're not alone. Life doesn't have to be this way.
Getting up in the morning, you wish you had a sense of joy. Work is dreadful. Endless meetings and classes leave you feeling the numb. You feel too dried out to pray or read scripture. Church services have become chores rather than hope. A nagging sense of your old family "stuff" is weighing you down. Feeling good has become a wish rather than an experience. You're not alone. Life doesn't have to be this way.
I have 15 years of corporate experience, so a special area of interest is career-transition work, including supporting you as you find your calling and dealing with work-related stress, anxiety and depression.
You should feel seen, heard and understood. You should never feel judged, and you should always feel welcome. If you choose to spend your time with me, that is what you can expect in therapy. Therapy is at your pace, and it starts with us building a relationship. I listen to your story, get to know you and your goals and learn how to best support you. Together, we look at who you are, what you believe and how you cope with challenges to determine a treatment plan that is right for you.
I have 15 years of corporate experience, so a special area of interest is career-transition work, including supporting you as you find your calling and dealing with work-related stress, anxiety and depression.
You should feel seen, heard and understood. You should never feel judged, and you should always feel welcome. If you choose to spend your time with me, that is what you can expect in therapy. Therapy is at your pace, and it starts with us building a relationship. I listen to your story, get to know you and your goals and learn how to best support you. Together, we look at who you are, what you believe and how you cope with challenges to determine a treatment plan that is right for you.
I am knowledgeable and experienced in the modern world of work and can help you navigate practical career challenges such as excessive stress, dread, failure, interpersonal conflicts, or lack of purpose, satisfaction, and meaning.
My practice is rooted in the idea that symptoms such as anxiety, disruption, or discontent can guide us in life if we step beyond formulas and certainties, toward a more curious and imaginative mode of being. By artfully seeking to understand emotional suffering, and through deepening relational connection, we can arrive at relief and healing. Uncovering and accommodating what has been previously outside of awareness releases meaning and allows for greater freedom of thought, self-expression, and wholeness.
I am knowledgeable and experienced in the modern world of work and can help you navigate practical career challenges such as excessive stress, dread, failure, interpersonal conflicts, or lack of purpose, satisfaction, and meaning.
My practice is rooted in the idea that symptoms such as anxiety, disruption, or discontent can guide us in life if we step beyond formulas and certainties, toward a more curious and imaginative mode of being. By artfully seeking to understand emotional suffering, and through deepening relational connection, we can arrive at relief and healing. Uncovering and accommodating what has been previously outside of awareness releases meaning and allows for greater freedom of thought, self-expression, and wholeness.
Now accepting insurance. You may be sensing what feels like instability; you might feel more anxious, restless, or checked‑out than you used to, even if your life looks “fine” on paper, like your current way of working, relating, or coping isn’t sustainable. It could be you’re craving a more congruent way to live amidst burnout that doesn’t require burning everything down. There is a way forward.
Now accepting insurance. You may be sensing what feels like instability; you might feel more anxious, restless, or checked‑out than you used to, even if your life looks “fine” on paper, like your current way of working, relating, or coping isn’t sustainable. It could be you’re craving a more congruent way to live amidst burnout that doesn’t require burning everything down. There is a way forward.
Through open-minded and non-judgmental collaboration, I work with many individuals dealing with depression, anxiety, interpersonal, family dynamic issues, career concerns, trauma, parenting, and body image issues.
I specialize in counseling clients with depression, anxiety, cultural adaptation issues, and trauma. In collaboration, client appreciated for my supportive and thought-provoking style. I counsel in fluent English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, and some Japanese. I currently only provide tele-health counseling.
Through open-minded and non-judgmental collaboration, I work with many individuals dealing with depression, anxiety, interpersonal, family dynamic issues, career concerns, trauma, parenting, and body image issues.
I specialize in counseling clients with depression, anxiety, cultural adaptation issues, and trauma. In collaboration, client appreciated for my supportive and thought-provoking style. I counsel in fluent English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, and some Japanese. I currently only provide tele-health counseling.
Andrew
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, LPCC, LMHC
8 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
I specialize in working with LGBTQ+ concerns, career exploration, career development concerns, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, perfectionism, social skills, procrastination/motivation and ADHD.
Are you unhappy about where you are in life and fear others won't accept you for who you are? Do you feel as though you have to hide facets of yourself? Do you feel stuck and want to change? If so, you may find it helpful to connect with someone who has been through these feelings and understands the challenge in managing feelings of anxiety, stress, isolation, insecurity, and even depression. I understand the struggles with exploring one's identity and finding the confidence to love and value your unique self.
I specialize in working with LGBTQ+ concerns, career exploration, career development concerns, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, perfectionism, social skills, procrastination/motivation and ADHD.
Are you unhappy about where you are in life and fear others won't accept you for who you are? Do you feel as though you have to hide facets of yourself? Do you feel stuck and want to change? If so, you may find it helpful to connect with someone who has been through these feelings and understands the challenge in managing feelings of anxiety, stress, isolation, insecurity, and even depression. I understand the struggles with exploring one's identity and finding the confidence to love and value your unique self.
I have worked in range of areas including the following: I have worked at non-profits helping disenfranchised youth gain employment skills through urban farming, and I have worked at the Seattle’s community colleges eradicating barriers to assist adults to obtain an education and career.
I have worked with Hospice and Home Health where I provided talk therapy to grieving patients and their families through end of life and connected patients to community resources in Central Washington. I have recently worked as a medical social worker working with patients who struggle with mental health issues, homelessness, and older adult problems.
I have worked in range of areas including the following: I have worked at non-profits helping disenfranchised youth gain employment skills through urban farming, and I have worked at the Seattle’s community colleges eradicating barriers to assist adults to obtain an education and career.
I have worked with Hospice and Home Health where I provided talk therapy to grieving patients and their families through end of life and connected patients to community resources in Central Washington. I have recently worked as a medical social worker working with patients who struggle with mental health issues, homelessness, and older adult problems.
Dealing with anxiety -life transitions - career concerns - loss and grief - parenting or just feeling like something is not working?
I use a holistic approach. I'm a process therapist. I teach you the skills and techniques so that you can get the results you are looking for. I provide concrete recommendations and interventions to help you pivot in the direction you want your life to go.
Dealing with anxiety -life transitions - career concerns - loss and grief - parenting or just feeling like something is not working?
I use a holistic approach. I'm a process therapist. I teach you the skills and techniques so that you can get the results you are looking for. I provide concrete recommendations and interventions to help you pivot in the direction you want your life to go.
I believe therapy can be a meaningful space for healing, reflection, and growth. My goal is to create a warm, supportive, and collaborative environment where you feel safe, seen, and heard as you explore your thoughts, emotions, and life experiences. I enjoy working with individuals navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, identity exploration, body image concerns, disordered eating, and life transitions. I work with children, adolescents, young adults, and adults, meeting each person with compassion and curiosity.
I believe therapy can be a meaningful space for healing, reflection, and growth. My goal is to create a warm, supportive, and collaborative environment where you feel safe, seen, and heard as you explore your thoughts, emotions, and life experiences. I enjoy working with individuals navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, identity exploration, body image concerns, disordered eating, and life transitions. I work with children, adolescents, young adults, and adults, meeting each person with compassion and curiosity.
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes not from failure, but from success. You've met every marker—and still sense that something essential is missing, or no longer fits who you're becoming. If you're facing a life transition, midlife or identity questions, anxiety, or a burnout that rest doesn't touch, this restlessness is not a flaw. Often it is intelligence—a signal that a deeper realignment is underway. I work with accomplished, successful-and-searching professionals at precisely these turning points.
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes not from failure, but from success. You've met every marker—and still sense that something essential is missing, or no longer fits who you're becoming. If you're facing a life transition, midlife or identity questions, anxiety, or a burnout that rest doesn't touch, this restlessness is not a flaw. Often it is intelligence—a signal that a deeper realignment is underway. I work with accomplished, successful-and-searching professionals at precisely these turning points.
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Career Counseling Therapists
How do I know if I need career counseling?
Determining whether a career counselor is needed involves assessing one's current career and identifying what changes can be made to improve one's overall quality of life. In particular, feelings of loss of motivation, fatigue, anxiety, depression, procrastination, or ongoing levels of high stress can all be indicative of a need for career-related counseling. In addition, individuals changing jobs may want the decision-making support or self-reflection opportunities provided by a career counselor.
Who can benefit from career counseling?
Anyone can benefit from the self-reflection, skill development, and stress management techniques that career counseling can provide. However, individuals who are feeling overwhelmed or burnt out with their current job and individuals considering a major career change may particularly benefit from career counseling to improve their wellbeing. Additionally, individuals who are facing issues in their current job, such as coworker relationship challenges or not meeting performance goals, may benefit from the perspective that a career counselor can provide. College-age or young professionals may also uniquely benefit from career counseling as they make key decisions surrounding education and job training that will impact their career trajectory.
How long does career counseling typically last?
The length of career counseling can vary greatly depending on the needs of the individual and what type of support they are seeking. Career coaching or advising services—which serve clients in a specific, goal-oriented capacity—often last for a shorter duration and are sometimes only a single session or a few sessions in length. In contrast, career counseling as part of a more integrative therapeutic relationship with a counselor may last longer, particularly if the issues faced by the client are longstanding and/or more complex in nature; in such cases, individuals may expect therapy to last multiple months or longer.
How to prepare for career counseling?
Clients can prepare for career counseling sessions by outlining the specific topics they would like to address with the counselor, such as current job challenges or hopes for the future of their career. Compiling one's thoughts on such topics often requires reflection on one's career and future goals, which in itself can be beneficial for session preparation. Clients may also want to put together a list of questions they would like to ask the counselor, particularly if the career counselor they are seeing has particular expertise in a given career area. Conducting research into potential future jobs, training opportunities, or support resources in one's area may also help clients prepare for career counseling by providing them with a background of what resources are available in their area.