• Career choices
• Career changes
• Reentry into the labor market
• Downsizing consultations
• Vocational assessments

Career choice is a process, not a single event. Individuals entering the job market or changing jobs can benefit from services that help them explore the following questions:

• “Who am I?” (What are my interests, skills, and values?)
• “Where am I going?” (Career exploration: finding a satisfying career)
• “How do I get there?” (Career planning)

Individuals who can benefit from career counseling might include high school, college, or professional school graduates, midlife career changes, or those facing unexpected personal circumstances or the revision of personal goals. Those contemplating second careers as a result of downsizing, retirement, or the need for additional training can also be helped.

The career counseling process guides you, the client, through self-exploration and discovery; exploration of the world of work and career clusters; an understanding of the economic constraints and current employment trends; and in-depth investigations of related and nonrelated careers. The process continues with identification and assessment of skills, attitudes, aptitudes, and continuing education (formal courses, apprenticeships, internships, etc.), which the client may need to develop and/or change to make personal choices and decisions that are more viable. The intervening process, of course, is the development of carefully constructed strategic plans to achieve established life and career goals.

For clients holding or seeking higher-level administrative/management positions, in-depth analysis of personal and personnel management strategies is vital to the career counseling process. Assessment of personal and personnel strategies with an eye toward implementation of the most effective strategies will occur. Helping the client become more effective in present or future positions is the counseling objective.

Miriam K. Deitsch, Ph.D., Counseling and Consulting Associates, will also help clients create detailed proposals for their ideal future position. Enter a detailed description of your product or service. You can add as much text as you like, and even add images to illustrate your offering. Tell your visitors why they should buy from you! Add a new section for each product or service.

• Interview practice
• Résumé preparation
• Networking

A critical stage in the process of career counseling is the identification and refinement of job search skills. The more refined the client's skills, the more successful the job search. Enhanced job search skills will give the client an advantage when conducting the job search and applying for jobs.

The services include identifying the job or field, developing an effective networking plan, preparing an outstanding résumé, developing effective interviewing skills, writing a job proposal to create “the client's ideal job,” and following up after the interview.

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Educational Counseling 

• College, graduate, professional school searches
• Educational application preparation
• Coaching for undergraduate, graduate, and professional school interviews
• Professional consultation
• Personal statements

Miriam K. Deitsch, Ph.D., Counseling and Consulting Associates, is committed to helping each client arrive at the best possible match. Our motto—the right connection—is clearly illuminated by extensive searches for college, graduate, and professional schools in the area of educational counseling.

Finding the right school to attend can be difficult and confusing. Educational counseling helps you identify those characteristics that you want in a college or university, such as size, location, and whether it's urban or rural. We can research existing and appropriate schools, identify your personal characteristics, and articulate and prioritize your values. We strive to understand your personal qualifications and how they match the culture and environment of the college, university, or graduate school that you are considering.

Once you have chosen an educational institution, the counseling process continues. We help you to complete the application and prepare a strong personal statement that highlights your achievements. Interview coaching is also available. An integral part of the service is helping you prepare for and adjust to the new environment.

• Career trauma resolution
• Solutions for workplace stress
• Improve self-image and confidence
• Achievement issues in the family

Individuals face many issues as they engage in career and educational development. Issues and concerns that prevent our clients from being as effective as they can be in their lives are addressed by Miriam K. Deitsch, Ph.D., Counseling and Consulting Associates. Finding solutions for issues resulting from downsizing, occupational dislocation, career-related trauma, or stress in the workplace could be achieved through the counseling process. We are successful in helping people improve their self-image and develop more confidence, so they can become more effective in their daily lives.

Personal counseling is also available for personnel issues and concerns which negatively impact “effective living” and effective career performance.

“Helping People Move On with Their Lives” is our overriding objective. Counseling is available for all personal and personnel issues and concerns that may interfere with achieving personal and professional goals.