Purpose, Clarity, Direction

Career & Academic Counselling

Compassionate in-person and online career counselling and academic guidance. We help you find a path that aligns with your skills, values, and goals.
Group of adults reviewing a plan during a career and academic counseling session.
Aligning Your Aspirations with Your Values

Navigating Your Goals with Purpose

At Catalyst Mind Center, we understand that pursuing career and academic goals—whether transitioning jobs, choosing a study path, or advancing professionally—can significantly influence your well-being. Our experienced psychotherapists provide tailored counselling and therapy to help you navigate change with confidence. With a guiding approach, we focus on strengthening your resilience, empowering you to align your aspirations with your values, skills, and well-being for sustained motivation and fulfillment.

There’s no standardized route to achieving success. Our expert therapists employ evidence-based methods to support self-assessment, option exploration, and action planning. We customize our therapy to tackle barriers like indecision, burnout, or self-doubt, providing strategies to manage stress, enhance decision-making, and build lasting resilience. Our therapy for anxiety and depression often complements career planning by addressing emotional hurdles, ensuring a holistic path forward.

Common Career and Academic Challenges We Address

Our counselling services are designed to assist you in overcoming career and academic obstacles with insight, encouragement, and support, including:
Uncertainty during job transitions
Confusion over academic or career paths
Struggling with work-life balance
Feelings of inadequacy or skill gaps
Burnout and loss of motivation
Navigating self-doubt or procrastination
Our Holistic Approach to Guidance

Personalized Approaches in
West Vancouver

We believe that the most successful career and academic journeys are those that support your overall well-being. Our therapists provide personalized guidance tailored to your unique needs, helping you make informed decisions and build the confidence to pursue your goals.

Vocational Assessment Therapy

Involves interest inventories and skills evaluations to align career choices with personal strengths.

Goal-Setting Frameworks (SMART Goals)

Structures actionable plans for academic or career milestones to build momentum and confidence.

Career Narrative Counselling

Encourages storytelling to uncover patterns and aspirations, offering support for redefining paths.

Stress Management Integration

Combines relaxation techniques with career planning to address anxiety from deadlines or failures.

Strengths-Based Therapy

Focuses on leveraging innate talents to foster resilience for academic success.

Motivational Interviewing

Explores ambivalence about changes using empathetic dialogue to ignite intrinsic motivation.

In-person & Online Counselling for Adults

Our dedicated psychotherapists and holistic practitioners are passionate about supporting individuals in attaining a more balanced and fulfilling life. Our therapists can provide service in-person or online and offer individual or couples, groups and workshops.

MA, CCC

She is a Canadian Certified Counsellor, bringing professional expertise and compassionate presence to her work. She’s particularly passionate about helping clients regain a sense of resilience and agency.

MA

She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with over 8 years of experience providing Clinical counselling therapy and working an educational setting as a university, professor and school counsellor.

PhD, CCC, CCC-S

She is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and Supervisor with over 28 years of experience supporting clients of all ages. She offers a compassionate space to heal, gain insight, and move forward with purpose.

MCP-AT, RCC, CCC

She is a clinical counsellor and art therapist with 22 years of experience, supporting healing through art. She uses creativity and mindfulness to guide self-discovery, resilience, and peace.  
Cancellation Policy
We kindly request that you notify us at least 48 hours in advance if you are unable to attend your scheduled therapy appointment. Failure to do so will result in a charge for the full session’s cost. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in respecting our cancellation policy, which helps us to provide the best possible care to all of our clients.

Why Choose
Catalyst Mind Center

Because growth begins with the courage to challenge your mindset—and we're here to support every step, in person or virtually.

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