The process of choosing a career can be marred with confusion and indecision. Edith offers counselling services to alleviate these issues, helping clients to make informed career choices and changes.
DurationEdith Buchanan offers career assessment and counselling services for young and mature adults within Port Elizabeth. These services are designed to address a number of concerns clients may have in relation to their career and workplace.
Career Assessment and Counselling
Most adults decide on a career at some point in their lives – many of whom will go down the path of one particular career only to change direction out of personal preference or unfortunate circumstance such as retrenchment.
The process of choosing a career can be marred with confusion and indecision. Edith offers counselling services to alleviate these issues, helping clients to make informed career choices and changes.
Career counselling services are suitable for adults who are:
Unsure of what do or what course of study to take
About to complete their studies and are seeking an appropriate career direction
Currently working, but not certain that their present career/job is right for them and are having to consider other alternatives
Recently retrenched and looking for an alternative career field
The Package Includes The Following:
Initial interview
Assessment of aptitudes, interests, values and personality attributes
It may include narrative assessment techniques
Career information
Career counselling with the individual
Additional follow-up, if needed
Career Management And Coaching
Edith also offers individual sessions ideal for working professionals, whether they desire to enhance their performance or address current issues within their workplace. Because the majority of an adult’s waking hours are spent at work, it’s essential that they can not only find fulfilment but also thrive within their particular field.
Edith’s career coaching sessions will cover a variety of topics, including:
Motivation
Goal-setting
Increasing career focus
Dealing with issues in the workplace such as conflict management
Adjusting to changes such as a promotion
Building up a portfolio of marketable skills
Edith Buchanan is a Counselling Psychologist specialising in individual, couple and career counselling in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth).
She holds a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology from UPE (now NMU); an Honours Degree from Rhodes University; and a Secondary Teacher’s Diploma from UCT. Edith is also registered as a Counselling Psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and her experience has developed over many decades.
She has experience working at the Department of Labour and has completed contract work in commerce and industry. She also has 15 years of experience working in the Student Counselling Department at the PE Technikon and NMU.
Today, Edith operates a private practice from her home-based office in the suburb of Walmer, Port Elizabeth. Her counselling services are aimed at helping clients successfully navigate a variety of personal issues, relationship problems and significant life changes.
By employing the appropriate treatment approach for each client, Edith helps individuals develop coping skills for personal issues such as anxiety, depression, HIV/AIDS, stress, trauma and grief over the loss of a loved one. Her counselling services are also available for couples who are in a relationship, married or going through a divorce.
For adolescents in Grades 9, 11 and 12, Edith can provide subject choice and career guidance through counselling, interviews and aptitude assessments. She also helps adults deal with the pressures of work and adjust to career changes such as retirement, retrenchment and unemployment.
Edith’s one-hour counselling sessions are available six days a week and appointments can conveniently be scheduled via email, telephone, SMS or WhatsApp message.
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