When Can Career Counselling Help?

You don’t have to be at a crossroads to benefit from career support. People come to career counselling and coaching for all kinds of reasons, including:

• Feeling unmotivated or disconnected from your current role
• Managing stress, burnout, or workplace anxiety
• Navigating a toxic work culture or bullying
• Building confidence, assertiveness, or communication skills
• Transitioning into a new field or stage of life
• Clarifying your goals and identifying next steps

Sometimes, personal issues like anxiety, low self-esteem, or depression can make work life feel overwhelming. A career coach or therapist can help untangle those threads so you feel more in control and supported.

What to Expect

Career counselling isn’t about handing you a to-do list or telling you what job you should take. It’s about collaboration. Your therapist or coach will help you reflect on your experiences, notice your patterns, and highlight strengths you may have overlooked.

Together, you’ll explore what really matters to you — whether that’s creativity, stability, autonomy, purpose, or something else entirely. From there, you can build a more meaningful path forward.

Some of the approaches that may be used alongside career coaching include:

• Life Coaching – supporting personal and professional growth
• Motivational Interviewing – helping you clarify and commit to goals
• Executive Function Coaching – building focus, organisation, and follow-through
• Coaching Therapy – blending therapeutic exploration with action-oriented guidance

Sessions can be one-off, short-term, or ongoing — whatever feels most useful for you.

Why Work with a Therapist?

Career counselling often overlaps with therapy, especially when work stress is tied to deeper emotional patterns. Talking to a therapist can help you recognise the internal barriers — like perfectionism, fear of failure, or people-pleasing — that may be keeping you stuck.

You’ll also have space to talk honestly about your hopes, doubts, and frustrations without judgment.

At Islington Therapy House, our therapists come from a range of backgrounds and specialisms, including those with experience in career support, workplace dynamics, and identity-related challenges. You can browse our therapist profiles to find someone who feels like the right fit:
👉 Meet our therapists

A Space to Think About What You Want

Whatever your background or industry, your working life is a big part of your day-to-day wellbeing. If something isn’t quite right — or if you simply want more clarity — you don’t have to figure it out alone.

Career counselling and coaching at Islington Therapy House is about you — your story, your values, your next steps.

If you’d like to explore this further, we’re here to support you. You can contact us directly or fill in the form below, and someone from our team will guide you through the process.