Profession and Career, How Can a Psychologist Help?
Despite the fact that these two seemingly identical words are often used interchangeably, these concepts are different. A profession is a specific type of activity that accompanies a person throughout a certain stage of life. A profession requires certain skills and knowledge, and obtaining a specialized education. That is, to acquire a profession, you need to study and have a special document. All these nuances reflect on a career. A career will entirely depend on professional skills.
A career implies having a business, job positions, or work that a person performs over a certain stretch of life. A career is a certain social status, a desire to move forward, to improve, develop, and achieve success. You follow a career throughout life. A career can be vertical (from the lowest level to the highest) and horizontal (expanded opportunities and responsibilities within a single department).
How to Build a Career
In order to become successful, it is necessary to choose a direction in which one would like to develop. Next, you need to set a specific goal and perform the following actions:
1. Create an action plan.
2. Conduct an analysis to identify your weaknesses and strengths.
3. Determine risk factors, detailing them in a table.
4. Act according to the plan, developing useful habits.
5. Decide on a date by which the set task should be completed.
6. Monitor your actions.
7. Outline the sequence of advancement toward your goal.
8. Start acting.
9. Achieve the set task.
How to order a free consultation with a psychologist
You can discuss any questions in this area with specialists who are ready to help you understand unclear things and arising problems. You can ask them questions and conduct interviews.
It is very important to pay attention to your surroundings. There should be professionals nearby who will motivate you to achieve your set goals. If you cannot independently create a plan, you can consult on this issue with a psychologist. They can work through weak points and provide specific recommendations.
A girl came to us who is unable to find her calling. Since childhood, she always obeyed her parents' will and did what they told her. Her mother always decided what was best for her, and her father always agreed. But the main problem for this girl is that she doesn't even know who she would like to become or what she wants to do. Even if she likes some activity, she is not confident that she will succeed well enough for her to feel that it is truly her calling.
The girl writes that in childhood she didn't attend clubs, like other children, she was always alone, starting from school. Her best friend was always the computer. She has been looking for that job that she could call her favorite for a year now. However, she is afraid to take on something new, fearing that it might not be hers at all.
She likes doing video editing to make people happy. She loves studying psychology and believes that she is great at understanding people. She believes her analysis of them is infallible. The girl plans to dedicate herself to the IT field, but she is stopped by the fear that it might not be what she wants. She is confused and asks for help. We recommended that she answer this question herself: «What would I like to do that would bring me pleasure and satisfaction?».
In childhood, her mother made decisions for her, and the girl relied on her opinion, so now it is difficult for her to take responsibility for her own life. First and foremost, she needs to understand that finding a calling is not the ultimate goal. It's just part of the path that needs to be moved forward to achieve success. If she wants to achieve something in life and find her calling, she must answer a number of questions.
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Elina also wrote to us, who believes something is wrong in her life. The girl works at the call center of an online store, but she never liked this job. However, she doesn't know where and what she would like to work as. Her personal life is also not going well. She cannot build healthy relationships. Elina feels lonely, she is often visited by the thought that she is not needed by anyone. But most of all, she is worried that due to these thoughts, she is gaining weight, eating away her problem. And then she starts worrying about her physical health. Elina writes that she is tired of all this and asks for help.
Our specialists identified her issue as escaping the problem by eating it away and the girl's anxiety on this matter as a disruption of contact with herself. This ability we acquire from our parents when we are born. Elina was given recommendations. You can read more about this here: https://ipsycholog.net/questions_answers/question/350-vse-ne-tak-nich
Vladislav came to us with a problem that arose within his team. The man works as a top manager, and at his 43 years, he has already achieved a lot. Problems began with the arrival of a new employee who undermines his authority, questioning his professional skills. This newcomer angers him to such an extent that it affects his work and Vladislav's condition. He even got drunk one evening and caught himself wanting to drink more to relieve the stress.
The man writes that he has put in a lot of effort, hasn't slept at nights, worked non-stop, and now considers it all in vain because everything he created is being destroyed by a guy who doesn't respect others' work or opinions, who doesn't like anything. Vladislav feels very depressed and asks for help.
Our specialists identified one peculiarity – Vladislav identifies himself as a professional. His ambitious goal or even a youthful dream has been achieved. It begs the question: «How are things in other areas of his life?»
Strangely enough, but for a successful career, we need balance in other areas of life. Without this, various work moments are perceived very painfully.
We recommended Vladislav remember which past situation resembles the current one. Surely, there was someone who similarly devalued him, and his abilities were not recognized, or someone irritated him to the same degree as the new employee at this moment, causing a sense of emptiness. Vladislav was offered an intriguing and intense self-work.
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