As a young man who has just graduated college or is established early in his career, you're still struggling to navigate adulthood and the business world. The job market is uncertain and your ideal career may not align with what careers your parents wanted for you. You're wanting to be successful in your own right and form a path that works for you.

Identify and Define Your Professional Goals

Therapy for College Students allows them to identify and define their professional goals. You will have an opportunity to work with a professional therapist who has broad experience in the business world and therapeutic skills. This way you can gain an edge in understanding your strengths and weaknesses and how to set yourself up for success. In this blog, we will discuss the role of individual therapy in supporting young men’s career development.

Help You Negotiate the Best For Yourself

Coming out of college or starting a career, you want to be successful. You know you have the skills, the knowledge, and the ambition to do great things. However, you often feel like you're an imposter just playing the role of a professional. You find yourself in rooms with older, more established people leading you to feel intimidated or out of place.

Identify Causes of Negative Feelings with Counseling for College Students

Individual therapy can help you to combat and navigate these feelings and learn how to negotiate for the best for yourself. By working with a therapist that has experience in the business world, you can work together to identify and define your professional goals, growth opportunities, and development needs. You can work to identify what is causing your imposter syndrome and work through it so that you are comfortable in your own skin, and can confidently go into negotiations.

Free Yourself From Your Parents’ Career Stories

As a child, you have grown up wanting to be as successful as your parents. They have told you stories about their successes and failures, and it can be hard to separate your career aspirations from their own. Sometimes, they can even intensify this by wanting the same aspirations for you and pushing you in the same direction.

Base Your Goals on Your Own Strengths

Individual therapy for College Students can help to free yourself from your parents' career stories. This can allow you to forge your own path that diverges from theirs. You don't want to be falsely influenced by them or by their story. Your professional development goals should be based on your own strengths, weaknesses, and passions. By forging your own identity and goals, you won't be as easily influenced by their aspirations for you.

Overcome Mental Health Symptoms That Can Be Exacerbated by Uncertainty

At times of uncertainty, this can cause mental health symptoms to arise such as anxiety, depression, or worsening symptoms of ADHD. This can make it difficult to stay focused on your professional goals or even find the motivation to reach them. Having the support of a therapist to help you navigate these symptoms and your career can be so beneficial.

Develop Coping Mechanisms and Techniques in Therapy for College Students

As a therapist, I can help you to learn coping mechanisms and techniques so that they do not unduly influence the start of your career. I'm also here to provide emotional support as these symptoms can bring about overwhelm, guilt, and shame. I'm here to help you recognize the signs of these symptoms and learn how to manage them in a healthy way. I've had clients come to therapy saying they have anxiety, ADHD, or depression and some come in saying that they are developing symptoms of them and need help coping. Both ways provide an opportunity to learn, grow and move forward with confidence.

You're Not Alone in This Business Venture

You're a young man who needs guidance in figuring out your path and you don't have to do this alone. These uncertainties, mental health symptoms, or even feeling like an imposter can be blossoming due to the uncertainty and pressure. Finishing college and starting a new career can be overwhelming. There's no shame to seek help and guidance.

Work Together with a Male Therapist Who Understands The Challenges You Face

As your therapist at Mental Wealth Counseling, I understand both the business world and, now, the mental health world. Working with a therapist who has experience in both gives you an opportunity to help set yourself up for success in your career growth and your mental wellness.  We can work together to identify and define your professional goals, growth opportunities, and development needs. Together we can work on increasing your confidence so that you no longer have to feel like an imposter and can negotiate for yourself when it comes to what you want professionally. You don't need to do this alone. I'm here to help and support you.

Figure Out Your Professional Goals in Therapy for College Students in Kansas City, MO

As young men and college students start new careers and just graduate college along with all the uncertainties that come with it. It can give rise to imposter syndrome, mental health symptoms, and the need for guidance in figuring out their path. Through therapy at Mental Wealth Counseling, you can map out your professional goals and identify the tools you need to achieve them. If you are ready to begin therapy:

• Schedule Your Free Phone Consultation

• Learn More About Me and My Services

• Begin Achieving Your Professional Goals Today!

Other Therapy Services Offered at Mental Wealth Counseling

I know you may be struggling with more than your career growth and professional development. This is why at Mental Wealth Counseling, I offer a variety of services besides Therapy for College Students. The services I offer are: Therapy for Men, and Financial Therapy, Couples and Family Financial Therapy. Your mental health is your mental wealth. Let’s get you the support, guidance, and resources you need to help establish your professional goals and build a life of mental wellness.

About the Author

Gary Wolf, PLPC and LPC at Mental Wealth Counseling brings a unique perspective to his practice with over 25 years of experience in wealth and investment management, serving a diverse range of individuals, charitable organizations, and family enterprises, including his own. Through his own personal experiences, Gary understands the emotional struggles, pain, and relationship conflicts that can arise from issues related to money, men's concerns, and family dynamics. Driven by a deep sense of empathy and compassion, Gary pursued a career in Clinical Mental Health Counseling to help others navigate these challenges. He now works regularly with clients, equipping them with the knowledge, self-awareness, and coping skills necessary to manage hardships and empower change within their relationships and lives. Gary finds profound meaning in this work, as he helps clients on their journey to mental wealth, balancing his time between private practice and community mental health.