Navigating Career Transitions, Burnout & Workplace Masking in Vancouver
In a high-demand, fast-paced city like Vancouver, it’s easy for your career to become inextricably linked to your self-worth. Whether you’re working in tech, creative industries, healthcare, or corporate sectors, the pressure to perform while hiding your authentic identity or suppressing executive function challenges can lead to chronic burnout.
If you are waking up dreading the workday, feeling unaligned with your company’s values, or constantly performing an exhausting "workplace persona," career counselling offers a dedicated, confidential space to re-evaluate what you truly want out of your professional life.
As a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) in Vancouver, I help professionals, LGBTQ+ community members, and neurodivergent adults move past workplace anxiety, set healthy boundaries, and build meaningful careers without sacrificing their mental health.
Who Career Counselling Is For
My career counselling practice goes beyond simple resume editing or standardized personality quizzes. We look at the intersection of your personal values, identity, mental health, and professional ambition.
Common Challenges We Address:
Professional Burnout & Exhaustion: Overcoming chronic stress, over-committing, and boundary collapse in high-pressure workplaces.
Workplace Masking & Imposter Syndrome: Navigating the cognitive fatigue of hiding your LGBTQ+ identity or masking late-diagnosed ADHD/neurodivergence in corporate culture.
Career Transitions & Pivots: Gaining clarity when shifting industries, stepping into leadership roles, or aligning your work with personal ethics.
Executive Dysfunction at Work: Developing practical systems to manage time blindness, task paralysis, prioritization, and meeting fatigue.
Work-Life Integration: Uncoupling your self-worth from productivity and creating sustainable daily boundaries.
How I Approach Career Counselling
I integrate evidence-based therapeutic modalities tailored to your cognitive style and career goals:
Person Centred Counselling: Provides a non-judgmental space to explore what you genuinely value, rather than what society or family expects of you.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Helps you identify unhelpful thought patterns like imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and black-and-white thinking about career success.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT): Teaches psychological flexibility, helping you take bold, values-based career moves even when anxiety or self-doubt arises.
Neurodiversity-Affirming Strategies: Builds executive function systems tailored to your unique brain structure rather than forcing neurotypical productivity hacks.
What to Expect in Our Sessions
Comprehensive Exploration: We analyze your career history, current workplace stressors, financial needs, and core values.
Identifying Blocks: We pinpoint the root causes of workplace anxiety—whether it’s toxic culture, lack of accommodations, unaddressed ADHD, or imposter syndrome.
Actionable Strategy: Together, we develop concrete boundaries, communication strategies for difficult supervisors, and a realistic transition roadmap if you choose to pivot.
Sustained Success: We establish sustainable work-life habits so your career supports your overall well-being.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is career counselling covered by insurance in BC?
Yes! As a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#16005), my services are covered under most extended health care benefits in British Columbia. Following each session, you’ll receive an itemized receipt with my RCC registration number to submit to your insurer.
What is the difference between a career coach and a clinical career counsellor?
A career coach typically focuses strictly on strategy, networking, and resume optimization. As a Clinical Counsellor, I address the deeper psychological factors—such as trauma, ADHD executive dysfunction, anxiety, boundary setting, and identity—that directly impact your ability to thrive at work.
Do you offer online career counselling across BC?
Yes. I offer secure, encrypted online video sessions through Zoom for clients across Vancouver and throughout British Columbia.
Ready to Redefine Your Professional Journey?
You don't have to navigate workplace burnout or career transitions alone. Take the first step toward a fulfilling, authentic career.
Session Fee: $170 per 50-minute individual session
Format: In-person (Vancouver), or Online Video Counselling across BC
