College graduation and mental health: Career Counseling Connecticut can help.

The transition into the “real world” is challenging.  Indeed, it’s an underrated challenge.   The challenge is both practical and psychological. Career Counseling Connecticut has served our career seeking clients in the very practical endeavor of finding careers/jobs that make our clients happy and successful. Given my deep immersion in psychology/philosophy, it’s not surprising that some part of my practice has also been led to clients noting unexpected benefits: “I’ve been in my head so long. It was wonderful open up.” So said a UCONN grad from 2020.  He had graduated during the pandemic.  That gave him an excuse for why he didn’t have a job.  He feels he no longer has that excuse and has been torturing himself about his failures. Many spouses who encouraged their partners to get career counseling help have written me to say that their husband/wife has been so much happier since our meetings. Many parents who encouraged (and often funded) their drifting twenty something children to get career counseling help have expressed profound gratitude regarding their child’s mental health upswing after our meetings. This has been the case pre-pandemic.  Now it has become a critical part of our mission. Psychological counseling matters but, for many, finding a job that provides happiness and satisfaction will bolster both the practical and psychological life of your child.   That’s where we can help.