If you are looking for guidance and an outside perspective on career decisions, relationships, or long-term goals in your life, you have come to the right place! My services help in many situations, including:

• Young adults: Knowing your interests, values, and personality so that you can make the best decisions about starting a career, choosing a college major, and more.

• Midlife and beyond: Re-examining choices, recognizing strengths, finding opportunities for growth and fulfillment.

• Later life: This phase offers tremendous opportunity to live out your values and interests. What would you like to do next?

• For everyone: Ensuring that you’re living your best life (not somebody else’s).

During our first meeting, we will take a look at your present situation compared to where you want to be. Next, you’ll choose one of the following pathways:

Focused: If choosing a career goal or college major is your primary focus, I’ll lead you through a series of steps, including completing interest and personality inventories. Next, I’ll take what we learn about you and together we’ll match it to the world of work, including labor market projections and anticipated impact of technological advances. Along with traditional assessments and focused questions, I use specific methods such as “80,000 hours” to guide you in the process of self-knowledge and planning.

Exploratory: For those at mid-career and beyond, an assessment of your skills and strengths gained to date will be especially important. It’s not too late to make a change, using your current assets as a springboard. We will also talk about work-life balance, relationships, and interests outside of work.

Typically, we’ll meet in person every week or two for as long as needed, depending on your individual goals. Meetings will take place in a public location in the Tacoma/Lakewood/Puyallup area that allows for private conversation. My rate is $120 per hour with a 50% discount for the initial meeting.

• Career counselors and advisors have a broader scope of practice than life coaches. Advisors and counselors also typically have a higher level of education (see Cherry, 2024). I encourage you to evaluate and find the type of service that is right for you.

• Therapists, such as mental health counselors and clinical psychologists, work with a range of clients, including those with significant psychological challenges and/or past trauma. If, during the course of our work together, it appears that you would benefit from such services, I will assist you with a referral.