Career Counselling / Guidance
Unlock your full potential and reach new heights with our educational and career counselling services!
Our experienced counsellors will help you explore your interests, strengths, and values to make informed decisions about your education and career paths. Whether you’re unsure of your next steps, considering a career change, or looking to further your education, we’ve got you covered. With personalized guidance and support, you’ll be able to build a fulfilling future that aligns with your unique goals and aspirations. Don’t settle for anything less than your dream career, let us help you get there today!
Mode of Counselling: Both In-Person/Online Counselling
- We provide Guidance to choose the suitable subject/career based on the psychological factors such as Aptitude, Personality and Interest.
- We do NOT provide information on the courses/admission procedures/best institutions/future job opportunities/scope. For such a Guidance, please meet Educational Consultants.
Our Counselors
Sreeja Syamala
Counselling Psychologist
M.Sc. (Coun. Psy.), PG Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy from CCS Academy
Sowmya Murthy
Counsellor & Psychologist
M.Sc. (Psy.), PG Diploma in Coun. & Psych,. Cert. in Career Guidance Psychometry
Sangeetha Sundararajan
Counselor & Psychologist
M.A(HRM), M.Sc (Psychology), PG Diploma in Life Coaching & Counselling from CCS Academy
Karthik Lakshmanan
Counsellor & Psychologist
M.Sc. Psychology, PG Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy
Vidya. N
Counselling Psychologist
M.A Counselling Psychology, PG Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy
Deepa Ganesh
Counselling Psychologist
M.A Counselling Psychology, PG Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy
Steps to get Career/Course Selection Guidance/Counselling
- Please press “Book a Slot & Pay” button, choose the mode of counselling whether online or in-person and then choose any counselor option or choose a counselor from the list of the available counselors. Then It will show the available slots. Kindly choose the slot available on the next day or after 2 days and make the payment. If you take the immediate slot available on the same day, it will not be possible to take the test well before the session.
- Take the Contact Number of the counselor from the email confirmation received and send a whatsapp message to the counselor for the username and password to take the test. Your counselor will manually create a credentials for you and inform you via whatsapp once it is done.
- As soon as you receive the username and password through whatsapp text from the counselor, please allot 45 minutes and complete the test at a stretch. Do not take any break in between.
- Use PC/Laptop. Avoid using mobile for the test. Go to Chrome Browser. Login to https://test.counselingchennai.com and give the username and password. Open whatsapp web and copy paste the username and password. If you try to type, there is a possibility to make mistakes.
- Take the test after reading the instructions carefully and press Submit button. A report would be generated.
- Save the report using Print as PDF option and send the PDF to the counselor immediately via whatsapp text. The counselor will send separate instructions for the counseling session according to the mode of the session.
- Attend the counselling session at the slot you have already booked and get empowered to take a decision about your education and career path.
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Career Counselling
The task of determining one’s career goals and suggesting ways to achieve them could be tough. Career plays a compelling role in establishing/building your overall identity and sense of purpose. A career that aligns with who you are, would make your life outside of work energetic & enthusiastic. Career Counselling helps individuals understand current work trends, provides them with certain methods to assess themselves thoroughly and enables them to analyse the different options available as well as risks/benefits/outcomes associated with each option, thereby helping the individuals decide on the best possible choice about their career. Clearly, it leads to resolving any conflicts with your family over career choices.
The most important elements of Career Counselling include:
Qualified & Skilled Career Counsellor
A qualified and skilled Career Counsellor is a vital component of the career counselling process as he/she is critically essential for assessing your overall personality, your skills & interests, and for providing precise & accurate guidance. Besides holding a Post Graduate Degree in Psychology or its branches and possessing expertise in career guidance, a competent Career Counsellor should be an attentive listener/observer as well as an adept problem solver, with a thorough understanding of psychometric assessments to make the best-informed decision.
A Career Counsellor can assist you in resolving numerous issues, including e.g. lack of drive, anxieties associated with institute/workplace activities, etc. among others, by suggesting you the best methods to streamline your work, effective planning, conflict/stress management, etc. Thus a Career Counsellor can provide you with practical solutions to boost your confidence, excel in your career and enhance your quality of life.
Psychometric Assessments
Psychometric Testing/Career Assessment helps evaluate a person’s aptitude, interests, and personality. Key information on an individual’s traits, work behaviour, intelligence, skills/abilities, strengths, interests & values, etc. could be gathered & utilised to determine career options suitable for an individual to excel, via the assessments.
Credence & Reliance
Career Counselling relies on a trusting relationship between the therapist and the client. In the case of students, both the student and parents should trust the counsellor while discussing sensitive emotional/developmental issues, though it might be challenging. Counsellors at CCS offer a highly confidential and supportive environment for you to explore your career options.
Career Counselling & Issues addressed
Career counselling can address a range of issues including but not limited to:
- Lack of motivation in the chosen career path
- Institute/workplace tension and/or conflicts
- Switching careers etc.
Career Counselling service offered by CCS
CCS is a counselling centre that can help students/individuals shape their career, from the very beginning of their student life, so that it aligns with their dreams and ambitions. Our experienced counsellors will alleviate your concerns by allowing your child to explore their talents, and live up to their potential, and by leading them towards the intended career path. Counselling can help students/individuals understand their true personality and overcome low self-esteem or feelings of inadequacy or any other day-to-day issues while igniting their intelligence and achievements by helping them in setting & achieving goals. Our qualified counsellors at Chennai Counseling Services make students/individuals identify and analyse their strengths & weaknesses and thus promote their confidence and growth, leading to their overall well-being.
Why and What of Career Guidance & Counselling in CCS
- Choosing the course/career is a very important thing in life. If a mistake happens in choosing the suitable course/career, the individual would feel stressed, anxious or depressed throughout the future. Family members would also feel anxious. If it is an individual studying in School/College, teachers would find it difficult to teach the respective subject to a non-suitable student. If the individual is employed, the employer/boss would find it difficult to get the work done.
- Generally career guidance happens through media hype, peer influence, market trend and child’s fancy because of which individual may be dissatisfied with the course/career path they choose.
- Scientifically career guidance has to happen by considering the internal factors – Personality, Career Interest and Aptitude and external factors such as Family values, Scores in the eligibility subjects and Career Information. The career guidance session will help the individual and the family to understand these factors and find the suitable career based on the student’s Personality, Career Interest and Aptitude.
- In the career guidance counseling, 3 psychometric tools will be administered. Multiple Intelligence is to find out the aptitude of the individual. Tools on Career Interest and Career Personality will also be administered. Scoring for all the checklists will be done. Clients will be given the suitable careers based on the scoring.
- At the end of counselling, both the client and his/her family members would feel empowered to take the suitable career path. Family members would become aware of their client’s personality, career interest and aptitude.
- Please note that we will NOT suggest the best educational institutions or best courses for you. We will help you find the suitable courses/career paths.
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Popular Questions
We have answers to common questions people ask
Counseling is NOT advice/suggestion but helping people to help themselves. It is not telling what is right or wrong. It is NOT giving opinions or 3rd Person’s Point of View. Counselling will help you to improve your emotional/mental health by working on your thoughts/beliefs, feelings, needs and behavior. On the contrary, advice and suggestions will make the people dependent on the person who is offering them. Counseling will make people self-dependent and empowers you to problem solve and make decisions on your own. Counselling will also help you to prevent problems and also develop yourself as a better person.
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- Choose the mode of counselling whether in-person or online.
- Choose the counselor or press any counselor
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Our counsellors want to understand the client’s emotions through the facial expressions, gestures and tone. So that we can help the client more effectively. In case of chat counselling, Phone/Audio Only counselling, these ques will be missing and the counselling will not be effective.
In the past some clients have booked appointment and never showed up for the session. So those slots went waste. Those slots could have been given to the people who required it. When we started collecting the full fee in advance and adopted no refund and no rescheduling policy, the no shows have become almost nil. We want people to commit to the appointment time taken.
Yes. If the client has any diagnosed psychological disorder and is under regular medication already, we will be able to treat.
It is based on various factors such as severity and onset of the issue, support system available, client’s motivation and engagement. When we assessed all of them and give an approximate number of sessions required in the past, some clients took it like we unnecessarily ask them to come for many sessions. So we stopped giving idea on the number of sessions required and we leave it to the discretion of the client. Client may choose to book appointment when he/she wants a session.
We never tell the clients to book many slots in advance. During the counseling sessions, we may discuss whether the next session is required or not and client can choose to book or leave it.
The clients will anyway pay for only one session every time. In the first session, you can evaluate whether counselling can help you and decide to book for further sessions or not. When you book for the next session, please make sure that you have an agenda for the session.
The client would bring the agenda for the session and counsellor will help to get a direction by working on your thoughts, emotions and behaviours. The agenda may be to resolve a problem or to prevent future problem(s) or to develop oneself.
If there is no diagnosis of any severe psychological disorder, counselling will surely help you. If you have been diagnosed to have disorders such as Schizophrenia/Bi-Polar Disorder/Personality Disorder by a clinical psychologist, Counselling will help with regular medication.
Counselor will first meet the client individually and spend more time. Family members/parent will be met later for a brief period of time. It will not be possible to update you about the things happened in the session owing to confidentiality. Our counsellor will try his best to empower your family member/child to communicate the things happened in the session to you directly.
Of course, well-wishers are very important people in our lives. Though talking to them may resolve some issues, there are many limitations. In the busy life of the present, friends and family have their own problems and may not be listening very carefully and unintentionally end up giving advices that may actually prove more harmful than helpful. They may not be able to look at you objectively. They can be biased unconsciously because they have preconceived notions about you. There is a possibility that they can influence you with their personal values and judgments. When issues are complex, they may become anxious and transfer their anxiety to you, whereas a professional assesses you based on scientific knowledge and thus the bias is very minimum and objectivity is very high. A professional will be able to help even if the issue is complex because he is well trained to understand people and possess the skills and qualities to help!
Counsellors help in learning new/different ways of thinking, feeling and behaving to resolve conflicts/problems/losses in everyday life.
Counseling is always voluntary. People should not be forced to go for counseling. Counsellors have respect for Privacy and Autonomy. Counselor will not give their personal opinions in right-wrong paradigm. He may guide the clients on the scientific facts. He will not influence the client by personal values and judgments. He maintains strict Confidentiality. He does not reveal the identities and things discussed in counseling to any other. The Counsellor has developmental and cultural sensitivity and act to avoid harming his clients. The relationship between Counselor and Client will be a professional relationship alone. He does not condone or engage in discrimination based on age, gender, culture, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, caste and religion. When he feels that he is not able to help the clients and lack in competence, he will refer the clients to competent professionals. Please see the Our Ethics Page for more details.
The individuals who accept that their own efforts have not helped and seek counseling voluntarily benefit the most! Please remember that counseling is NOT advice giving. Counseling help is not a “quick-fix” solution. It is an interpersonal process between the client and a trained mental health professional. Commitment on the part of the client and their families along with counseling professional bring greater results.
Both professionals often deal with similar mental health problems; however the focus of treatment tends to be different. Psychiatrists are medical doctors with M.D. in Psychiatry or Diploma in Psychological Medicine (DPM) and are recognized to prescribe medicines, specializing in the treatment of mental disorders.
A professional counselor is a psychologist who has the ability to define problems and identify the barriers that prevent them from thinking clearly. The counselor throws light on those barriers and works with the individual’s mental health by working on the thoughts, emotions and behaviours to develop proactive and objective solutions to problems. Psychiatrists and professional counselors may team up together in treatment process for better results for various psychological issues such as addictions, depression and anxiety that require medications.
In psychological counseling, it is generally considered better to meet the client first rather than informants. The primary reason for this is that the client is the direct recipient of the counseling and their perspective and experiences are crucial for understanding their mental health and well-being. By meeting the client first, the counselor can establish a therapeutic relationship with them, which is essential for effective counseling. This relationship helps build trust, empathy, and rapport between the client and the counselor, creating a safe space for open communication and exploration of their concerns.
While informants such as family members, friends, or teachers can provide valuable insights into the client’s life and behavior, their perspectives may be subjective or incomplete. Meeting the client directly allows the counselor to gather information firsthand and gain a comprehensive understanding of their unique circumstances. It also enables the counselor to assess the client’s mental health needs accurately and tailor the counseling approach accordingly.
Here are some of the potential concerns:
1. Lack of client perspective: Meeting the informant first may result in a limited understanding of the client’s experiences, emotions, and concerns. The counselor may form initial impressions or make assumptions based solely on the informant’s account, which can be subjective or incomplete.
2. Loss of client trust: If the client discovers that the counselor has met with an informant before meeting them, it may raise questions about confidentiality and trust. The client might feel that their privacy has been compromised or that their perspective has been misrepresented.
3. Inaccurate assessment: Without direct interaction with the client, the counselor may struggle to accurately assess their mental health needs, symptoms, or goals. The counselor’s understanding of the client’s situation may be based on second-hand information, potentially leading to misinterpretations or misdiagnoses.
4. Limited therapeutic relationship: Establishing a strong therapeutic relationship is crucial for effective counseling. By meeting the informant first, the counselor may miss an opportunity to build rapport, trust, and empathy directly with the client. This can hinder the therapeutic process and impact the overall effectiveness of counseling.
5. Ethical considerations: Meeting informants before clients raises ethical considerations related to confidentiality, informed consent, and professional boundaries. It is essential for counselors to prioritize the well-being and autonomy of their clients while adhering to ethical guidelines and legal requirements.
- Assessment Accuracy: A counselor needs a full session to thoroughly assess and understand a client’s concerns. A few minutes over the phone may not provide enough context or detail for an accurate assessment. Observing their personality, mood, body language, and other non-verbal cues are important aspects of understanding the client’s needs. This observation helps counselors determine the most effective therapeutic techniques to use. A short phone call lacks the depth and breadth of interaction required for these assessments, which can only be achieved during a dedicated counseling session.
- Incomplete Information: Clients may not be able to convey the full extent of their situation in a short phone call, which could lead to incomplete or misunderstood information.
- Possibility of Misjudgment: Brief phone interactions may not allow for a full understanding of the counselor’s approach and skills, and clients might form opinions based on incomplete information or a lack of context. It’s important for both counselors and clients to have sufficient time during sessions to communicate effectively and build a trusting relationship.
The best way to understand whether the counselor’s approach is suitable or not is to book a single session and decide whether it is working or not with the counselor.
- Step 1: Press Book a Slot & Pay Button
- Step 2: Choose the language – English, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Urdu and Marathi.
- Step 3: Choose the mode whether Online Video Counseling or Offline @ T Nagar Branch or Offline @ OMR Branch and then “Living in India” or “Living outside India”
- Step 4: Choose any counselor or view the profiles of the counselors and choose the one who is suitable to you/the client
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