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Career Assessments & Self-Discovery

What if you could stop guessing — and actually know what you need?

Most women spend years trying to figure out why certain jobs feel draining, certain environments feel impossible, and certain work feels effortless. The MBTI and WOWI assessments cut through the guessing and give you real answers.

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career assessments

Preparing for a career change requires more than a quiz.

Online quizzes can be fun, but they don’t tell you why certain roles have drained you or why others felt energizing. They don’t explain why you may thrive with autonomy but struggle in highly structured environments, or why work that once fit no longer does. And they rarely connect your personality to real-world career decisions in a meaningful way.

The assessments I use — the MBTI® and WOWI® — are professional, research-based tools designed to do exactly that. They help clarify how you’re wired, what environments support your strengths, how you approach decisions and stress, and what kinds of work are most likely to feel sustainable over time.

Most importantly, you won’t be left to interpret the results alone. We work through them together in the context of your experience, responsibilities, and goals, translating insight into practical next steps.

That conversation is often where things begin to shift — uncertainty feels more manageable, options become clearer, and the path forward stops feeling like guesswork.

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What the assessments reveal

The MBTI — Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

One of the most widely used personality assessments in the world, the MBTI helps you understand how you think, make decisions, recharge your energy, and interact with the world around you. For working women — especially those considering a career change — it can be a powerful tool for making sense of patterns that may have felt confusing or frustrating for years.

Why certain work environments energize you while others leave you depleted

How you naturally process stress — and what you actually need when you’re overwhelmed

Where tension or conflict in your workplace may be coming from

What leadership, communication, and collaboration styles feel most natural to you

Why you’ve always worked better in certain conditions — and why that isn’t a character flaw

For women preparing for a career shift, this insight can be especially valuable. Instead of choosing your next step based only on titles, salary, or expectations, you gain a clearer understanding of the environments, responsibilities, and pace of work that are most likely to feel sustainable over time.

Used within therapy, the MBTI isn’t about putting you in a box or limiting your options. It’s about giving you language for how you function best — so the decisions you make moving forward are grounded in self-understanding, not pressure or guesswork.

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What Career Counseling Can Look Like

The WOWI® — World of Work Inventory

The WOWI focuses on your interests, motivations, and the kinds of work activities you’re naturally drawn to — not just what you’re capable of doing, but what is most likely to feel engaging and meaningful over time.

For women considering a career change, this can be especially helpful. It highlights patterns in what energizes you, what you tend to avoid, and the environments where you’re most likely to feel both effective and fulfilled.

The types of tasks and roles you’re naturally motivated to pursue

Career fields that align with your interests and strengths

Work environments where you’re more likely to feel engaged rather than drained

Whether your current role aligns with what genuinely motivates you

New directions you may not have previously considered

Unlike quick career quizzes, the WOWI provides a structured, research-based way to explore options. When combined with therapy, it helps translate insight into realistic next steps that fit your life, responsibilities, and goals.

Rather than pushing you toward a single “perfect” career, the WOWI expands your understanding of what meaningful work could look like — giving you more flexibility and confidence as you consider your next move.

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How we use assessments in therapy

These assessments aren’t just for career changers. You don’t need to be actively job hunting to benefit from this work. The MBTI® and WOWI® can be helpful anytime you want deeper self-understanding — especially if you’re returning to work, navigating burnout, considering a shift, or simply trying to understand why certain environments or expectations feel so hard.

Assessments aren’t a standalone exercise — they’re a launching pad for deeper conversation. We start by clarifying what you’re navigating and what you want out of our work together. Then you complete the assessments online between sessions (about 30–45 minutes each). After that, we review your results together and connect them directly to your real life: your stress patterns, strengths, needs, relationships at work, and the kind of role and environment that supports you. From there, we use what we learn to build a practical roadmap — whether that means adjusting boundaries, making decisions with more confidence, or creating a plan for sustainable change.

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common questions

You might be wondering…

No — we'll decide together which ones make sense for your situation and goals. Some clients do both, some do one. It depends entirely on what you're navigating and what will be most useful.

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Yes. If you're looking for focused short-term support around career clarity, we can structure our work around the assessments specifically. Just mention that when you reach out and we'll talk through what makes sense.

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Possibly. Your type stays the same, but your life doesn’t. Revisiting the assessment later — especially with professional guidance — often brings new insight that feels much more relevant to your current situation.

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Call to Action

Let’s take the next step—together.

If you’re feeling stuck or unsure where to begin, a free intro call can help you explore your options without pressure. We’ll talk through your situation, what you’re hoping for, and whether this work feels like a good fit. You can also browse the other services to learn more about the different ways I support working women.

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✨ learn about returning to work
✨ learn about burnout support

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