Career Counseling for Divorce Seattle - Pursuing Divorce | Jan Reha Counselor
The Integrated Divorce Process.
0 – 30 Days - Pre-Divorce Planning - PREPARATION
Steps:
(1) Evaluate Client Needs
(2) Stabilize Client Situation
-Financial
-Psychological
-Physical
(3) Formulate Plan of Action
(4) May Refer to Mental Health
Counselor
14 – 45 Days - Phase I: DIVORCE INITIATION
Steps:
(1) Assemble Team of Experts
(2) Research and Collect Data
(3) Prepare Financial Affidavit
(4) File for Divorce
(5) Request Temporary
Maintenance
(6) Request Child Support
(7) Formulate Parenting Plan
(8) Address Housing Issues
1-1/2 – 9 Months - Phase II: ANALYSIS AND PLANNING
Steps:
(1) Value Assets
(2) Identify Liabilities
(3) Determine Community
and Separate Assets
(4) Begin Career…
The Changing World of Work
OLD MINDSETS
Are you operating on the following beliefs?
• College degree guarantee jobs and a middle class lifestyle
• If I just work hard, I will be secure in my job, career
• If I do the “right thing” I will be given an opportunity
• Security equals benefits and compensation
• Taking risks lead to rejection
• I need a job with insurance benefits
• One, job one career
NEW MINDSETS
• Taking the initiative to make my college degree work for me
• Security depends upon my knowledge of political and economic trends tht impact industries
• I am in charge of promoting me inside an outside of the company
• I need to be open to risk taking, new ideas and innovation
• Security comes from the people I know—my network of contacts
…How to Make High College Costs Worth Your Investment - Advice from Seattle/Bellevue Career Counselor
Are you a student or planning to be a student in one of the Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Bothell or Tacoma colleges?
You may have read the following report published in the New York Times on October 20, 2009 that states college costs continue to rise.
According to the report the annual cost of college tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rose 6.5 percent from last year to $7,020. Including room and board, the average total college cost is $15,213 for a year.
I am a career counselor in the Seattle and Bellevue area with over 30 years of experience helping people gain the best return on their college investment. Currently, I am counseling several clients who are in different stages of career and educational planning.
One of my clients is a 42 year old male who wants to have a specific career goal prior to returning to graduate school. Another client is a young woman who recently graduated from college but has been unable to find a job that fit her educational background. Another of my client’s…
"I was going through so much trauma and Jan was very supportive emotionally and personally. She did all of the career and personality testing to identify my interests. She looked at my family's career background. Then she identified the jobs that fit my interests and my background. She is aware of what is going in the workforce and of the demand for jobs. She kept me motivated and looking to the future, guiding me to immediately take classes at the community college and to start thinking about working for temp agencies that hire for the companies I would eventually be interested in working for." -Valerie, 43, Renton;
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