Career Development
Deanne is a Certified Career Development Practitioner and has trained in solution-focused counselling, adult education principles, arts-infused learning and shamanic modalities. For over a decade Deanne has facilitated groups and worked individually with career shifters towards success, stability and work which is congruent with their values and desires.
Often, the answers we seek lie behind well-asked questions…
Mapping a fabulously realistic career plan will take into consideration the full story and include questions of wellness, prosperity and life balance. The answers will create the solid foundation needed to cultivate passion – and anticipate and respond well to change at different ages and stages. As we interface with assessment tools and provoke these questions, the path will emerge:
What are my goals and inspirations? How can I interface my story in terms of where I have been and where I am going [or want to go]? What are my best skills and abilities; what are the opportunities and obstacles? How can I utilize career laddering and build out an innovative portfolio? What about navigating career, love, family and emotional uncertainties amidst change? How do I become an active participant, a change agent in my own life?
The Way I Work
Often times old stories may need to be archived in order to grow new ones – ones that will draw on informed decision-making, increased self-esteem and measurable outcomes. Career Theory, Narrative, Guided Visualization, Shamanic modalities and follow-up feedback cycles will be layered into each session depending on what is called for.
The most effective ways to sustain change are through active participation in the events in your life, belief in your ability to choose, and investment in some self inquiry. Non-linear and assemblage art making techniques to pull together the stories that may be fragmented, lost or forgotten and to enhance the discussion with vision, possibility and creativity may be used. Collage and Digital Storytelling can shift the brain from left to right [and back again!].
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~ E.M. Forster
What Others Have Said
I find Deanne to be engaging, insightful, respectful, funny and very knowledgeable. I am consistently energized and inspired when interacting with her, as a co-worker, co-facilitator or workshop participant. ~ S. Stelter, Career Counsellor
Deanne has a powerful combination of skills: career counselling, bodywork and intuitive healing practices. She’s incredibly compassionate, offers no-nonsense practical advice backed by years of counselling experience, and the bodywork sessions I’ve had with her were profound. She was made for this. ~L. Jackson Vancouver, BC
As a workshop facilitator, Deanne sees the best in each person, and leads us to discover the best in ourselves. She is creative, intuitive and a deep listener who can bring forth clear insights. ~ R. Harvey, Editor, Blogger
Deanne has a creative energy that is contagious and her skill as a facilitator is unparalleled! She connects with people easily and naturally then connects them with a sense of their value and ability as individuals. ~ J. Nuttall, Career Counsellor
