Consulting refers to any professional relationship that’s not therapy.  Therapy involves a diagnosis, such as depression.  In consultation I help people apply psychology in their lives.  Examples include:

• Personal consultation:  Clients may want to talk about career issues, meaning- of-life issues, and relationship and communication issues.  Examples of personal consultation include:
• Career decisions:  to remain in one’s career or to change to another, or to select a career path that is more in harmony with one’s personality, learning style, and goals in life.  To remain in one’s career but in a more self-friendly way.  To communicate more effectively at work, including solv- ing problems and accomplishing goals, through a combination of under standing self and others better.  To reflect on how one got into one’s cur- rent career or work situation, what it means, and where one would like to go.
• Relationship improvement:  increasing understanding of one’s own needs and goals, and those of others, in relationships, including couples, family, and work relationships.
• Coping with stress:  improving relaxation and mindfulness skills, understanding sources of stress–good and bad–in one’s life, reflecting how one responds to stress, and improving self- and life- management skills to improve quality of life.
• Meaning-of-life:  Reflecting on questions and integrating insights and experiences that raise questions about one’s relationship with life, including with a career, a faith tradition, etc.  Integrating the psychological side of spirituality into one’s life.
• Consultation with therapists: professional consultation about their own work.
• Organizational consultation:  aligning procedures with goals, focusing on communications, work relationships, teamwork, having necessary conversations more effectively, improving hiring, orienting, evaluating, improving creativity
• Remote consultation (Skype, iChat):  Personal and organizational consulta- tion are available via Skype and iChat for remote clients.