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Career Choice Guidance & Counselling in Kenya
Your career is like a garden. It can hold an assortment of life’s energy that yields a bounty for you. You do not need to grow just one thing in your garden. You do not need to do just one thing in your career.
Jennifer Ritchie Payette
- Is your son or daughter in Grade 10-12 and selecting subjects that will form his or her career path in Grade 9?
- Do you understand what that means, if s/he drops some subjects and picks others, and the implications of that to their overall career path?
- Do you know the experts in career choice guidance and counselling, who can help you and your son or daughter, to evaluate many factors that inform career path?
- Do you know the meaning of the three pathways (Arts and Sports Science, Social Sciences and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in CBC (Competency Based Curriculum) in Grade 9 (Junior Secondary School)?
- Do you understand the careers for each Path, so that your son and daughter are well guided in grade 12, while choosing Universities after the Kenya Secondary School Education Assessment (KSSEA)?
- If you have teenagers under the 8 4 4 sitting for their exams between 2025 and 2027, when the last 8.4.4 form 4 class will complete, let them be guided in a suitable career, as there will be no liberty to repeat.
Career Choice Guidance & Counselling in Kenya
This is the process of helping individuals understand themselves, their interests, abilities, values, and the world of work so they can make informed and realistic career decisions.
- Planned Career Choice - Based on self-awareness, interests, and future goals. Example: A student who loves science chooses medicine after exploring options.
- Chance Career Choice - Decisions influenced by opportunities, luck, or circumstances. Example: Someone joins teaching because a vacancy was available, not because it was their first choice.
- Forced Career Choice - Influenced by external pressures (parents, peers, finances, culture).
- Example: A student takes law because the family expects it.
- Flexible Career Choice - Choosing a career that allows changes, adjustments, or transitions. Example: Someone starts in business management but shifts into entrepreneurship later.
- Educational Guidance - Helps students select appropriate subjects, courses, or training aligned to their career goals. Example: Advising a student to take sciences for engineering.
- Vocational Guidance-Focuses on preparing individuals for specific jobs or professions. Example: Guiding someone to pursue tailoring, carpentry, or ICT.
- Personal-Social Guidance - Deals with attitudes, values, and personal adjustment to career demands. Example: Helping a shy student build confidence to pursue journalism.
- Career Development Guidance - Supports individuals in lifelong career planning, growth, and transitions. Example: Mid-career workers seeking retraining or promotion advice.
- To assist individuals in self-awareness (strengths, weaknesses, skills, personality).
- To provide information about available careers, opportunities, and requirements.
- To support decision-making and goal-setting.
- To help clients align personal aspirations with realistic opportunities.
- To prepare individuals for career transitions or changes.
- Self-Assessment - Identify interests, values, talents, and personality traits.
- Career Exploration - Research on different careers, education requirements, and job market trends.
- Decision-Making - Weigh pros and cons, match personal goals with opportunities.
- Action Planning - Set goals, develop a career plan, select subjects or training.
- Follow-up & Adjustment - Review progress, make changes when needed.
- Promotes Self-Awareness - Helps individuals understand their strengths, weaknesses, interests, values, and personality.
- Informed Decision-Making - Provides accurate information on careers, subject choices, training, and job opportunities to avoid blind choices.
- Reduces Confusion & Anxiety - Clarifies doubts about career options, reducing stress and pressure from uncertainty.
- Prevents Mismatched Careers - Ensures individuals choose careers that align with their abilities and interests, avoiding frustration later.
- Encourages Goal-Setting: Helps students and clients set realistic career goals and create a step-by-step plan to achieve them.
- Boosts Confidence & Motivation - Empowers individuals to pursue their aspirations with courage and determination.
- Prepares for Future Changes - Equips people with skills to adapt to career transitions, retraining, or shifts in the job market.
- Provides Emotional Support - Offers encouragement and helps individuals deal with pressure from family, peers, or society.
- Self-Awareness Development - Helps clients/students understand their interests, strengths, weaknesses, values, and personality traits.
- Providing Career Information - Shares accurate information about career options, subject requirements, training institutions, scholarships, and job market trends.
- Assessment & Testing - Uses aptitude tests, interest inventories, and personality assessments to guide decision-making.
- Decision-Making Support - Guides clients in evaluating options, comparing alternatives, and choosing careers aligned with their abilities and goals.
- Goal-Setting & Planning - Helps clients set realistic short-term and long-term career goals, and develop action plans to achieve them.
- Motivation & Encouragement - Provides emotional support, builds confidence, and encourages clients to pursue their aspirations despite challenges.
- Addressing External Influences - Assists clients in dealing with family pressure, peer influence, or cultural expectations affecting career choices.
- Career Adjustment & Transition Support - Helps individuals adapt to career changes, retraining needs, or unexpected shifts (e.g., job loss, new opportunities).
- Assessment: Identifying the severity, triggers, and impact of depression on the client’s life.
- Psychoeducation: Helping the client and their family understand what depression is, its causes, and available treatment options.
- Providing Emotional Support: Offering a safe, empathetic, and non-judgmental space where clients can openly express feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or guilt.
- Therapeutic Intervention: Using evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy, or supportive counselling to challenge negative thoughts and encourage healthier coping skills.
- Skill Building: Teaching clients’ practical strategies for stress management, problem-solving, and improving self-esteem.
- Encouraging Lifestyle Change: Promoting healthy routines, exercise, proper sleep, and social interaction that aid recovery.
- Crisis Intervention: Recognizing warning signs of suicidal thoughts and providing immediate support or referral for emergency care.
- Collaboration: Working alongside psychiatrists, doctors, or support groups to ensure holistic care.
- Follow-up and Monitoring: Checking progress, adjusting strategies, and motivating clients toward recovery.
Provides versatile counselling to our clients within the county and in the Global space at the Online/Virtual Center, which is open from 6.00 AM to Midnight every day of the week. This dynamic center allows our Global clients to equally access therapy services from their country of residence, and for the other clients that treasure privacy to equally access therapy on or out of camera. However, for those around Nairobi, the Capital City of Kenya, we have a Physical Office for you in Nairobi, Upper Hill- Kenya Medical Association (KAM) Center. The Physical Center is open from 7.00 AM to 7.00 PM to accommodate those of you who are working.
The cost for virtual and physical therapy is the same, and our client can interchange the model without any penalty. The therapy session can be One-on-One, Joint/Couple, or Group therapy. We are a prepaid honest center, and once payment is made, it is reserved for a therapy session. It does not matter how long the client takes to be available; you cannot lose your money while in our system. Please take time and read our terms and conditions, to understand important parameters like session cancellation is done within 24 hours, and once payment is made for a therapy session, it cannot be refunded, but should be used for a therapy session only.
We have professional counsellors trained and licensed to provide all forms of therapy, but with expertise in stress management therapy. With their support, you will learn your triggers to stress, ways of managing the stress, and skills to manage frustration and coping mechanisms. Your therapist will provide a safe space to catharsis (vent out); help you to develop coping strategies, reshape your thinking patterns, improve your relationship, performance and address the issue at hand better. Book a therapy session and find a mental wellness support and personal therapist to walk and guide you to manage that stress, which is interfering with your life. Do not share your story in the wrong places and with the wrong people; they do not care about you. Come and Share with a Counsellor at our Center, At Share We Care. Come and Share with a Counsellor at our Center, At Share We Care.
You can use Call, SMS, or WhatsApp, using any of the two official lines provided below at the contact us. In case you miss us using one medium, especially the call, use SMS or WhatsApp Chat, and we will promptly respond. You can access our services through our official email, and the administrator will escalate your request to the client manager for action.
- Mobile Safaricom Line: +254 707 764 498 (Call, SMS, or WhatsApp)
- Mobile Airtel Line: +254 739 340 004 (Call, SMS, or WhatsApp)
- Email Address: info@demo.sharewithacounsellor.com

