A career counselor could be a helping hand, volunteer, guide and therapist, who will provide career information, career development tips, can interpret aptitude and abilities of the person. A wide variety of areas are there before a person while deciding on a career.  He might not be able to get or collect information on each and every area. That’ when counseling plays an important part. Counseling helps in assessing one’s ability, interests, skills, need and desires and provides them valuable information on the areas and according to their need.

In career counseling session, clinical psychologists use certain psychological assessment tests, IQ test and aptitude test to determine the interest, kind of personality and skills of a child. There are some common topics that a counselor may discuss during career counseling session can be:

• Skills and talent required for a career
• Potential earnings of various careers
• Working style of the individual.
• Educational requirement of the careers. How much efforts one has to put while going for a certain path.

The therapist or clinical psychologist helps identify resources, financial aid resources and ways to manage stress.