Professional Development

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. – Colossians 3:23

If you are like most people, you have reached points in your job where you feel like you are at a dead end, or like you are just too tired to deal with the conflict and stress. This is where professional development counseling comes in. It can help you take your career to the next level by teaching you methods of stress management and helping you find ways to advance your career.

The counselors at Spokane Christian Counseling will help you navigate a number of personal and organizational topics that relate to the workplace. Call us today to discuss how we can help you create a unique plan tailor-made to fit your needs.

How Can Professional Development Counseling Help Me?

No matter what you may be struggling with, whether stress, your boss, frequent interpersonal conflict, or mere boredom or lack of fulfillment in your job, the counselors in Spokane can help.

We provide a safe place free of judgment in which you can meet individually with a counselor suited to your needs. He or she will listen carefully to your problems before working with you to develop an action plan. Having a counselor who can help you think through the issues along with you can help you achieve the results you are seeking.

• Developing a Christian work ethic
• Finding greater satisfaction in your job
• Improving organizational skills
• Learning how to manage your time
• Balancing work and family
• Improving your relationship with your boss
• Improving interpersonal communication and interaction
• Seeking professional advancement God’s way
• Learning to be aservant leader
• Developing and maintaining a high degree of personal integrity
• Stress management
• Learning to manage and instigate change
• Handling and diffusing workplace conflict

Interpersonal Conflict

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. – Romans 12:18

It is no secret that conflict with one’s fellow employees is a huge cause of stress in the workplace. The professional development counselors in Spokane have years of experience in teaching conflict management. Learning this skill can reap huge dividends in the workplace and can amply repay the time spent learning it.

Change

It has been said that the only constant is change, and this is especially true in the workplace. New supervisors, new co-workers, new computers or software, or new responsibilities, any change can be a source of stress. Change can, however, also expose unrealized potential and new opportunities for growth and maturity.

The counselors at Spokane Christian Counseling can help guide you through the minefield of change and help you to adapt and flourish in your workplace as you mature into the person that God wants you to be.

Stress

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. – 1 Peter 5:7

Over time, stress that is not managed can produce all sorts of physical problems and even lead to mental health conditions like anger, anxiety, or even depression. If you are having difficulty dealing with stress, the time to get help is now! Contact a counselor to see what you can do to reduce your levels of stress and begin living a healthy life.

Workplace Integrity

Truthful lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only for a moment.– Proverbs 12:19

In today’s world, lack of integrity (whether in the form of lying, corruption, discrimination, bribery, deception, embezzlement, to name a few) is the rule of the day. How is it possible to retain a sense of Biblical integrity, ethics, and morals when it seems like the only evil is in getting caught?

Christian professional development counseling can provide you with the God-given tools to stiffen your spine and refuse to bow to peer pressure that urges you to do what you know is wrong.

Servant Leadership

…whoever would be great among you must be your servant… – Matthew 20:26

As a leader, you will want to lead in a way that is pleasing to God. Servant leadership is the model of the Bible. Even Jesus “did not come to be served, but to serve” (Mark 10:45). In your sessions, you and your counselor will work through different ways in which you might express the servant leadership in your workplace.

Christian Career Advancement

For not from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert comes exaltation; but God is the Judge; He puts down one and exalts another. – Psalm 75:6-7

As Christians, how do we “climb the corporate ladder” without hurting or stepping on others? How do we maintain a gospel-centered attitude toward our coworkers? In what ways can we do good and “give back” to our communities? Counseling for professional development looks for ways for you to put your Christian faith into practice at work.

Interacting with Coworkers

…if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. – 1 John 4:11

If America is the “great melting pot,” then the workplace is a small multi-ethnic saucepan, containing people of a variety of ethnicities, backgrounds, and ages. This can make it difficult to relate to everyone even on the best of days. Your counselor can help you learn good communication and relational skills so that you can make the most of your time at work each day.

Boss/Employee Relationships

I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made for…all who are in authority… – 1 Timothy 2:1-2

Do you clash with your boss? What about your employees? Are you searching for a way to improve your relationships in both directions in a way that brings value to the company? Professional development can help guide you toward better communication and healthy interaction in the workplace.

Work and Family Balance

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. – 1 Timothy 5:8

Trying to meet the demands of family and work can be tough. We can show you how to properly assess the demands on your life and help you find ways to strike just the right balance between the workplace and your family so that you can do more than just cope.

Time Management

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. – Ephesians 5:15-16

If you are like most people, time just seems to go by in a rush, and when the day is over you feel as if you haven’t accomplished anything you set out to do. We can help you to develop time management skills that will help you to be more productive throughout each day, enabling you to spend more time on the things you enjoy doing.

Organizational Skills

It is the rare individual who couldn’t stand to be more organized. Organizational skills are valuable anywhere you go, and in your personal life they reduce stress, increase productivity, and free up valuable time to focus on the activities you enjoy doing.

Personal Fulfillment

Establish the work of our hands, Lord; establish the work of our hands. – Psalm 90:17

Adam worked the Garden of Eden before sin ever came into the world, so it is fair to say that at some level we have been made to work. While work should never be the ultimate focus of our lives, it is good and right for it to provide fulfillment. We can help you discover your gifts and skills, to decide if you are in the job that is best-suited for who you are.

Christian counseling for professional development is an excellent means of identifying career-related problems and solving them.

Your Spokane Christian counselor will meet with you personally, hear your concerns, analyze your situation, and work with you to develop a plan of attack. No matter what your problems might be, we can help you bring a new level of professionalism to your career.

If you are ready to take your work to the next level, call us at (509) 209-8961 to schedule an appointment.