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Career and Life Counselling

The life you want is
worth thinking clearly about.

Psychologically-grounded support for career decisions, life transitions, purpose, and the deep questions that career coaches and life coaches cannot really answer.

All ages and stagesIn-person and OnlinePsychology-backed not just coachingNo judgement on your choices
What Is It — Career Counselling — Manovritti

What is career and life counselling?

More than career advice.
Real psychological clarity.

Career and life counselling at Manovritti is different from career coaching or life coaching. It is grounded in psychology - which means it addresses not just what you want to do, but what is getting in the way of doing it. The blocks are rarely practical. They are usually psychological: fear, perfectionism, identity confusion, past conditioning, or unresolved grief about the life you thought you would have.

This service is for people navigating career crossroads (job changes, burnout, redundancy, ambition conflicts), life transitions (marriage, parenthood, divorce, relocation, midlife reassessment), and questions of meaning and purpose (what am I doing this for, is this the right life for me).

You leave sessions with clarity - not necessarily a plan, but an honest understanding of what you value, what you fear, and what a good decision actually looks like for you.

Quick facts

Who is this for

Anyone facing a career or life decision or transition

Different from coaching

Addresses psychological blocks, not just strategy

Session length

50-60 minutes

Format

In-person or online

Duration

4-12 sessions depending on complexity

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Is this right for you?

Career and life counselling
might help you if...

You do not need to be in crisis to benefit. Most clients come when something feels persistently unclear - and they want real clarity, not just reassurance.

You are at a career crossroads and cannot figure out which direction to take - and every option feels both right and wrong at the same time.

You are successful by external measures but feel hollow inside - as if you are living someone else's idea of a good life.

You are burned out from work and cannot tell if the job is wrong, the field is wrong, or something deeper needs to change.

A major life transition - parenthood, divorce, relocation, redundancy - has left you unsure of who you are now.

You keep making the same career or life choices and getting the same unsatisfying results - and want to understand why.

You have a clear goal but something keeps stopping you from pursuing it - and that something does not seem entirely rational.

You are questioning whether your current life is actually the one you want - and you need a space to think about that honestly.

You want to make a big decision well - with real self-awareness rather than panic, avoidance, or outside pressure.

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Journey — Career Counselling — Manovritti

What to expect

How career and life
counselling works.

Career and life counselling is structured but flexible. The work is guided by what you actually need - not a predetermined agenda.

1

Sessions 1-2

Understanding your current landscape

We map where you are right now - the decision or transition you are facing, the values and fears underneath it, and the story you have been telling yourself about your options.

Honest, not flattering
2

Sessions 3-5

Identifying what is actually blocking you

This is where the real work happens. We explore the psychological patterns - perfectionism, people-pleasing, fear of failure, imposter syndrome, identity attachment - that are making the decision harder than it needs to be.

The block is never what it seems
3

Sessions 6-9

Clarifying your values and what you actually want

Separate from what you think you should want, what others expect, or what feels safe - what do you actually value? This honest clarification often makes the decision significantly clearer.

Your values, not your CV
4

Sessions 10+

Deciding and moving forward with clarity

You leave with a clear decision framework, an understanding of the fears you will need to manage, and a realistic picture of what the path forward involves.

Clarity over certainty
Therapists — Career Counselling — Manovritti

Your therapists

Meet the team who offer
career and life counselling

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Sakshi Tyagi

Senior Clinical Psychologist - Founder

8+ years experience

Career CounsellingLife TransitionsCBTBurnout
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Jaanvi Sharma

Psychologist

4+ years experience

Life TransitionsRelationshipsAnxietyIdentity
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Amit Kumar

Clinical Psychologist

4+ years experience

BurnoutCareerCBTDepression
Testimonial — Career Counselling — Manovritti
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I had a good job, a stable life, and felt nothing. I came expecting to leave with a career plan. What I left with was something more useful - a real understanding of what I had been optimising for and why it was not making me happy. It took four sessions for that clarity to arrive. It changed everything.

K P

Kavya P.

31 yrs - Delhi - 5 stars

Career and Life Counselling

Name and details changed to protect confidentiality. Shared with consent.

The right decision starts
with knowing yourself.

Most career and life decisions are not actually hard - they just feel hard because of the psychological noise around them. Clearing that noise is what we do.

No referrals needed. Same-week appointments available. Fees shared on confirmation.

FAQ — Career Counselling — Manovritti

FAQ

Questions about career and life counselling

The questions we hear most before a first session. If yours is not here, we are a message away.

Still have a question?

Message us on WhatsApp - Mon to Sun, 9 AM to 7 PM.

01

Is this the same as career coaching?

No - and the difference matters. Career coaching typically focuses on strategy: your CV, interview skills, goal-setting. Career and life counselling at Manovritti focuses on psychology: why you keep making certain choices, what is blocking you, and what you actually want underneath the surface goals. If you know what you want but cannot make yourself do it - that is us.
02

I do not have a mental health problem - is this still relevant for me?

Completely. You do not need a clinical diagnosis to benefit from psychological support around major life decisions. Many of our clients in this area are high-functioning professionals who simply want to think more clearly about their lives than the people around them can help them do.
03

Will you tell me what to do?

No - and you would not want us to. We will help you understand what you want, what is getting in the way, and what a good decision looks like for you. The decision is always yours. What we provide is clarity - not direction.
04

How many sessions will I need?

Most career and life counselling work falls in the 4-12 session range. Clearer decisions with fewer complicating factors (specific crossroads, transition support) can often be resolved in 4-6 sessions. Deeper questions around identity, purpose, and pattern change may take longer.
05

Can I do this online?

Yes - this service works very well online. Career and life counselling is primarily conversation-based and does not require the physical presence that trauma therapy often does. Many clients find the flexibility of online sessions easier to fit around work schedules.
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