Ep. 42: Alumni Spotlight: Career Coaching and Counseling with Amy Willard

Amy Willard, Associate Director for Career Education & Coaching in Wake Forest’s Office of Personal and Career Development, talks with hosts Dr. Bob Nations and Dr. Cheyenne Carter about her experiences in the online Master of Arts in Counseling program. She discusses how her coursework helped her develop into an effective Career Coach and Counselor, describes the challenging and most rewarding aspects of her work, and offers advice for listeners who are interested in becoming a counselor. Other topics include: the necessity of practicing ongoing self-reflection and increasing self-awareness, multicultural practices in clinical and career counseling settings, practical strategies for transitioning from college to career, and how flexibility and happenstance can lead to exciting and unexpected career changes. For more information about Wake Forest’s Office of Personal and Career Development, visit: https://opcd.wfu.edu/ Episode transcript is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQGcw9GV9ngLV1D-GfD_rJvVaoj_h58sIiwdNElCQhkkqxNEQpbYhpmIKJjub0C4w/pub