About Us
Today, we all are aware of the increasing level of stress and competition in professional and personal life. There comes a stage in everybody’s life when seeking an advice is the only choice to deal with their problems successfully. Problems may be personal or relating to one’s occupation.
There are people who experience emotional or behavioral problems. They are aware when those problems stop them from functioning well or feeling good.
Professional help can make a big difference.
For a student, the present competitive world has opened up ample options as far as career choices are concerned thus, making the task of choosing the right career very complex. Likewise, there are professionals who look forward to mid-career changes due to varied reasons and circumstances. Exploring further, there are graduates/postgraduates who are inclined towards self-employment, but they are not really aware of how to go about their business plans, where to seek guidance. There are also working women who wish to enhance their skills towards better remuneration and good status, in their organization, so they need guidance. Likewise, there are parents who also continuously want to seek professional help when upbringing their kids. So, whatever the case may be, helpful, timely, and effective advice is a valuable source to support individuals in all walks of life. However, a piece of advice or recommendation about actions to be taken must be received from a knowledgeable and professionally experienced person.Keeping the above into consideration CAREER HORIZONS offers varied services in the field of Counseling.We strongly believe in quality work rather than quantity … Every Client is important for us!!!
Vision
Vision
Mission
- Our Mission is to spread consciousness about the counseling services with a purpose to create an impact on an individual’s overall development. We aim to enhance self-awareness among young adults.
- We believe in promoting the personal, emotional, academic, and social well-being of students/individuals thus, assist them in reaching their full potential by providing comprehensive counseling services.
- We provide specialized therapeutic assistance to individuals who are encountering adjustment problems or who are experiencing psychological and emotional distress.
Core Values
Core Values
- Quality service rather than quantity.
- Every student/client is important for us.
- Believe professional, confidential counseling within a relationship of trust and respect.
- Passion and commitment towards our clients well being.
- Integrity in all of our actions.
Profile Of Director
Arti Desai
(Counseling Psychologist)
Arti Desai is the Creator and Founder of a Counseling Center-CAREER HORIZONS since 2002. She has a rich working experience of 19 years in the field of Counseling. Her focus has always been to create awareness among students/ parents about the importance of Counseling.
Completing her schooling from Mumbai, she achieved her Bachelors of Arts (BA) with History, Philosophy, and Psychology from Jaipur. Later she completed her Masters in Arts (MA) with Vocational and Counselling Psychology from University of Rajasthan. Pursuing further, she successfully holds a Post-Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology (DCP) from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
She is registered with a Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), New Delhi. She is also a certified MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) Practitioner. She is a recipient of a Lifetime achievement award by one of the international organisations.
She has been associated with Mount Carmel School, Ahmedabad as Visiting Psychologist since 2003.
Recently for the last 3 years she is rendering professional services to ALPS-‘A’ League Prep School, a firm providing education abroad services.She has a strong hold on administering various psychological tools related to Career Counseling. Administration of Aptitude Test on school/ college students is done with an objective to eliminate their career confusion, which is a core issue among youngsters as they want to seek the right career for themselves which would lead them to happiness and satisfaction in their professional life. Thus, she has given Career Counseling to more than 6,000 students till date. She is blessed and complimented for this work by parents as their kids have reached to a remarkable level after seeking professional help. She has conducted many Career Planning seminars for students as well as parents to get them closer to understanding the importance of scientific career guidance at the right stage of a student’s life.
She is into Academic Counseling too. She guides the student’s related to their academic drawbacks. She conducts extensive Group Counseling sessions, to make them understand the right study methodology, techniques to help them learn faster, as well as understanding their learning styles. Emphasis is on time management techniques, dealing with exam anxiety, and presentation skills during the exam.
Besides she has expertise in Individual, Child, and Parental Counselling. She has a strong hold on conducting workshops, seminars for all age groups Students/ Parents/ Teachers.
She is a consistent performer with a chronicle of success in identifying, evaluating the client’s problems through the use of case history, interview, and observation thus, providing individual or group counselling services to assist individuals in achieving effective personal, social, educational, and vocational development.
Referrals
S J Shirazi
(Hypnotherapist/Psychologist)
With more than 25 years of experience in the field of education she has strong hold on conducting Hypnotherapy to all age group clients. She also conducts sessions on past life regression. She offers various therapies and treatments for difficulties relating to mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and eating disorders, social and interpersonal problems. Having her own educational institute she has guided many students. She has counselled parents regarding problems such as family situations, in order to modify behaviour and/or to improve their personal adjustment. She has her expertise in identifying psychological, emotional, or behavioural issues, and diagnose disorders, using information obtained from interviews, tests, records, and reference materials. She has successfully worked for solving the problems of innumerable clients and guided them to happier, healthier and fruitful life.
Rachana Dalal
(Clinical Psychologist )
Rachana Dalal is a School Psychologist by profession. Having completed her Masters in Clinical Psychology (Gold Medalist), she has 7 years of professional experience working with kids. (Age group 3-6 years). She has always being enthusiastic about guiding the parents towards getting the best for their little Munchkins!!
She has a good understanding of child development, and the core issues that a kid faces in early childhood. She looks forward to inculcate skills that goes beyond classroom education and create a strong foundation for all their future learning’s & achievements. She conducts activities to enhancing motor skills, cognitive abilities, logical thinking & reasoning in kids.
Mallika S.Iyer
(Counseling Psychologist)
Mallika was born and brought up in Ahmedabad. She completed her schooling from Mount Carmel Convent, received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from L.D. Arts College and Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from M .S. University, Vadodara.
She has worked as a psychologist at Nova IVI for people undergoing fertility treatment, was a visiting psychologist at Air force station Pathankot, and has a rich experience in helping people in dealing with relationship issues, work stress, family dynamics as well as developing one’s confidence and personality. She offers her services via Online Counseling too, Being an animal lover and animal rescuer herself she helps animal rescuers cope with the stress involved in this noble work. Mallika is multilingual, can speak English, Hindi, Gujarati, and Tamil, and can understand Marathi and Malayalam well. She is a voracious reader, with an interest in various subjects especially, spirituality, and medicine. A natural flair for relating to and understanding people led her to take up this profession. She keeps striving to improve herself and her skills and takes life with a zing!