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Map of a Career.

A document about your work, written from the person who does it. To read with time, on its own or followed by a session.

For · Adults with a path behind them, with or without a decision ahead. Curiosity about your own work is enough.

Written in English

I write your Map in English, and the interpretation session is held in English too.

What it is

A document written about your work, starting from the person who does it. What you do well without effort, what tires you more than it should, the pace at which you work best, and what tends to decide for you while you think you are choosing.

It is meant to be read with time, and returned to a few months later. Tests and lists of matching professions do not come into it. What gets read is the person doing the deciding, and only then the options.

In Portuguese, this Map can be taken on its own or together with the Career Guidance session. That session is held in Portuguese, so what is ordered here is the document, written in English, on its own.

Who this is for

Anyone who wants to understand their own work, with or without a decision ahead.
Anyone who does something well that they no longer enjoy, and does not know what to do with that.
Anyone who wants to understand the pace at which they work best, before moving somewhere else.
Anyone who would rather read themselves slowly than be handed a quick answer.

When it is better to wait, or to look elsewhere

If work is making you ill, that comes first. The Map does not deal with it, and a doctor or a psychologist does.
If you have recently come out of a difficult redundancy, I would rather wait a few months. It reads better once the shock has settled.
If you are burnt out right now, this is no time to decide anything. We talk, and the Map waits for you.
If what you are after is aptitude tests, lists of matching professions or help with your CV, that is not done here.
If you need an answer by next week, the Map takes up to a month and asks to be read slowly.

This is not a psychology appointment, a psychological assessment, or vocational guidance in the clinical sense. No tests are administered, no diagnoses are made, and this does not replace clinical care. If that is what you need right now, the right path is to find a psychologist or a doctor. If it seems to me that this is the case, I will say so plainly and, if you want, point you to someone.

If you are in crisis or at risk, do not wait for me: in Portugal, call SNS 24, 808 24 24 24, or 112.

If you are unsure, write to me first and we will see whether this is the moment. I would rather you waited than bought at the wrong moment. Write to marta@serpaciente.pt.

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You chose what you already knew how to do, and then you got used to calling it a calling.

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What is included

· A long PDF document, written from scratch about you and about your work.
· Reminder Map, one A4 page with the essentials, to keep in sight.
· The document on its own. The Career Guidance session that accompanies this Map in Portuguese is held in Portuguese, and is not part of the English order.

The session that goes with this Map in Portuguese is the Career Guidance session itself, 90 minutes, and it is held in Portuguese. In English the Map is written and ordered as a document on its own.

Delivery is within a month. If you are in a hurry, write to me before ordering and we will see what is possible. The Map arrives digitally; if you would like it printed, I will send you a quote.

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