Find a Career With Heart career coach counseling James Yates Charlottesville Virginia Albemarle therapy psychotherapy course workshop heart

Finding a Career with Heart: This course will guide you through a series of engaging exercises designed to help you:

• Identify the work that is most fulfilling and meaningful to you.
• Create a vision of your life’s work.
• Construct a plan and begin taking concrete steps toward your vision.

This process is deepened by the interaction, sharing and support of the course participants.

Career with Heart Team Building: An essential component to creating work you love is to surround your self with others who are doing the same! Take the next step and learn how to form a support group to infuse positive energies and keep the momentum going with others who are pursuing their career with heart. Completing “Finding a Career with Heart” is a prerequisite for this course.

Third Thursdays: A FREE evening of interactive activities designed to help individuals focus on ways to create the career and life they want. These casual gatherings will be held on the Third Thursday of each month.


	This individualized program provides an opportunity to work one-to-one by phone or in person on all of the activities and exercises covered in the course “Finding a Career with Heart.” This option allows for flexible scheduling and working at your own pace.
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	This Intention Focused Counseling approach helps you clarify and work toward your intentions to create the work and life you want. This approach can be, especially, helpful for focusing on a specific change you want to make in your life. In addition, it can help you work through personal blocks or counter-intentions that interfere with your progress toward your intention.
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	May SURVIVE & THRIVE: Preventing Cancer Recurrence with Martin Albert, MD, Peggy Wright, PhD, RD, and James Yates, PhD, LPC This day-long workshop presents a holistic and empowering approach to enhancing your physical and psychological health while minimizing the risk of cancer recurrence: ~ Make self care your priority and take the leading role in your health care. ~ Build a strong support team and make the medical system work for you. ~ Use mind/body techniques to promote healing and stress reduction. ~ Make essential changes in diet, lifestyle and supplement use. ~ Understand physiological factors underlying cancer, its treatment and optimal recovery ... and much more. This workshop is for cancer survivors and their loved ones. When: Saturday, May 11th, 9 AM - 5 PM Where: Beautiful Farm in Stony Point (20 minutes from downtown Charlottesville) Fee: $175 (includes healthy lunch & smoothie) YOUR BODY KNOWS: Preventing Cancer Recurrence Third Thursdays FREE Workshop Series with James Yates, PhD, LPC Uncover and work through self-defeating psychological patterns that contribute to physical dis-ease. In this introductory workshop, you will learn mind/body techniques drawn from Gestalt Therapy for working with troubling physical symptoms. When: Thursdday, May 16th, 7 PM - 8:30 PM Where: Orange Hill Wellness Center, 185 Langford Place, Charlottesville, VA 22902 Fee: FREE To register click box to your right or call 434-977-6918. This workshop is for patients and their loved ones facing a chronic or life-threatening illness. Fee: $75 When: Saturday, February 18th, 10 AM - 4 PM Where: Orange Hill Wellnes Center, 401 Orange Street, Charlottesville 22902 Contact us for availability & rates (Payment plan available/Major credit cards accep
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James Yates, Ph.D., L.P.C is dedicated to helping you create the career you want doing the work you love.

James developed the Career with Heart coaching program to help participants discover the work they love and create a vision for their life’s work. Participants are provided with the tools and support to take steps towards their vision and to overcome personal obstacles to creating a fulfilling and productive career. Methodically presented, James’ approach brings humor, play and creativity to the table as he weaves the possibilities for change and growth in concrete and sustainable ways.

Drawing upon nearly two decades of experience as a psychotherapist, coach and group leader, James works with a multi-modal approach that is responsive to each individual’s needs and respects their life circumstances and personal learning styles. He uses a range of experiential exercises including guided imagery, interactive games, improv, movement, awareness techniques and much more. As a skilled group leader, he is dedicated to developing a trusting, supportive atmosphere that encourages sharing and interaction, while drawing on the unique and valuable resources of the group.

Dr. Yates is co-owner of Orange Hill Wellness Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has been in practice since 1991.

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