Pamela Pagliochini has pioneered a comprehensive approach to career development. Quoted in the New York Times, she counsels men and women from all walks of life, including artists, entrepreneurs, fast-track corporate career builders, service professionals, entry-level job seekers, as well as individuals wishing to reenter the workforce.

In private practice since 1983, Pamela operates Vocatus Career Development Specialists in New York City, where she assists clients locally as well as nationwide in identifying and building meaningful and profitable careers. Her innovative methodology combines the best features of career psychology and career management techniques, where she utilizes the principles of self-psychology theory, family systems theory, and career development theory in conjunction with a diverse set of tools, including vocational testing, a three-generation work-focused genogram, art therapy, and bibliotherapy techniques. Her developmental approach enables her clients to discover their true work identity through fostering a richer understanding of their motivational patterns, values, and aspirations, as well as their personal definition of the meaning of work and their optimum work style.

When a career has become derailed, Pamela enables her clients to transform what appears to be a life sentence of hard labor into passionate and lucrative work. Her clients learn how to make informed decisions and professional choices, enabling them to advance in their current career or make a complete career change.

In addition to identifying the ideal career path, Pamela provides the full spectrum of job-search services, including resume development, counseling on the most effective strategies to use for developing interviews depending on the client’s specific situation and goals, coaching on interview preparation as well as on how to conduct a successful interview, and counseling on job-offer negotiation and acceptance.

For those clients seeking assistance in enhancing their performance on the job, coaching is provided on issues such as communication skills, leadership, managing political challenges, maintaining a professional demeanor, techniques for enhancing promotability, and strategies for dealing with difficult co-workers, whether a boss or a peer. Pamela also counsels on work-adjustment issues, including workaholism, having received a poor performance review and techniques for improving the next evaluation, and establishing appropriate work boundaries, e.g., proper management up and down and improving interpersonal work relations. Leading Manhattan-based organizations retain Pamela to assist their employees in these areas.

Pamela also coaches clients on breakthrough projects, such as developing a workshop, writing a book, starting a business, growing an existing business, and establishing a brand for those who are self-employed.

Professional certifications and affiliations include Master Career Counselor, National Career Development Association; National Certified Career Counselor and National Certified Counselor, American Counseling Association; and Professional Affiliate, Society for Vocational Psychology, a section of Society for Counseling Psychology (Division 17) of American Psychological Association. Pamela Pagliochini’s educational background includes an M.Ed. in Counseling from the University of Maryland as well as studies at the Training and Research Institute for Self-Psychology, the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, Teachers College at Columbia University, and the Publishing Institute, New York University.