A consolidating action-planning worksheet where counsellors or clients identify well-being focus areas, draw on past strengths, and define three concrete steps toward sustainable personal or career well-being.
Target group:
Career counsellors and clients. The activity can be used either as a personal self-care plan for counsellors or as a career well-being plan for clients.
Duration:
Approximately 30–40 minutes.
Inspiration for the tool:
Developed by Slovak career practitioners as a consolidation exercise at the end of a well-being cycle. It builds on previous sessions focused on identifying strengths, resources, and sources of support. The method combines reflection with action planning and can be adapted both for self-care (for counsellors) and career well-being development (for clients).
Objectives:
By the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Summarise previous reflections on their well-being, strengths, and resources.
- Identify one or more areas they want to nurture or improve in their personal or career well-being.
- Define practical steps to maintain or strengthen well-being in everyday life and work.
- Plan for sustainable development of their career or professional practice.
Resources needed:
- Worksheet “Plan for Well-being” (see below).
- Pens or digital writing tool.
- Quiet space for individual reflection.
Activities:
- Introduction and recap:
Begin by summarising previous sessions focused on identifying personal strengths, sources of support, and moments of well-being. - Individual reflection using the worksheet:
Participants complete the Plan for Well-being table. They may choose between two approaches:- For career counsellors (self-care): focus on their own well-being and professional balance.
- For counsellors working with clients: focus on how to integrate the topic of career well-being into guidance practice.
- Examples of guiding questions:A. For career counsellors (self-care):
- Which area of my life or work do I want to focus on or take better care of in the near future?
- What has worked well for me in the past, and what can I reuse now?
- What environment or people do I need around me? What would help me?
- What are my next three concrete steps to strengthen my well-being?
- How would I like to bring the topic of career well-being into my guidance practice?
- What knowledge or tools can I offer or adapt for my clients?
- What do I need to make this possible (people, environment, resources)?
- How do I plan to develop a sustainable career for myself?
- What are my next three concrete steps to integrate well-being into my work wit?
Table: Plan for Well-beingh clients
| Focus area | What has worked well in the past? What can I reuse? | What environment or people do I need? What would help me? | How do I plan to develop a “sustainable career”? | My next 3 concrete steps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Reflections / Consolidation of learning:
During the debrief, discuss:
- What was easy or difficult about creating your plan?
- Are there areas that need to be revisited or explored more deeply?
- Are the steps you have chosen concrete, realistic, and achievable within a set time frame?
- How do you feel about the plan you have created? Does it reflect what truly matters to you?
Recommendations
- If any question felt challenging, return to it in a later session and explore it more deeply.
- Encourage participants to keep their plan visible and revisit it regularly.
- Emphasise that even small, consistent actions contribute to maintaining well-being.
- The activity works best as a closing session to summarise and anchor insights from previous exercises on well-being.
Contact:
Katarína Štukovská, katarina.stukovska(at)gmail.com
The publication is available here: https://www.euroguidance.sk/document/publikacie/47.pdf