Shekina Rochat, MA, is a PhD candidate and a graduate assistant at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Lausanne. Her doctoral thesis aims at investigating the efficacy of using Motivational Interviewing (MI; Miller & Rollnick, 2006; 2013) in career counseling interventions to help people to undertake vocational change. Her research is focusing on public vocational guidance with youth in the school-to-work transition. The investigations imply both quantitative and qualitative analyses, including a coding tool to assess the MI integrity (MISC; Miller, Moyer & Amrhein, 2008). Her work is based on Ford’s (1992) Motivational System Theory. Her areas of research’s interests include adaptation of clinical tools and methodologies in career counseling, motivation, career transition, case studies and evidenced-based training. As a graduate assistant, she is particularly involved in the design and animation of lab sessions for Bachelor students in Psychology. She is also working as a career counselor psychologist at the State Career Counseling Office (OCOSP) and at the Counseling Service of the University of Lausanne. She is a member of the committee of the Vaud State Association of Career Counseling Psychologists (AVPO) and a member of the US National Career Development Association (NCDA).