"Consultation" is a wide word that can mean very different things. It helps to describe the output precisely before committing to any session.
A structured diagnostic usually produces three things: a written summary of the expertise and evidence you hold, a comparison of the directions open to you, and a list of pending decisions that need more information.
The written summary matters because it separates what you know from what you assume. Several directions can feel equally weighted in your head, and then it becomes clear on the page that one rests on evidence and another rests on preference.
The comparison is not a final ranking. It is a frame showing what makes one direction closer than another in your circumstances: the relationships available to you, the time you have, and the evidence you can point to honestly.
What a diagnostic does not produce matters just as much. It does not produce a decision on your behalf, an assessment of your financial safety, or a promise of a client. And it does not produce a numerical readiness score, because compressing a complex professional situation into a number gives a confidence nothing supports.