My Approach
My primary goal is to create and maintain a strong relationship with every client and to create an environment of trust and confidence. I provide an ongoing partnership designed to help clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. By using powerful questioning, guided visualizations, and focused exercises, I support clients as they work on making the changes they desire so that they can achieve a more balanced and fulfilling life. I work together with clients as they discover their own inner brilliance and partner with them as they make that brilliance shine in their daily lives. Typically sessions are over the telephone and last up to sixty minutes with email support in between sessions.
Some of my areas of interest are:
- Health/ Wellness
- Stress/ Anxiety
- Chronic health conditions
- Life transitions
- Mindfulness/ Awareness/ Intention
- Balance/ Connection/ Inner Peace
- Spirituality
Coaching as compared to other helping professions:
| Therapy | Consulting | Coaching |
|---|---|---|
| Focuses on the past, usually with healing as a goal | Focuses on problems and consultant's expertise to solve them | Focus on present and partnering to guide client to a more desirable future |
| Doctor-patient relationship | Expert-person with problem relationship | Co-creative, equal Partner! |
| Assumes something is wrong; focus on feeling | Information-based; no focus on feelings | Assumes emotional health; acknowledge feelings but not focus |
| Diagnosis; Professional expertise to give clients path to healing | Evaluation of problem; Directions on how to fix it | Help identify challenges; partnership in finding solutions; holds client accountable to reach desired goals |
