In short, coaching is a collaborative relationship in which we will work together to help you to define, decide and move towards what you really want, in your relationship with yourself, your spouse or partner and life in general. It is an encouraging, supportive and validating space in which to process your pain and work to move beyond it in YOUR way, YOUR time and to YOUR agenda.
Is Coaching the same as therapy?
No. Coaching isn’t therapy. Coaching and therapy are “separate-but-equal” fields of personal and professional work. Coaching is about taking you from where you are right now to where you want to be. Therapy is often a painful trip down memory lane, examining lots of different issues and factors that got you to where you are right now. Both coaching and therapy concurrently, does benefit some clients. The biggest distinction is in diagnostics. Coaches DO NOT diagnose or treat any psychiatric, personality or mood disorders.
Coaching works, BUT…. ITS WORK!
This is the moment I start to get real with you. Coaching works. It has personally transformed my life, but yes, IT IS CHALLENGING WORK. Quite frankly, the biggest changes I have seen in my own personal life, is when I was nudged way outside my comfort zone. My job as your coach isn’t to water down the truth or to soften your reality. I will be committed to serving your best interests, and sometimes that means pushing you outside your comfort zone. Here’s what that looks like:
• I will ask you to make commitments: to me, to yourself and to others. I will ask you to practice newly learned skills between sessions. I may assign homework. I will gently hold you accountable to those commitments. We will celebrate when those commitments have been successful.
• I will always be honest with you. At times, this may involve hearing hard things, or things you don’t want to hear. I will do my best to balance directness with sensitivity. I will also encourage you to be honest with me. Let this be a partnership of honesty.
• I will ask you to try new things, when the old ways of doing things aren’t moving you toward your goals. I will ask you to be creative, open-minded, and brave. I may push you to the edge of your comfort zone, but I will do so with respect, compassion and consideration of your current place.
• IF setbacks happen, we will proceed gently, allowing time and space to process changes in your environment. We will practice exercises and work on self-care when fragile places happen.
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