How We Will Work Together

 

It is an honor to be working with your in this way and I look forward to our coaching relationship!

 

This is a co-creative relationship. I see us as equals and I encourage you to do the same.  I am not a therapist, counselor or consultant. I am a trained coach, using practiced communication and listening skills to support you as a detached thinking partner.  Together we create more power for you to effect meaningful change and take dynamic actions towards your forward movement.

 

Please understand, that if you’re seeking to change something about yourself, it takes time. Most of my clients feel a positive shift as soon as the very first session.  Unfortunately, that typically doesn’t last as many of the thought and behavior patterns we develop are from as far back as childhood and are deeply rooted. Much like the time it might take to create a new path in a thickly wooded forest, the same is true for building new neural pathways in our brain. We will be working on new ways to reacting, responded and perceiving your life.  So like the pushed aside branches that snap right back into place the first several times of foraging a new path, you will likely revert back to the old ways of being and experiencing in the beginning. At that same time, you’ll begin to become aware of the elevated choices and options available to you in each moment and over time, it will be amazing to see how your life and relationships begin to elevate and evolve.  If you’re serious about change, decide to make a commitment to coaching. Depending on your situation, the following are typical choices people make for series of sessions:

 

Weekly sessions for 1-3 months (recommended if you are seriously struggling with a major life/work/emotional situation)

Sessions every 2-3 weeks for 3 months (recommended for those who have a general feeling of being stuck and/or unfulfilled personally or professionally and are committed to forward movement.)

Monthly sessions (recommended for those looking to make targeted changes or continue the work they have started during the more frequent series of sessions.)

A session every few months (recommended for those looking to touch base, connect and maintain their momentum by continuing to challenge themselves.

 

After you complete your initial intake forms we can tailor a series that best fits your needs and budget.

 

Your role:

Make our coaching sessions a priority.  You have chosen to invest in yourself. Please take time to complete and email the session prep questions I will provide you by email and any subsequent homework items we may have come up with in our  meetings.. The most crucial part is for you to have an idea of what you would like to take away from the session. Coaching is strongly based on the client’s agenda.

Please be prompt for all sessions whether online or in person.

Come to your session open-minded, and willing to change your beliefs and patterns if they do not serve you anymore.

Give me feedback in the moment about your coaching experience - what works as well as what doesn’t. Do not ever worry about hurting my feelings or fear what I might think.  I am here to support you, not judge you or make decisions for you. If something I say does not resonate with you, I want to know about it.

 

My role:

I will listen closely to you, respond to what I hear and ask questions.  If I hear something in your voice or body language that sparks an intuitive idea, thought or image, I’m likely to share it and you questions about it. Often it is these small nuances that create the bigger shifts for clients. Remember, if it doesn’t resonate, tell me. I’m not attached to being right.

At the end of the session, if you do not mention actions you are ready to take, I will make a coach request.  I ask clients to stretch themselves, deepen the work done in the sessions by either journaling at home, taking a defined act, taking things that feel incomplete.  You are free to negotiate, accept or decline. The work will be in regards to self-awareness and making powerful choices towards your goals.

 

Extra Time:

Between sessions, if you have questions, a brief updated, or want to bounce some ideas around, please contact me by email.  Please keep these contacts succinct. If it seems like it will be better served as session material, I’ll suggest that.

 

Fee:

I accept Cash App, Paypal, Zelle, or pre-payment by cash.

 

Schedule Changes

Please give our sesion high priority and arrange your schedule to honor our agreed upon time.  If you must reschedule, I ask you give me 24 hours notice or as soon as you are able. I will not reschedule no-shows.  A $50 session fee will be charged for sessions canceled at the last minute. Emergencies are an exception.