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As a coach, I operate on the assumption that you are innately resourceful, creative and powerful—capable of finding your own answers to the challenges you face. I help you clarify what you want and what's in the way, then support you as you develop and implement your particular approach to bringing this into your life. What I don't do is tell you what to do or how to do it. Instead, I listen to you, ask questions and offer you tools for accessing your own knowledge base, natural capacities and other resources. What issues I work with as a coach I believe that all parts of your life—work, health, relationships, finances, spiritual beliefs and practices, values and visions—weave together and affect one another. Changing a discrete behavioral pattern, say around eating or exercise, might turn out to be linked to a shift you need to make in your relationship life or it might be aided by your spiritual practices. Coaches do not coach clients through an active mental illness, deep-seated trauma and abuse issues, serious substance addictions, suicide, and other issues best treated by a licensed mental health professional. If these issues arise, or if you need advice on legal, medical or financial matters, I can recommend organizations that help you find a professional in the appropriate field. How coaching is different from therapy Psychotherapy, as it is conventionally taught and practiced, focuses on dysfunctional attitudes and behaviors, how they developed, and how they might be healed. Based on the medical model, the relationship of therapist to client is that of expert to patient. Coaching was developed by a group of professionals who saw the need for a "wellness" rather than a "sickness" approach. Coach and client work as allies and equals to bring into being the intentions of the client. When you choose this mode, rather than focusing intensively on the various wounds of your past, we pay attention primarily to your dreams for your future and the steps you can take in the present to fulfill them. For what clients are saying about their work with Carolyn>> If you'd like to know more about coaching,
I can address I also encourage you to check the books and audio recordings listed in Other Resources.
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