Transformational Certified Professional Coach

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. What is the difference between coaching and counseling?

A Councilor according to the dictionary is professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes.

For example a school counselor might help you figure out what type of classes you want to take based on their methodologies of who you are now.

A coach uses dialog to discover your interests and help you understand what type of lifestyle you want to create for yourself. We look at your values, your interests, your hopes and dreams. We can discover what types of challenges you think you might face, including your own beliefs.

You might have a belief about yourself that would create challenges for you, or worse stop you from achieving your desired lifestyle. We can inspire real change within you and what you can achieve based on your personal discoveries. We can design a plan together, we discover what kinds of skills you already possess. This discovery will lead us to what types of skills you might want to pick up along the way.

We will create together in a coaching partnership a plan of action, goals and benchmarks. Armed with this new understanding you will discover things about yourself that will inspire real and lasting change for your future.

How do I know if I should use a therapist, a coach or a combination of both?

Are you able to take responsibility for changing your attitude, perspective, or circumstances?

If not, a counselor would be a good choice. A coach can only help if the client is willing to accept responsibility for their experience of life. If you are in blame, or shame about past events and cannot come to terms with how you still create the past in the present we recommend that you find a therapist. In this regard a coach would not be appropriate for you now.

If you need coping skills because you are overwhelmed by your emotions for months on end; and it is interfering with normal functioning and relationships in daily life, a counselor is best suited to help.

You as a client must be emotionally available to tolerate the discomforts of taking risks for change.

If you can be self-regulating and willing to try something new to create a perspective change, then you are ready for a coach. If you are having short-term issues and it's a new situation for you, short-term counseling may be needed alone or in conjunction with coaching.

You must take responsibility for what you create in your life, if you cannot, then therapy might be a good choice for you.

Q. If you have a complicated pricing system for your service, please give all the details here.

A. Informational Calls Are Free

Private Session Rates $100 - 250.00/session
(Join us for the teleclass Self-Knowledge is Self Power to save 50% on per session rates.)

Planning Session: $100

Call today:
(503) 762 - 3118
On July 8th 2011, we were voted the most affordable coaching business in Portland.

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