Posted by Kath on October 22, 2008, at 19:55:43
My therapist recently asked me if I was interested in having the name & # of her colleague, who is a personal coach & who is doing an internship to get further certification. As a result, she's offering personal coaching at a hugely hugely reduced price, because she needs to have worked with a certain # of people. ($25/month for 3 - 3/4 hour sessions) - with preferrably a committment of at least 3 months.
I wasn't interested at first. My concept of a personal coach was someone who you talked with about certain goals & then did a phone check as to how many times you'd gone running, or eaten balanced meals - or whatever you'd decided you needed to do.
WELL - am I surprised! I've had a short introductory session (she does a lot of her work over the phone. We're in Ontario, Canada & she said a lot of her clients are in the U.S.). Then today we did what is called a "Discovery". The coaching in my case, is going to be about where I want my life to go...who AM I? What part of myself is serving me well & what part isn't...that type of thing.
Part of what came up is that I want to be strong & grounded. I want to be unshaken by stuff that happens around me. I want to be able to enjoy life instead of endure it. Things like that.
I am realy blown away. She has a background as a social worker, so I guess that's a real benefit. I don't even know how to describe it. I feel like this might be pretty life-changing. I feel a little scared as well. She said (in better words) that due to my attitude & openness & willingness to 'go with it' - that she can see me really benefitting big-time from this. She said that the type of coaching that she does is, I think she said 'interactive'. She said it can go however deep the client wants it to. When I mentioned something about my Inner Child being pretty close to the surface, in that I'm very often aware of how that Part of me feels/what 'she' wants, etc...she said something like, 'by all means, bring her along for the ride. The way I work, I am dealing with the Whole Person - ALL parts of the person'.WOW. When I got off the phone, I was thinking "I didn't even realize someone like this existed! This is better than a therapist for me" (although my therapist is very good).
Anyway, I'm excited about it & wanted to bring it here.
:-) Kath
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