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pride myself in saying I'm a recovered therapist. The other
day a former client called and said "I need a shrink!" My
immediate reply was "we don't have shrinks here anymore.
We have enlargers. Will that do for you?"
The energy my clients and I feel after coaching is not even
comparable to the energy I lost and the little bit my clients
gained after a therapy session. Of course what brought clients
to therapy is quite different from what brings clients to
coaching. There will always be a place for therapy. It's
just not where I want to be anymore.
A lot of the training I received as a therapist carried
over into my coaching practice. I believe it's made it easier
for me to coach with purpose. I use a lot of Transactional
Analysis and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) in my corporate
coaching practice. These are great theories that actually
shed a lot of light on any coaching situation.
With a counseling degree in Education, coaching is a perfect
fit for me. I have a chance to offer teleclasses, do presentations
and training for my corporate clients, and travel. I believe
that inside every successful business person is an even
more ambitious one trying to get out, and I want to be there
to celebrate with that person when they come out. My business
tagline is, "put a new show on the road," and I believe
I have the "map" and "directions" to get them there.
Contact Éthelle at Ethelle@TeamworkCoaching.com,
or visit her website at www.TeamworkCoaching.com.
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