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roha
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« Thread Started on Aug 18, 2003, 2:17pm » | |
i'm thinking about getting a coach. Can anyone share their experience?
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Jackie
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« Reply #1 on May 3, 2004, 1:35pm » | |
Excuse my ignorance but what is coaching?
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« Reply #2 on Jan 6, 2005, 7:35am » | |
Here is your full article text:
What Is ADD Coaching?
Contributed by: Nancy A. Ratey, Ed.M., ABDA, MCC (Posted on 2002-12-20)
The idea of hiring a coach to improve one's performance in the worlds of work, athletics or the arts is certainly not new. But what about hiring a coach to help your overall performance and ability to live a balanced and fulfilling life? The field of Personal and Professional coaching aims to do just that.
Partnership, Structure and Process are the 3 core elements of ADD coaching. By customizing the coaching partnership to meet your needs, you are able to develop a user-friendly method to motivate and steer you forward. Creating strength based STRUCTURES improves your focus and attention so you are able to channel your abilities to function at your best and achieve goals. The coach help guide you through the PROCESS of self-exploratoin allowing you to explore what works best for you. Non-judgmental questions assists you in analyzing the situation at hand and work toward an achievable resolutions.
ADD coaching is a supportive, practical, concrete process in which you and the coach work together to identify and pursue your goals. The primary purpose of coaching is to help the individual with ADD develop the structures necessary to function effectively and to teach practical approaches to the challenges of daily life.
What is the role of the coach?
The coach provides encouragement, recommendations, feedback, and practical techniques such as reminders, questions, and calendar monitoring. Strategies are developed to address issues of time management, eliminating clutter in one's home or office, and becoming more effective in one's personal and professional life. ADD coaching is not psychotherapy. Coaches are not licensed therapists, nor do coaches make any representation of such.
What is the role of the client?
Coaching is a process that happens over time. Since it is a client-driven service, for coaching to be successful you must possess a strong desire for personal growth and improvement. Coaching focuses on your being in action towards self-edification, self-improvement, creating life balance, and reaching goals.
How does ADD coaching work?
Regular meetings and check-ins are an essential part of the coaching process. These sessions can be done in person, by telephone, by fax or by e-mail, whichever is preferable to you. However, before coaching begins, you and the coach will need to have an in-depth, one- to two-hour initial meeting to develop the step-by-step plans needed to achieve goals. You might also arrange periodic progress reviews as part of the on-going coaching process.
Programming, structuring and guided-self exploration are the core elements of the ADD coaching process. By customizing the coaching service to meet your needs through PROGRAMMING, you are able to develop a user-friendly partnership to motivate and steer you forward. STRUCTURING improves your focus and attention so you are able to channel your abilities to function at your best and achieve goals. The non-judgmental questions of GUIDED SELF-EXPLORATION assist you to analyze the situation at hand and work toward an achievable resolution.
How does coaching help you take charge of your brain?
Coaching helps you learn about your brain and its deficits in order to demystify it. If you understand the strengths and weaknesses of your brain, you can develop strategies to sustain attention and maintain motivation to reach your goals. The concrete, practical strategies and tools explored through coaching transform an "I can't" attitude into "Yes, I can!" The brain can learn! There is hope for making positive, lasting changes in your life.
About the author:
Nancy A. Ratey, Ed.M., ABDA, MCC, holds a master’s degree in administration planning and social policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is a Master Certified Coach and is the Immediate Past President of ADDA. As co-founder of the AD/HD coaching field, Nancy is widely recognized as the leader of on-going efforts to develop and advance the coaching profession. She is frequently featured in the media, lectures nationally and internationally, writes extensively on coaching including co-authoring 2 books and, contributing chapters on coaching to many other texts. Known for her high energy and directedness, Nancy branded “Strategic Life Coaching” to reflect her own unique style and philosophy towards coaching. This method of coaching is geared towards high achieving senior executives and professionals with AD/HD. Nancy lives in Wellesley, MA with her husband and 3 dogs. For information and resources please visit: WWW.NANCYRATEY.COM
copied from: http://www.addconsults.com/articles/full.php3?id=1257
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« Reply #3 on May 22, 2005, 3:29am » | |
I've had a coach for four years now. It's an amazing experience. I hired a coach to see if I might like to become a coach myself instead of continuing as a family therapist. I've regained my ADD traits that have been a "problem" all these years. And, fell in love with coaching.
Most coaches offer a free 30 minute coaching session to check it out. I coach women newly diagnosed with ADHD. I love helping them grow with their ADHD and achieve their own vision of career and relationship success.
A great resource for recapturing your amazing selves is www.tamingmygremlin.com. Check it out. It's fun! ANd it's not just for women!!!
Cathy
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