Janette Brown, MA, LMFT (info-link)                                                                                                                                                       600 1st Ave. N.E. Seattle, WA. 98104 (206) 524-3645



Coaching



Coaching is simply a style of counseling. Before insurance companies or managed care took interest in helping provide services, counseling did not involve diagnoses, pathology labels or any regulation from outside mental health experts. Sessions were kept between you and your counselor or therapist.This is still available to thoses who request no notes be kept of their sessions.

That said, coaching like personal counseling or psychotherapy, assists us in making changes we decide to make. Using a trained person will expedite our progress, helping avoid unconscious stalling, so that change is made more readily.


How to prepare:

• clarify how life would look different 6 to 8 weeks from now, or 6 months from now
• review what has gotten in the way of reaching goals before
• know what would be helpful: whether you need a touch stone, a place to be challenged, a place to lessen life's pressures, or some combination

Coaching sessions with Janette are offered in sets of four. They will help streamline your thinking and simplify your view of what needs doing. Sometimes the issues brought to coaching are less intense than those brought to therapy, or people seeking the sessions have more personal-supports and self-resilience available.