What is a Wellness Consultant?
A Wellness Consultant has both experience and expertise in the areas of health, wellness and the life transitions that come with a wide range of medical challenges. A wellness consultant may provide individual sessions and/or specialty group programs that offer education, resourses, strategies and support so that you may be learn to navigate and optimize your own health and recovery.
What is Positive Psychology?
Positive psychology is the study of what makes life worth living! It is a new field of psychological research that focuses on positive emotions, character strenghts, virtues and how these qualities can improve quality of life. It celebrates personal strengths and human resilience in the face of adversity. Positive psychology's refreshing focus on "what works" has been critical in balancing older medical models of pathology and dysfunction.
What are the Parkinson's Positive Psychology Programs?
These group educational programs are designed to facilitate greater understanding, overall adjustment and quality of life for Parkinson's disease (PD) folks and their families. These programs have two primary goals: to educate participants about the common non-motor symptoms of PD and to teach lifestyle approaches that enhance wellbeing, even in the face of illness. There are three separate programs - Young Onset PD, Elder PD and PD CarePartners.
What is a Professional Life Coach?
A Professional Life Coach is a trusted mentor who can help you identify and uncover what keeps you from reaching your fullest potential. It is a relationship that provides a supportive and non-judgmental space to help you create what you want for yourself. You can find a Life Coach to help you strategize and acquire the tools you need to achieve your goals. It consists of steps to help you identify and reframe your thoughts and attitudes. It can also help you break negative habits, acquire new methods of identification, and take action to achieve your maximum potential!
What happens in a Life Coaching Session?
Each session is tailored to the client and will vary based on individual needs. In the beginning, we will discuss what you are committed to accomplishing through our work together and we will begin to create a plan to achieve your goals. Periodically, I will give you assignments to help direct your progress. We will work together to acknowledge obstacles, explore alternate perspectives and celebrate successes. With the conclusion of each session, we will revisit your goals and evaluate the next steps that are needed to achieve these results.
Do I really need a Professional Coach, can't I just do it by myself?
Life coaching can take you above and beyond your own personal limitations. More often than not, people try to achieve their greatest potential, but don’t even realize what stands in their way. A personal Coach can offer an unbiased and objective perspective, and can help you realize your patterns and habits. Most people experience that they are more efficient when working with a Professional Life Coach and that this provides the opportunity for them to better realize their potential. Life coaching can make your dreams attainable and will give you support and encouragement along the way.
How is Coaching different from Therapy?
While life coaching can be therapeutic, it is not psychotherapy. Coaching is distinct from traditional therapy because it is not designed to address major psychological and psychiatric problems. While emotional issues may arise, the primary focus of life coaching is to help you identify your wellness goals, achieve them, and develop constructive habits and skills. There is little emphasis placed on the past with coaching, but instead the focus is on creating what you want now and in the future.
Is Life Coaching confidential?
What we discuss will be held in confidence and not shared with others. However, our discussions are not privileged for legal purposes. The privilege of confidentiality that exists for the clergy, therapists and attorneys is not granted to coaching professionals. That said, life coaching is a confidential process, and your personal information will always be protected.
How long do people generally work with a Life Coach?
To experience the effectiveness of a life coaching program, I suggest clients make an initial three-month commitment. For best results, clients schedule weekly or bi-monthly appointments. At the end of the three months, we will evaluate progress and discuss options for continued coaching.
What are your Professional Fees?
I offer different levels of professional service. Individual wellness consultation and coaching sessions are $150 per hour. Specialty group programs are $495 per course (total of eight, 90 minute sessions). Professional seminars and presentation fees are negotiated based on program length and travel costs. Services are not covered by health and medical insurance. You may also pursue your own wellness education by using my "Links and Resources" page as a positive step toward optimal health and recovery.
Contact me for a no obligation, initial consultation and start your voyage toward achieving optimal health and a life worth living!
"Over the years, I’ve been witness to the phenomenal evolution of an extraordinary sailor, friend and philosopher. JA has an uncanny ability to make dreams come true and a special way of sharing this gift with the world."
Walter H. Wakeman, M.Ed
Education Administrator and Musician
Fairfield, CT
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