Squirrels In Your Attic: Maintaining Integrity and Presence When Facing Clinical Issues in the Coaching Process

Saturday, November 6, 2004
11:00 am–1:00 pm
Room 206A

Have you ever wanted tools and techniques to assist you to competently and comfortably maintain your professional coaching integrity when a client presents difficult material or strong emotions? Have you ever wished you had assessment tools to assist you in deciding if a client warrants referral to a mental health professional? Join this panel of seasoned coaches in a lively interactive workshop designed to assist coaches to maintain their professional integrity when encountering possible therapeutic issues.

Objectives

• Experience and practice a model of coaching to use when faced with potential clinical issues in the coaching process. This model maintains the coaching presence and supports the client at all times.
• Increase awareness of errors frequently made by coaches when faced with a client's strong emotional experiences and learn how to return to the coaching process while having compassion for oneself.
• Receive, learn and practice a new assessment tool, designed specifically for coaches, that will assist coach and client in determining if referral to a mental health professional is appropriate
• Deepen understanding of the core principles and competencies of coaching that assist coaches to maintain their professionalism while steadfastly supporting their clients. This includes times when clients are experiencing strong emotional reactions that might be better handled by psychotherapy.

Principles for Addressing Clinical Issues within the Coaching Process and Top Ten Lists and Squirrels in the Attic handout (These are PDF files)

ROY FRIEDMAN, PCC, has been intrigued by the contrasts between coaching and psychotherapy for several years—leading to his active participation in panels like the current Squirrels in Your Attic and last year's The Elephant in the Room. His coaching business is an eclectic mix of executives, professionals, entrepreneurs and creative people (artist, poet, et al.). Roy's other passion is to encourage inner city coach-like dialogues between seniors and teens.

LISA KRAMER, PCC, is president of Living with Intention Coaching, Training, and Coaching Mastery™. Lisa's vision is a planet inhabited by masterful coaches, and she created the Coaching Mastery program to achieve her vision. She is on the faculty of the Institute for Life Coach Training, and she served on the faculty of Widener University Center for Social Work Education prior to transitioning into coaching. Lisa is the author of Coaching with Intention, the first book in the Coaching Mastery Series.

TOM KRAPU, Ph.D., is a creative and mindful coach grounded in Arbinger principles. He is passionate about people functioning optimally and preservers until results are achieved. Tom's own outstanding leadership achievements and absolute dedication inspires others to attain and incorporate organizational as well as personal goals. His brilliant understanding of the dynamics of relationships creates an environment of confidence in which to excel and of clarity needed to move forward decisively. He is most definitely a change-maker.

LYNN MEINKE Innovative and thought provoking, Lynn Meinke is a Certified Life Coach and senior faculty member at The Institute for Life Coach Training. Lynn holds a Masters degree in Psychology and has over twenty-five years in the human development field including more than ten years as a psychotherapist. Lynn is co-chair of the ICF Life Coach Committee.

HARRIET SIMON SALINGER, MCC, is a highly respected international coach, consultant, and mentor who works with her clients to discover their unacknowledged abilities and gifts. When you weave these in with the power of the heart there is a high probability of a satisfying, fulfilling and sustainable life.