Family/Personal Coaching

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Your Family or Personal Plan Will Improve:

• Family Relationships
• Communication
• Self-Esteem
• Self-Control
• Self-Discipline
• Decision-Making Skills
• School Performance
• Emotional, Spiritual, and Physical Health

And will Reduce or Eliminate:

• Conflict
  
• Problem Behaviors
• Anxiety

Family and Personal Coaching Services
Behavioral Coaching
Behavioral coaching can help you reach the level of success you have always desired in all areas of your personal and family life.  As your behavioral coach, I will help you identify the obstacles that have kept each individual from reaching his goals and provide assistance with developing a plan to overcome those obstacles and take effective action.  I will help each individual learn to live each day that reflects his core values. If you are looking to change any area of you or your families life, I can help. 

Common Toddler/Preschool Interventions:
Toilet Training
Bedtime Routines
Tantrumming
Thumbsucking
Language/Communication Training
Instruction Following/Compliance
Playskills/Social Skills Training

Common Grade School Interventions:
Instruction Following/Compliance
Improve Self-Control
Reduce Complaining/Backtalking
Bedwetting
Thumbsucking
Completing Homework
Tantrumming
Social Skills Training
Increase Independence with Daily Living Skills

Common Adolescent/Teenage Interventions:
Rule Following/Compliance
Improve Self-Control
Homework Completion
Chore Completion
Social Skills Training
Anxiety Reduction
Improve Communication Skills
Increase Independence with Daily Skills and Long-Term Planning

Common Individual Interventions:
Improve Self-Control
Improve Self-Discipline
Improve Time-Management
Improve Health (weight loss, healthy eating, and exercise)
Eliminate Smoking
Eliminate Nail-Biting
Improve Social Skills
Improve Relationship Skills

Developing a Behavior-Change Plan

Step 1: Identify Values

The first step to creating a successful behavior-change plan will be to identify you and your families core values in the following 10 areas:

1.     Marriage/Intimate Relationships
2.     Parenting
3.     Family Relationships
4.     Friendships
5.     Career
6.     Education/Training/Personal Growth
7.     Recreation
8 .     Spirituality
9.     Contribution to Society
10. Health/Physical Well Being

Step 2: Identify Goals

After we have identified your core values, we can identify goals that are aligned with those values. Each goal will be defined in a way that is easy to measure, so that we can track your success along the way. 

Step 3: Identify Obstacles

In order to make a successful behavior-change program, it is necessary to identify all the things that are getting in the way of the change from happening.  A common obstacle getting in the way of making desired changes is our tendency to avoid experiencing negative feelings and thoughts.  This is referred to as experiential avoidance.  When we are free from the restriction of fear of feeling bad, we can focus on making the desired changes we want to have in our lives.         

There are several possible obstacles to making long-lasting changes in behavior.  We will identify each obstacle by examining the context in which the behaviors targeted for change usually happen.  Context is a broad concept that includes the physical environment, the physiological environment, and the biological environment.  Each of these areas will be closely examined to find common occurrences that are likely to be factors influencing your current behavior patterns and preventing you from making the changes you would like to have in your life. Each person has different obstacles, so your behavior-change plan will be based on your personal experiences and your personal obstacles.

Step 4: Design a Personalized Behavior-Change Plan

The behavior-change plan will break each goal down into manageable steps that fit your lifestyle.  For each goal, a plan will be put in place to overcome the obstacles identified in Step 4.  All goals will be measured to track all of your successes.

Step 5: Maintenance Plan

Many behavior-change plans fail because they do not include a plan for maintenance.  How many times have you started a new diet, exercise plan, tried to quit smoking, tried to better your relationship with your spouse, or fill-in-the-blank with any attempt at changing one of your habits, only to slowly fade back into your old behavior patterns?  Usually these changes are made during a temporary high that we feel after reading a motivational self-help book, hearing a motivational story, having a visit with our therapist, our after giving ourselves a great motivational speech.  The problem with this approach is that it only lasts as long as the temporary high we feel after these experiences.  If you want to make real long-lasting change you have to change your environment to promote new behavior and you have to have a plan to maintain the changes.