Judith Potts, M.A. - Personal and Life Coach
SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
- Individual Coaching sessions for adults 21 and up
- Meetings by phone or online
- Meetings at other locations by arrangement
- We can walk during all or part of your session. Just ask! And wear appropriate attire.
- Coaching for couples
- Coaching for friends
- Coaching for siblings and other adult family members
- Coaching for business partners
- Referrals to other practitioners or services
- Coordination of care as needed
- Seasonal and short-term individual programs for dealing with holiday stress, planning for your child's summer, getting organized, preparing for a special event, retirement, and others are listed at the bottom of this page.
- Psychoeducation addressing common concerns, with practical ideas that you can apply on your own.
- Mindful eating
- Mindful aging and retirement
- Hypersensitivity and its impact on life
- Self-esteem and self-confidence
- Creative arts for self-awareness and change
- Wellness and lifestyle change
- Finding your Inner Coach
- Walking together
- Finding healthy coping strategies
- Getting organized
COUNSELING OR COACHING? Which is right for you?
COUNSELING OR COACHING? Which is right for you?
There are both differences and similarities between Counseling and Coaching, most notably in the kind of help the client is seeking. Here is a summary of the common distinctions:
COUNSELING
*Client has persistent problems
*Focus on the past
*Origins in health care and medicine
*Starts with a presenting problem
*Focus on developmental issues
*Counselor provides safety, nurturing
*Usually done face-to-face
COACHING
*Client wants life to be better
*Focus on the present and future
*Origins in business and sports
*Starts with goals, desire for vision
*Focus on motivation and strategies
*Coach provides safety and accountability
*Conducted in person, by phone, online
- Both start with a desire for change.
- Both are based on a collaborative, client-centered partnership.
- Both help clients gain self-awareness in a safe, non-judgmental environment
- Both help clients break old patterns that keep them stuck and interfere with well-being.
- Both help clients reduce and manage negative feelings.
- Both introduce healthy coping strategies and provide practice in using them.
- Both offer safety, confidentiality, nurturing and accountability.
- Both use creativity and intuition to find unique, personal solutions for each client.
- Both foster independence, self-reliance, and self-confidence.
During our first meeting, you can describe your hopes and goals for change. If it seems like working with a counselor would be more appropriate for your current needs, I can provide you with referral information.
NEW SERVICES
Check this space for new and seasonal programs
RETIREMENT COACHING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES
Are you or your spouse/partner approaching retirement? Have you considered the many ways that retirement will change your life? Are you or your retired spouse/partner experiencing difficulties in adjusting to your new status and/or to aging in general?
MINDFUL EATING
Would you like to feel more in control around food? Are you tired of the cycle of diets and food obsession? Let's work together to develop a personalized program of healthy eating. Experts from many disciplines recommend Mindful Eating (also called Attuned or Intuitive Eating) as an alternative to the futility of dieting, which, as most people now realize, does not work!
The problem: when we lose touch with the actual experience of eating, the food may not satisfy us. This leads to and supports overeating and binge behaviors, as well as anxiety when we try to change the habits.