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How do I get parent coaching? Coach Connie is available for consultations by telephone or by email. New Hampshire and Vermont residents may also call to arrange for in-home consultations or may make an appointment for an office consultation. Just call between the hours of 8 AM and 5 PM, Eastern Time. During the first session you and Coach Connie will determine together whether parent coaching is appropriate for your unique situation, and whether or not telephone or email coaching will work well for you.
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What can I expect when I call for parent coaching? You can expect timely responses, usually on the same day you make the initial call or send an email. You can expect careful listening to your unique situation. You can expect to learn what your strengths are and formulate some ideas about what you can do to improve things that fit your real life everyday situation. You can expect to talk with Coach Connie during your appointment time with no interruptions. You can expect help in making a parenting plan that you can use in the future. You can expect to get ongoing support. You can expect absolute confidentiality and honesty.
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How does coaching make a difference? Coaching is for the everyday, real-life parent doing his or her best to provide the most rewarding and effective parent-child relationship possible. Coaching, unlike therapy, is based on helping you identify your strengths and hopes for yourself and your children while getting encouragement, support and ideas for building on your strengths to reach your own goals as a parent. Most parents want to raise confident, resilient, responsible and considerate children who are able to be successful adults. Parent coaches realize that parents make every effort to cope with the influences in our society that impact children every day and sometimes find it difficult to construct safe, healthy boundaries. Many parents have little or no training in child development and don't always have access to the most recent research as guides in day to day decision making. Coaching can provide training and guidance about what is normal and healthy for children at different ages and stages of development.
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How long will I need coaching? The number of sessions is something you and Coach Connie will determine during the first complementary session. Long experience has shown that change in anything we do in life does not usually happen overnight. On average, parents need 3-5 sessions to formulate a good plan, another 4 sessions to work out implementation issues and develop new ways of relating to their children, and 2-3 sessions to set some goals for the future. Coach Connie suggests that parents commit to 10, one full hour telephone sessions with the understanding that email contact is available between appointments as needed. If fewer sessions seem indicated during the initial complementary contact, the total number of sessions can be negotiated at that time.
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How will I pay for coaching? While some employer group policies do pay for coaching, not all do. It would be helpful to contact your insurance group to learn whether or not they cover this service. Usually, coaching is purchased by blocks of sessions using credit card or debit card. The first session is free and is an opportunity to sort out whether or not coaching is appropriate for your situation. The cost per full hour session is $100 with email contact between sessions free of charge. Sessions can be purchased in blocks of 5 hours at a time. At the end of that time, future sessions can be negotiated. Most people find that 10 sessions is just about the right number of sessions to arrive at a point where the occasional "refresher" contact is all they need. Other services, such as in-home parenting assessments and office appointments are paid at the time service is delivered.
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Will I need to fill out any forms or provide other information? In order to serve your particular needs, it may be necessary for you to provide information about your family, where you live, the presenting problems among other things. It is always helpful to know the names and ages of those living in your home and something about your family's situation. For example, parents who have birth children, foster children, or adoptive children have slightly different concerns. It's helpful to know the first names and ages of children living in your home. It's also helpful to know the first names of any adults living in your home who interact with the children. Sometimes referrals to other resources located in your general area are indicated, in which case, you might be asked for information about where you live. In all cases, the parent is given a list of resources in the general area and contact with any resource is the sole responsibility of the client. Coach Connie will not contact any service or resource on your behalf. It is often very helpful for parents to do homework between sessions. This is usually done through attachments to emails which may involve making notes about how a particular idea has worked in practice in your home.
Use Coach Connie's "Parent and Child Personal Styles"
Evaluation Form
before your family's consultation.
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