Do You Work with Clients in Transition?
In your Change Catalyst role as a coach, counselor, or guide, your clients reach out to you for support as they sort out their situation, make sense of their personal circumstances and the unfolding uncertainties of the greater world, decide what actions to take, and find a way to continue moving through this difficult time as effectively as possible.
On a good day, you are clear, your questions are helpful, and you feel good about the outcomes your clients are experiencing.
At other times, you feel in over your head, not sure where to go with your clients nor how to support them in their journey — especially now as everyone finds their way forward amidst relentless waves of changes and deep uncertainty.
If you are an experienced Change Catalyst, you may have the basics, but you are looking for ways to deepen or enhance your work with clients.
With more insights about the new era of change that is unfolding now, imagine how you and your clients benefit:
Your clients breathe a sigh of relief as they feel heard and honored for being right where they are.
Your clients feel so supported by your work, you receive more referrals from them.
You feel even more confident while supporting your clients as they navigate transitions in a world in flux.
Training Opportunities
Carol McClelland Fields, PhD, BCC, author of the Seasons of Change and creator of several of coaching programs, offers six training programs for Change Catalysts to provide helpful insights and tools to assist their clients through life's transitions. Continuing Education Credits available through a partnership with Institute for Life Coach Training.
(The links on this page will take you to Carol’s site for Coaches, Therapists, and other Change Catalysts: Flourish as a Change Catalyst.)
Transition Training
1) Coaching Clients in Uncertain Times: As the scope, intensity, and pace of change continue to escalate in ways we can't always anticipate, it's important for us understand how high levels of uncertainty alter the way clients navigate change and enhance your ability to talk about changes of this magnitude.
2) The Seasons of Change: This rich, multi-faceted nature-based metaphor provides guidance, direction, hope, and support to those in transition. This model is useful whether your clients have entered their transition by choice or by force, whether the transition was anticipated or came as a complete surprise. By weaving this model into your work, you give your clients hope — helping them envision where they've been, where they are, and where they are going.
If you’d like to get a feeling for Carol’s approach to change, download her new eBook: Riding the Waves of Change: Growing, Healing, and Evolving Through Times of Deep Uncertainty.
3) Unlocking Transition Anniversaries for Growth and Healing: Gain additional insights about how to support your clients in acknowledging and commemorating these anniversaries in a way that's healing and allows them to become whole again.
Clarity Training
4) Purpose Clarity: Turning Your Passion into a Meaningful Direction: A four-part coaching program, created by Carol McClelland Fields, PhD, that gives you a step-by-step framework to help clients discover a new career direction, reevaluate their priorities, or find more meaning in their life.
5) Awakening Your Client's Heart Magnet: If you work with clients who are rebuilding their life after a major transition or choosing to create a new aspect of their life, helping them tap into their internal guidance system that tells them when they are attracted to something or repelled by something. This internal knowing is the first brick in building a thriving life!
Business Mentoring
Carol offers business mentoring support to Emerging Change Catalysts (those starting a new business) and Seasoned Change Catalysts (those who are taking their existing business in a new direction).
Through her own experience and her interactions with hundreds of Change Catalysts over the last eight years, Carol has discovered the Mainstream Business Strategies we learn are not a natural fit for us. Using her background in navigating transitions and helping clients gain clarity about their next career, she developed an Organic Way to create, develop, and grow a flourishing business.
Discover a New Path Forward: A Gentle, Encouraging Way to Create and Grow a Viable Business
Gain a new understanding of why you’ve struggled to move your business forward. When you see what’s really been at the heart of your struggle, a healing dynamic begins to unfold.
Explore a gentle and encouraging new path you can take to create and grow a business that aligns with your passions, interests, and values. This journey is especially inspiring for coaches, therapists, and other Change Catalysts who work with clients in transition.
Listen to the Organic Way podcast. Series 1 provides a valuable overview.