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Business Gone Bad? Consider Seeking Out Professional Peace of Mind

HAVERFORD, Pa., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Crashing home values, rampant unemployment, businesses going under, vanishing pensions, executives having to redefine their roles or look for new positions -- each of these issues have become all too familiar in this time of economic struggle. And while we are all suffering, we don't always know how to get the help we need -- this is where a Life Coach comes into play.

As explained by Alice Donavin, LCSW, a Professional Life Coach and Psychotherapist inHaverford, PA andPalm Beach, Florida (610-585-4028), who regularly makes house and office calls, "Life coaching does not delve into diagnosing mental illness, emotional disorders or dysfunctions. In simplistic terms, the focus is on the present and the future, not the past."

"A therapist works to heal the wounds of the past while a life coach works to effect change in your current behavior and help you move your life forward," adds Donavin.

Drawing inspiration from psychology, sociology, positive adult development, and other types of counseling, a life coach may use techniques like value assessment, behavior modification, persuasion, suggestion, reassurance, goal-setting, and instruction to help you see yourself and your problems more realistically and cope more effectively.

In these economically trying times, people who have become long acquainted with in-home exercise trainers and masseurs, personal shoppers, and lawyers on retainer might see an investment in one's mental and physical well being as a wiser choice.

Life coaching is not only efficient -- and therefore cost-effective -- it also has long-term dividends. The skills and ideas you gain from your life coach may last well beyond the paid coaching period. Ideally, you're paying for lifetime benefits -- a permanent shift to a higher level of living.

    Consider Hiring a Life Coach If ...

    You've always defined yourself by your job and/or assets:

    * Your identity has always been defined by your net worth ... now what?
    * Your identity has been wrapped up in your job ... now you may not have
      one, or fear you may lose your position and/or company
    * You aren't sure what is important to you anymore ... and "material goods
      & stuff" used to be a top priority


    You're stuck in an endless loop:

    * You keep having the same argument with your spouse/child/significant
      other with no resolution
    * You repeat behavior that never works, never gets you anywhere
    * You keep making the same lousy choices


    You're having a really hard time:

    * You're contemplating divorce or separation
    * You're coping with a death, divorce, illness, aging parents, adolescent
      kids, or all of the above
    * Your personal/work life is a disaster and nothing you try helps


    You're just not yourself:

    * You can't remember what it's like to feel confident
    * Self-help books and all their good ideas have stopped helping
    * Your sad days are turning into sad weeks/months
    * You worry about how worried you are
    * Enough is never enough for you

SOURCE Alice Donavin, LCSW

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Business Gone Bad? Consider Seeking Out Professional Peace of Mind