Coaching
HOW DOES COACHING WORK?
A coach is someone who is there to support you in taking the next step in your life, whether it's starting a new business or career path, or doing something you’ve always wanted to do, but never seemed to find the time, like writing a book.
Imagine the impact of devoting forty-five minutes every week to consciously designing your life!
We will meet on the phone and begin intentionally designing your life in a way that is authentic to your values. You will be supported to make mindful decisions about the direction of your path. We’ll take your vision of living the dream out of your head and put it into action in the real world. Imagine the possibilities of what you might create!
COACHING 411
Davina begins your coaching with a 45 minute discovery session on the telephone (or in person when geography allows). During the discovery session we will examine your satisfaction in eight areas of your life (career, money, health, friends/family, romance/relationship, personal growth, fun, and physical environment). Explore your dreams, desires, and goals for creating the life you want and identify the obstacles that keep you from living your dream. You and Davina will then design an empowering coaching arrangement by identifying what motivates you, what shuts you down, and what kinds of reinforcement or accountabilities you need to create the biggest impact in your life.
After the discovery session, Davina will meet with you weekly on the telephone for forty-five minute coaching sessions. Because Davina provides coaching via telephone you do not have to live in the Bay Area to benefit from coaching.
It is important to note that coaching is not advice, therapy, or counseling. Even though Davina is a licensed psychologist, she will not be providing you with psychotherapy services unless you have hired her as a psychotherapist and not a coach. Coaching may address specific personal projects, business success, or general conditions in your life or profession, but it is not psychotherapy. Other coaching services include value clarification, brainstorming, identifying plans of action, examining modes of operating in life, asking clarifying questions, making empowering requests, and homework assignments.
Why Davina as your coach?
Davina has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and over twenty years of experience helping people make positive changes in their lives. Davina believes that all people should have the support to live an authentic path that honors their values, passions, and strengths calls forth their highest self. She is committed to helping her clients overcome their obstacles so they can be free and self-actualized. Davina is a graduate of the California School of Professional Psychology, the Coaches Training Institue, the Anthony Robbins' Life Mastery Program, and Landmark Education's Curriculum for Living and Communications Access to Power I and II Courses.
Davina received the Dale Carnegie Award for Highest Achievement and several awards for her work in the LGBT Community, including the Saints Alive Award, Defenders of Love Award, and the Michael Switzer Leadership Award. Davina was sainted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. She has coached writers, artists, entrepreneurs, healers, LGBT activists and leaders, incarcerated women and men of diverse backgrounds, and high ranking law enforcement officers. Davina has spoken and consulted extensively around the country and internationally. She was a ropes course instructor and has done team building with a wide variety of groups, from troubled teens to office teams.
Davina is especially drawn to unique spiritual experiences that help one find their inner voice and their inner strength. She is a 7-time firewalker. She completed a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat, participated in the School of Lost Borders’ Vision Fast Program in Death Valley, has attended "Way of the Shaman" seminars with Michael Harner, and has had the good fortune of being included in several sacred Native American ceremonies. She also embraces Science of Mind and the principles of Law of Attraction and Law of Manifestion
Davina uses the four fundamental beliefs of Co-active Coaching:
1. The client is naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. Nothing is wrong or broken. The coach uses powerful questions that create channels for your self-discovery.
2. Co-active coaching addresses the client’s whole life. Every choice you make brings you closer or further away from a life that is fulfilling. Co-active Coaching addresses these three client principles: Fulfillment, Balance and Focus.
3. The agenda comes from the client. The coach “holds” your agenda and makes sure it does not get forgotten.
4. The relationship is a designed alliance. Power is granted to the relationship--not the coach. You play a fundamental role in designing how you want to be coached. You learn that you are in control of the relationship and ultimately the changes that you make in your life.
Please contact Davina for more information or a free coaching consultation. Also see if you qualify for special discounted rates.
Phone: (510) 594-4322
Email: davina@davinakotulski.com