My Approach:  Fibromyalgia Wellness Coaching

I love to help women with fibromyalgia, like you, usually ages 50 and better, who still have a lot of living to do, reclaim their health and learn to love their lives again.  

Because of my background as a psychotherapist for over 25 years I am often asked what is the difference between psychotherapy and coaching?

The reality is there is a lot of overlap and it depends on the theoretical orientation and the style of the therapist or coach.  

In general, psychotherapists use psychological interventions to help clients heal from a broad variety of mental and emotional difficulties related to past experiences that hamper their functioning in the present.

Coaches help clients who are not experiencing serious mental distress focus on building a better future through goal setting and other change-oriented strategies. 

I would describe the type of counseling I practiced as “therapy with a coaching edge”.

So now, I describe my coaching approach as “coaching with a therapeutic edge”.

This means that I offer a unique, comprehensive approach to Fibromyalgia

Wellness Coaching utilizing the BEST model to look at your whole person and give you a broad range of tools and

strategies to manage fibromyalgia.  We do this by improving not only your physical health, but also

your emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing.

If we discover in the process of coaching that there are significant past issues that need to be healed and resolved and if we conclude that work should be done in a psychotherapy setting, I will be happy to refer you to a local provider.

We will determine together if you need to take a break from coaching to focus on psychotherapy or if coaching can continue as a complimentary process so you can become the best version of You as you manage your chronic illness.

If you are wondering what it would be like to talk with me,  I can tell you that clients often comment on the depth of my presence and compassion and the exceptional quality of my listening skills. They appreciate my insight, discernment and wisdom as we explore ways for you to move forward and manage fibromyalgia rather than having it manage you.

They mention that I am firm, yet very kind. And they also appreciate that I don’t take myself too seriously, well not usually, and I often enjoy hilarious laughter with my clients.

I offer several programs designed especially for you to discover how to live your BEST life with fibromyalgia:

• The Flourishing with Fibromyalgia Signature Program– 15 Essential, Empowering Coaching Conversations in 5 months. My signature program is your best value and includes a variety of extra features and special bonuses to support you in achieving results.
• The Dream a New Dream Program– 9 Essential, Empowering Coaching 5Conversations in 90 Days
• The Wellness Virtual Mini-Retreat– A half day program of restoration and rediscovery and reawakening your hopes and dream

We focus on elevating the strategies you use to handle fibromyalgia in four areas:

B– Your Body and Physical Health

E– Your Emotional and Mental Health

S– Your Social Support Structure

T– Your Transcendent or Spiritual Life 

We address the primary and distinctive symptoms of fibromyalgia by incorporating strategies to reduce widespread body pain, improve unrelenting fatigue, reduce brain fog and increase deep and refreshing sleep.

We develop awareness, acceptance and understanding of your thoughts and feelings regarding fibromyalgia. In addition, we work to increase a sense of belonging and connectedness and deepen your sense of meaning and purpose in life.

In a series of essential, empowering coaching conversations over the phone (or Skype if desired) we explore a comprehensive, wholistic approach to managing your fibromyalgia using the BEST Model to guide our sessions.