Services - FAQ
- How much do sessions cost??
- What areas do you specialise in?
- What is Coaching
- What are the differences between Counselling or Coaching?
- Can we do phone or skype sessions?
- How about Couple counselling ?
- What happens during a session?
- How long are sessions?
- How long will I need to come to sessions for?
- What Do Counsellors Do?
- Where are you situated?
- How much do sessions cost??
- $120 per hour for solo sessions and $150 per hour for couples.
However, prices are negotiable according to income. Please ask at your first phone call or face to face session.
I prefer to see couples for 1.5 hrs, so $150 x 1.5 = $225 per session. Tho this is my preference because we get so much more covered, you might only prefer 1 hour sessions. - What areas do you specialise in?
- Personal Issues
- Self Esteem and Confidence
- Communication Skills
- Emotional Intelligence
- Depression
- Stress/Anxiety/Phobias
- Spiritual Exploration
- Life Coaching
- Learning to Learn
Relationships and Sexuality- Relationships - singles and couples
- Family Mediation
- Intimacy and Sexuality - including Tantra/Sacred Sexuality
- Friends with Benefits, Polyamory, Kink and other alternative sexualities
- GLBTI
- What is Coaching
- Coaching is a partnership in which one human being supports and holds the highest intention of possibility for another human being.
There are many kinds of coaches: sports coaches, life coaches., financial coaches, and success coaches. When you go to see a coach, they have some sort of familiarity with the field in which you want to improve. They have probably been trained in a set of tools that allow them to facilitate the pursuit of excellence in that area. But the coach doesn't need to be an expert in the field to be a good at coaching. In fact, a basketball coach could coach a team to excellence, to winning the NBA Championship, and the coach might not be nearly as good a basketball player as any of the team members.
Coaches partner with clients to identify fulfilling goals in their personal and professional life and develop plans to achieve these goals. Coaches are trained to listen, observe, and to elicit solutions and strategies from their clients. They believe their clients are naturally creative and resourceful. A coach provides a place for clients to be held accountable to themselves by guiding the client’s progression towards their goals. Together the coach and client evolve and modify the plan to best suit the client's needs.
Written by Arjuna Ardagh
http://awakeningcoachingtraining.com/what_is_coaching.php - What are the differences between Counselling or Coaching?
- There are large overlaps between what Coaching and Counselling offers you, however, the broad differences are:
Counselling is less goal-oriented and more focused on healing the Past so as to recreate the Present. We may work with and explore fears and anxieties, and anything that is blocking you from having the sort of life you desire. We may use a range of modalities such as NLP, Hypnosis, EFT, body work and philosophical and spiritual discussion.
Coaching is more focused on the Present and the Future and more oriented on projects or goals or skills and what you are ‘doing' as a person.
Frances, your LoveCoach, tends to use a mixture of coaching and counselling - depending on your needs. - Can we do phone or skype sessions?
- Sessions are traditionally done face to face. However, depending on your circumstances, it may suit you better to have Skype or Phone sessions.
Skype sessions require a good internet service and headphones.
If we do phone sessions, I call you to save on costs.
Payment is in advance by credit card or paypal. - How about Couple counselling ?Couple Counselling falls into both categories.
Your LoveCoach offers you either Coaching or Counselling or a mixture of both - depending on your needs. - Please read this to get the best from your Couple Coaching sessions
- What happens during a session?Your first session is a great opportunity for you to decide if the therapist/coach is the right one for you. Ask as many questions as you like. At the end, we will explore if you would like further sessions, and for what duration etc.
- How long are sessions?Sessions are conducted in blocks of 1 hour
- if preferred you can also book 0.5, 1.5, 2 or 3 hours per session
Sessions with Couples or Family Mediation are normally 1.5 hours - How long will I need to come to sessions for?How long is a piece of string ;-) This all depends on what you are here for. Some people have only 1 session and they are totally satisfied. Other people really commit to their growth and attend for years. In general 6 - 10 sessions is the average. Most couples need a minimum of 8 to 20 sessions to make a lasting difference.
Time heals all wounds" - Right? Not always !! If a wound is not attended to properly when it first happens, it can heal badly, and come back to cause problems later on.
Also... If something is troubling you, it's true, it may eventually right itself - Counselling and Coaching however, will tend to shorten the time to solve the situation and teach you the awareness to not repeat it again. - What Do Counsellors Do?
- They listen attentively. They explore options with you.
- They do not tell you what you have to do, or suddenly make your life magically better; YOU do that.
- They teach you skills in thinking and planning, or learning more effectively.
- They create a place for you to feel what you need to feel in safety.
- They may give you things to do or practice in between sessions.
- They may highlight ways you are thinking which do not support you.
- They acknowledge and support your thoughts and feelings.
- They may assist you to explore and better understand your past.
- They may assist you to explore and better understand your future.
- They listen
Willingness
Awareness
Choice (skills)
Support
Accountability - Where are you situated?
- Having worked in Sydney for over 17 years, we are now situated a comfortable, quiet and cozy home office located in, Bellingen, on the mid coast NSW, Australia. Frances also has offices in Coffs Harbour and visits Crows Nest, Sydney once a month to see clients.
Also as we do skype and phone sessions, we are able to work with clients all over Australia, and Internationally.
The full address will be given on booking a face to face session.
Contact us here to make a query or appointment.
Coaching Programmes
Singles: Choosing a Partner Wisely
Internet Dating Secrets
Couples: Pre-Marriage/Pre Living-together Coaching
Sexuality Coaching – including Tantra and Sacred Sexuality