Showing posts with label coaching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coaching. Show all posts
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Isabelle Zehnder - Coach - Mentor - Advocate
Isabelle Zehnder is a Certified Family Coach offering coaching to parents and to teens. She offers convenient telephone coaching as well as in-person coaching and workshops. Call her at 360-723-5253 or e-mail coaching@positivefamilysolutions.com.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
COACHING FOR PARENTS & TEENS: Convenient telephone coaching for parents and teens
Isabelle Zehnder is a Professional Family and Life coach and is the Founder of Positive Family Solutions™, and Parents and Teens, Unite!™. Her niche is coaching parents and teens. She offers programs for parents and families who are struggling with teen issues, divorce, blended family issues, and empty nest.
And it's convenient!
We understand parents don't have a lot of time and that the cost of gasoline has gone through the roof, so we offer convenient telephone coaching, eliminating the need for transportation to and from sessions. We have found parents are more relaxed in their own environments and less stressed because it is so convenient.
Imagine this ...
Just imagine what life would be like at home if you had the skills to coach your pre-teen or teen through one of the most complex times in his or her life. By learning to become your teen’s coach you will not only discover how to guide your teen through this most difficult time, you will also build a strong and lasting relationship.
We can train you to be your TEEN’S coach!
As children move into adolescence parents must relinquish their role as managers so that teens can learn to manage their own lives. Having a powerful coach – and who better than their own parent – can help guide teens through this process and can be empowering for both parent and teen.
Why coaching?
Coaching is becoming increasingly popular and for very good reason. In the past sports came to mind when we heard the word "coach". But today coaching can be found in just about every arena.
So we decided, "Why not bring coaching to families?" After all, for most people family comes first. Parents often struggle with pre-teens and teens. We offer a program to help parents become their teen's personal coach. Not only have teens benefited from the experience, but parents too have greatly benefited.
Three Layers of Learning™
Positive Family Solutions™ has found a winning combination for parents ready to delve into becoming their teens’ coach, the Three Layers of learning™.
First, an interactive experience-based coaching relationship is developed between parent and coach. The coach asks the parent for his or her desired outcomes.
Next, throughout the coaching relationship your coach will provide you with learning and developmental tools, including Parent as Coach, written by Diana Sterling. You will then have the opportunity to read, reflect, and observe what you have learned.
And finally, through coaching, weekly reading, and practical homework assignments, you will have the opportunity to immediately put the skills into practice. These skills can then be applied to everyday life.
The benefits of coaching are ever-reaching. While working to become your teen's coach you will find that you too will benefit from the experience. One client recently said, “I’ve seen a positive change not only in my kids but in myself as well.”
We've heard many parents say:
"My daughter feels like a complete stranger" ... "It feels like my son is in control of our household" ... "I am tired of the constant conflict" ... "My family is stuck in a rut and I'm worried there's no way out."
Parents are tired of living under stress, fear, and constant worry about the people they love most - their kids. The good news is families can now get the help they so desperately need through coaching. Coaching helps parents tap into their own intuition to find the answers they need to create the loving home environments they long for and deserve.
Don't wait until it's too late. Many families believed things would get better, and when they didn't, they sent their kids to long-term residential programs. Many families have indicated if they knew then what they know now they would never have resorted to sending their children and teens away.
So why not be pro-active before things get out of hand. If the questions below sound all too familiar call and find out if coaching is for you.
Has your pre-teen or teen become:
- A complete stranger?
- Defiant or disrespectful to you or others?
- Withdrawn or depressed? Does he or she suffer from low self-esteem?
- Unsociable, spending too much time on the computer?
Is your child:
- A good kid making bad choices? Choosing undesirable peers?
- Not working to his or her academic potential? Has he or she become an underachiever?
- Skipping school? Is truancy an issue?
- Failing school? Has he or she been suspended or expelled?
- Sexually active?
Are you:
- Frustrated with your child's negative behavior?
- Concerned about substance abuse or gang activity?
- Tired of the conflict, disruption, and despair?
- Exhausted in your attempts to create a more fulfilling relationship with your kids or grown child?
- Worried your teen or young adult lacks direction for his or her future?
- Stuck in a rut?
Are you ready to finally get the peace you deserve?
Positive Family Solutions is dedicated to bringing HOPE to families! We provide convenient one-on-one telephone coaching, in-person coaching, and workshops for parents, guardians, teens, and pre-teens.
So, what are you waiting for?
Isabelle understands the challenges of today's fast-paced world and is dedicated to bringing HOPE to families - one family at a time!
Call (360) 723-5253 today and learn how you can become your teen’s coach or e-mail us at coaching@positivefamilysolutions.com.
For more information please visit our website at www.positivefamilysolutions.com.
And it's convenient!
We understand parents don't have a lot of time and that the cost of gasoline has gone through the roof, so we offer convenient telephone coaching, eliminating the need for transportation to and from sessions. We have found parents are more relaxed in their own environments and less stressed because it is so convenient.
Imagine this ...
Just imagine what life would be like at home if you had the skills to coach your pre-teen or teen through one of the most complex times in his or her life. By learning to become your teen’s coach you will not only discover how to guide your teen through this most difficult time, you will also build a strong and lasting relationship.
We can train you to be your TEEN’S coach!
As children move into adolescence parents must relinquish their role as managers so that teens can learn to manage their own lives. Having a powerful coach – and who better than their own parent – can help guide teens through this process and can be empowering for both parent and teen.
Why coaching?
Coaching is becoming increasingly popular and for very good reason. In the past sports came to mind when we heard the word "coach". But today coaching can be found in just about every arena.
So we decided, "Why not bring coaching to families?" After all, for most people family comes first. Parents often struggle with pre-teens and teens. We offer a program to help parents become their teen's personal coach. Not only have teens benefited from the experience, but parents too have greatly benefited.
Three Layers of Learning™
Positive Family Solutions™ has found a winning combination for parents ready to delve into becoming their teens’ coach, the Three Layers of learning™.
First, an interactive experience-based coaching relationship is developed between parent and coach. The coach asks the parent for his or her desired outcomes.
Next, throughout the coaching relationship your coach will provide you with learning and developmental tools, including Parent as Coach, written by Diana Sterling. You will then have the opportunity to read, reflect, and observe what you have learned.
And finally, through coaching, weekly reading, and practical homework assignments, you will have the opportunity to immediately put the skills into practice. These skills can then be applied to everyday life.
The benefits of coaching are ever-reaching. While working to become your teen's coach you will find that you too will benefit from the experience. One client recently said, “I’ve seen a positive change not only in my kids but in myself as well.”
We've heard many parents say:
"My daughter feels like a complete stranger" ... "It feels like my son is in control of our household" ... "I am tired of the constant conflict" ... "My family is stuck in a rut and I'm worried there's no way out."
Parents are tired of living under stress, fear, and constant worry about the people they love most - their kids. The good news is families can now get the help they so desperately need through coaching. Coaching helps parents tap into their own intuition to find the answers they need to create the loving home environments they long for and deserve.
Don't wait until it's too late. Many families believed things would get better, and when they didn't, they sent their kids to long-term residential programs. Many families have indicated if they knew then what they know now they would never have resorted to sending their children and teens away.
So why not be pro-active before things get out of hand. If the questions below sound all too familiar call and find out if coaching is for you.
Has your pre-teen or teen become:
- A complete stranger?
- Defiant or disrespectful to you or others?
- Withdrawn or depressed? Does he or she suffer from low self-esteem?
- Unsociable, spending too much time on the computer?
Is your child:
- A good kid making bad choices? Choosing undesirable peers?
- Not working to his or her academic potential? Has he or she become an underachiever?
- Skipping school? Is truancy an issue?
- Failing school? Has he or she been suspended or expelled?
- Sexually active?
Are you:
- Frustrated with your child's negative behavior?
- Concerned about substance abuse or gang activity?
- Tired of the conflict, disruption, and despair?
- Exhausted in your attempts to create a more fulfilling relationship with your kids or grown child?
- Worried your teen or young adult lacks direction for his or her future?
- Stuck in a rut?
Are you ready to finally get the peace you deserve?
Positive Family Solutions is dedicated to bringing HOPE to families! We provide convenient one-on-one telephone coaching, in-person coaching, and workshops for parents, guardians, teens, and pre-teens.
So, what are you waiting for?
Isabelle understands the challenges of today's fast-paced world and is dedicated to bringing HOPE to families - one family at a time!
Call (360) 723-5253 today and learn how you can become your teen’s coach or e-mail us at coaching@positivefamilysolutions.com.
For more information please visit our website at www.positivefamilysolutions.com.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Isabelle Zehnder, Founder and President of CAICA
The Coalition Against Institutionalized Child Abuse (CAICA) was founded in 2004 by Isabelle Zehnder.
Isabelle has recently prepared a letter to staff who have worked in abusive facilities asking that they come forward and report what they witnessed. Last summer she helped locate a law firm that would assist families that have been harmed. What started as a 3-plaintiff lawsuit has grown to 82 plaintiffs, and more are expected to join.
She has spent the past three years researching this industry, helping families, mentoring children who have been abused, providing the public with what has been called the most comprehensive website on this topic, working with lawyers and legislators. She has listened to hundreds of stories from children who have been abused and neglected in these programs. She has researched and reported on deaths in programs, something that has been extremely difficult to do. She consults with families in crisis who do not want to make the same mistakes so many others have made.
What she has uncovered has been chilling. It has been the consistency of the children's stories that has convinced her this is a huge, silent, national problem that desperately needs attention. The child/teen help industry has grown into a multi-billion dollar per year industry, and there is no sign of it slowing down any time soon.
Advocacy for this cause has been difficult at best. There are radical groups that want all programs shut down. Isabelle realizes this is not the answer. She has worked to find other organizations and advocacy groups that can assist in her efforts to regulate this industry. After spending the past three years researching deaths in these facilities she has concluded that dangerous face-down prone restraints have been the cause of most restraint deaths. Therefore, Isabelle has recently spearheaded a campaign to ban the use of these deadly restraints.
Isabelle hopes that more people will come forward to be a voice for children who do not have a voice. Time and time again it has been reported that once children and teens are locked behind closed doors of some facilities they have no access to the outside world. Some have gone as long as 18 months or more without speaking with their parents, some have gone as long as 2 years or more without seeing their parents. They are cut off from all contact with other family members and friends. They are allowed to write letters to their parents and parents are allowed to write letters to their children. However, it has been reported that all mail is censored and that often parts of these letters have been blacked out. All at the urging of the program. No clinical studies have proven these methods are effective. There is plenty of proof that it is not beneficial either to the parents or the child. It is not effective in bringing the family unit together.
The bottom line is that children are being abused, neglected, and are dying in some residential programs. This needs to stop. Families do need help at times and they should not have to fear for their child's safety when seeking that help.
Isabelle encourages parents who are considering placing their child or teen in a program or facility away from home to contact her at info@caica.org. She provides a free, one-hour consultation to help parents make an informed decision for their child. As mentioned above, this industry is not regulated. There is no Federal oversight and there is no governing body monitoring what goes on behind closed doors. This leaves the door wide open for abuse and neglect to occur. Isabelle believes it is vital that parents seeking residential placement for the child or teen be well informed. This is one of the biggest decisions parents will make, so making it in haste, out of fear, and without doing research can be disasterous, as we have too often seen.
Isabelle has recently prepared a letter to staff who have worked in abusive facilities asking that they come forward and report what they witnessed. Last summer she helped locate a law firm that would assist families that have been harmed. What started as a 3-plaintiff lawsuit has grown to 82 plaintiffs, and more are expected to join.
She has spent the past three years researching this industry, helping families, mentoring children who have been abused, providing the public with what has been called the most comprehensive website on this topic, working with lawyers and legislators. She has listened to hundreds of stories from children who have been abused and neglected in these programs. She has researched and reported on deaths in programs, something that has been extremely difficult to do. She consults with families in crisis who do not want to make the same mistakes so many others have made.
What she has uncovered has been chilling. It has been the consistency of the children's stories that has convinced her this is a huge, silent, national problem that desperately needs attention. The child/teen help industry has grown into a multi-billion dollar per year industry, and there is no sign of it slowing down any time soon.
Advocacy for this cause has been difficult at best. There are radical groups that want all programs shut down. Isabelle realizes this is not the answer. She has worked to find other organizations and advocacy groups that can assist in her efforts to regulate this industry. After spending the past three years researching deaths in these facilities she has concluded that dangerous face-down prone restraints have been the cause of most restraint deaths. Therefore, Isabelle has recently spearheaded a campaign to ban the use of these deadly restraints.
Isabelle hopes that more people will come forward to be a voice for children who do not have a voice. Time and time again it has been reported that once children and teens are locked behind closed doors of some facilities they have no access to the outside world. Some have gone as long as 18 months or more without speaking with their parents, some have gone as long as 2 years or more without seeing their parents. They are cut off from all contact with other family members and friends. They are allowed to write letters to their parents and parents are allowed to write letters to their children. However, it has been reported that all mail is censored and that often parts of these letters have been blacked out. All at the urging of the program. No clinical studies have proven these methods are effective. There is plenty of proof that it is not beneficial either to the parents or the child. It is not effective in bringing the family unit together.
The bottom line is that children are being abused, neglected, and are dying in some residential programs. This needs to stop. Families do need help at times and they should not have to fear for their child's safety when seeking that help.
Isabelle encourages parents who are considering placing their child or teen in a program or facility away from home to contact her at info@caica.org. She provides a free, one-hour consultation to help parents make an informed decision for their child. As mentioned above, this industry is not regulated. There is no Federal oversight and there is no governing body monitoring what goes on behind closed doors. This leaves the door wide open for abuse and neglect to occur. Isabelle believes it is vital that parents seeking residential placement for the child or teen be well informed. This is one of the biggest decisions parents will make, so making it in haste, out of fear, and without doing research can be disasterous, as we have too often seen.
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