A Couch or a Coach? -Bringing a Coaching Perspective to Your Counseling Practice

When: Friday, August 7, 2009 12p-2p
Where:

Taste of Thai Restaurant Private Dining Room at 1500 Mill St., Greensboro, NC

Fee: Members earn a free contact hour for your attendance (non-LPCANC members must pay $10 to receive contact hour). Cost of lunch buffet is on your own.
CEUs: 1.0 contact hour
Speaker: Glenn Newsom, PhD, LPC
  • Stay connected with your professional association.
  • Network with other LPC's in your region and/or market your practice.
  • Earn a contact hour for your attendance
  • Share with non-members the many benefits of membership! (i.e., bring someone with you!)

Description:What do “Coaches” do? How are Counseling and Coaching different? Could the processes and techniques that are unique to Coaching be useful to you and your counseling practice? The discussion will focus on the factors that define successful coaching interventions, how they differ from counseling, and how providing coaching services can improve and expand your counseling practice. Come and find out more about how the science of coaching is evolving and how counselors are well-suited to integrate aspects of coaching into their professional work.

Presenter: Glenn Newsom, Ph.D., LPC has his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His interests in training, teaching, and consulting have inspired consistent non-counseling work with universities, corporations, small businesses, and other non-profit organizations. Currently, Glenn works at the Greensboro Day School, maintains a private practice as an executive coach and counselor, and is an adjunct faculty member at the Center For Creative Leadership, where he assists with open-enrollment and custom programs. Apart from these duties, he enjoys his family, spending time outdoors, and photography.

Registration:
Please RSVP to Keith Mobley by email by Wed. August 5 to confirm seating (space in the private dining room is limited)

All LPCs and counseling students are welcome to join us.