In Solution-Focused Motivational Coaching (SFMC) we do not look for deficiencies, shortcomings, flaws or faults that need to be ‘fixed’; nor do we diagnose and treat supposed ‘disorders’. Rather, we observe individuals for underlying strengths and resources they already possess but have somehow lost track of, and then help you develop strategies to reconnect.
SFMC utilizes certain patterns of speech, including specific words and phrases, to create a context in which change naturally occurs. It is not a formulaic process or protocol, but a free-flowing conversation based on principles of communication that bring forth potential solutions quickly and effectively.
Following are some concerns of daily living for which SFMC may be helpful:
- Aggression
- Agoraphobia
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Assertiveness
- Assist Healing
- Attitude Adjustment
- Bed Wetting
- Breathing
- Burnout
- Career Success
- Chemotherapy Side Effects
- Changing Habits
- Childbirth
- Chronic Pain
- Circulation Improvement
- Communication
- Concentration
- Controlling of Others
- Cramps
- Cravings
- Creativity
- Death or Loss
- Discouragement
- Dreaming
- Empowerment
- Exam Anxiety
- Exercise
- Fears of…
- animals
- death
- dentist
- doctor
- failure
- flying
- height
- loss of control
- rejection
- School
- Success
- Surgery
- Water
- Forgiveness of self and others
- Frustration
- Gagging
- Gambling
- Grief
- Guilt
- Gratitude
- Happiness
- Hair Twisting
- Headaches
- Helplessness
- Hiccups
- Hopelessness
- Hot flashes
- Hypochondria
- Hostility
- Hypertension
- Impotency
- Improve Health
- Indecision
- Inferiority feelings
- Inhibition
- Insecurity
- Insomnia –sleep issues
- Irrational thoughts
- Irritability
- Jealousy
- Lack of Ambition
- Lack of Direction
- Lack of Enthusiasm
- Lack of Initiative
- Life Purpose Confusion
- Blood Pressure Reduction
- Medication Side Effects
- Memory-enhance and recall
- Menopausal symptoms
- Mistrust
- Mindfulness
- Moodiness
- Motivation
- Nail Biting
- Nausea
- Negativism
- Nightmares
- Obsessions
- Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
- Overeating
- Overly Critical Behavior
- Pain Management
- Panic Attacks
- Passive-Aggressive Behavior
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Pessimism
- Phobias (see fears)
- Post-surgical recovery
- Premature Ejaculation
- Pre-surgical preparation
- Problem Solving
- Procrastination
- Public Speaking Anxiety
- Reaching Goals
- Rejection
- Relationship Enhancement
- Relaxation
- Resistance to Change
- Responsibility
- Restlessness
- Sadness
- Self-Awareness
- Self-Blame
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Control
- Self-Criticism
- Self-Defeating Behaviors
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Expression
- Self-Image
- Self-Mastery
- Sexual Problems
- Shame
- Smoking
- Stress
- Study Habits
- Stuttering
- Stubbornness
- Substance Abuse
- Superiority Feelings
- Surgical Recovery
- Tardiness
- Temptation
- Thumb Sucking
- Tics
- Trauma
- Ulcers
- Victimization
- Weight Loss
- Well-Being
- Worry
- Skin Problems
- Sleep Disorders
- Smoking
- Social Awkwardness
- Sports
- Stage Fright
- Stress
- Writer’s Block
Questions? Call me for a complimentary phone consultation. Sessions are available by phone, online (Zoom) or in person.
Fred Kutchins, 847-322-0945
(Please note: I am not a medical doctor and do not diagnose or treat any mental, emotional or physical illness.)