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Dream Work in Coaching

Dream work in the coaching process offers an opportunity to invoke an inquiry for greater understanding, awareness and clarity of the important issues in a clients waking life. Dream work can help clients discover for themselves new thoughts, perspectives, beliefs & emotions that strengthen their ability to take action and achieve what is important to them.

The Dream Work in Coaching program will:

• Facilitate learning & create awareness: Dreams show us what we need to know about our waking life but don’t (Jung). They are like the reigns of a horse showing us when we are off or on track in areas of our lives (Maria von Franz). They are valuable in helping identify areas in personal and professional life that need attention, correct erroneous beliefs and shift thinking and behaviors. Dreams have an advantage over other techniques of self knowledge in that “they give us a dynamic, continuous self diagnosis, and can clarify momentary erroneous attitudes or reactions to situations” (Maria von Franz).

• Bring powerful questions to dream work: For example, in what ways might this dream be a metaphor of your waking life? Dreams can show specific areas of life that may need to be looked at. e.g. health, interpersonal relationships, satisfaction and feeling or attitudes towards work. They may bring into awareness underlying concerns of the client, differences between "facts" and interpretation. Dreams may challenge fixed ways of perceiving the world as well as clarify disparities between thought, feelings and behaviors.

• Lay a foundation for designing actions, planning and goal setting: Since dreams show areas of life that need attention, they are useful in goal setting. Each dream is asking something of us. They can help the coach and client set goals that are authentic to the client and assist in the individuation process. Dreams may offer real time feedback as to the progress and effectiveness of coaching. Dream Work can assist in communicating broader perspectives and inspire a commitment to shift view points and find new possibilities for action and living.
  

Program Presenter: Peter Metzner, PCC,  incorporates dream work in life and leadership coaching. He worked extensively with dreams when he taught Psychology at Vance-Granville Community College, facilitated Leadership and Innovation at Elon University as well as in classes at (then) Peace College in Raleigh, NC. He has studied dreams and dream work through organizations and from workshops including the Journey Through Wholeness and the Triangle Jung Society. Peter has studied with Robert Johnson, Barry Williams, Jeremy Taylor, John Ryan Haule, Henry Reed and others. He has written articles on Leadership and Dream work and has given keynote presentations as well as workshops on dreams to organizations such as The National Wellness Institute, The Center For Creative Leadership, and the ICF (Cleveland, 2014). Prior to creating Dynamic Change, Inc., Peter served as Vice President of Client Relations and Program Development for The Leadership Trust and was employed by the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC. To learn more about Peter's dream work, click here.

Related ICF Core Competencies for Dream Work in Coaching:

B. Co-Creating the Relationship

Coaching Presence - Being fully conscious and creating spontaneous relationships with clients, employing a style that is open, flexible and confident.

C. Communicating Effectively

Active Listening - Ability to focus completely on what the client is saying and is not saying, to understand the meaning of what is said in the context of the client’s desires, and to support client self-expression.

Powerful Questioning - Ability to ask questions that reveal the information needed for maximum benefit to the coaching relationship and the client.

Direct Communication - Communicating effectively during coaching sessions, and using language that has the greatest positive impact on the client.

D. Facilitating Learning and Results

Creating Awareness - Ability to integrate and accurately evaluate multiple sources of information and to make interpretations that help the client to gain awareness and thereby achieve agreed-upon results.

Designing Actions - Ability to create with the client opportunities for ongoing learning, during coaching and in work/life situations, and for taking new actions that will most effectively lead to agreed-upon coaching results.

Planning and Goal Setting - Ability to develop and maintain an effective coaching plan with the client.

Managing Progress and Accountability - Ability to hold attention on what is important for the client, and to leave responsibility with the client to take action.

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Free parking available beside The Frontier and across the street

MEMBERS ONLY Networking Event for ICF-Raleigh, TODN, and ATD-RTA

Join us for a Partners Networking Event on August 7th at the Durham Bulls Park for food and fun.  DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS JULY 16.

The Durham Bulls will be playing the Columbus Clippers.  Tickets are $20 each and include admission to the ballpark and an all you can eat ballpark fare of hot dogs, burgers, chips, and soda.

Durham Bulls Stadium is located at 409 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC  27701.  CLICK HERE for directions and parking.

Registration is limited so reserve your tickets soon.  Reserved tickets will be available at the WILL CALL office. You will need to bring a copy of your ID for ticket pickup.

Event is held rain or shine. Our event will be held in the Pinnacle Deck which is covered.  If game is cancelled,tickets will be issued for a later game. NO REFUNDS in the event of bad weather. Umbrellas are allowed in the ballpark.  

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To Sell Is Human

1. To discern from "sell" as a negative term to a positive term.
2. To clearly identify the "value" participants have.
3. To proudly state the value of the service they can provide to others.

Program Presenter: E.L. "Betsy" Smith, ACC, has been an ICF Certified Coach for ten years. Her BA is from The University of Texas and her MEd and PhD are from Texas A&M. Betsy's first career was in higher education where she served as Dean, Provost and Associate Vice President. As owner of E. L. Smith Consulting, Betsy's coaching style is fast paced, results oriented and - fun! Her clients are primarily executive and professional women who are at a crossroads. Betsy's life purpose is to help people acknowledge their greatness.To learn more about Betsy's coaching and consulting work, click here.

Related ICF Core Competencies for To Sell Is Human:

C. Communicating Effectively

Powerful Questioning - Ability to ask questions that reveal the information needed for maximum benefit to the coaching relationship and the client.

Direct Communication - Communicating effectively during coaching sessions, and using language that has the greatest positive impact on the client.

D. Facilitating Learning and Results

Creating Awareness - Ability to integrate and accurately evaluate multiple sources of information and to make interpretations that help the client to gain awareness and thereby achieve agreed-upon results.

Designing Actions - Ability to create with the client opportunities for ongoing learning, during coaching and in work/life situations, and for taking new actions that will most effectively lead to agreed-upon coaching results.

Location Map

Free parking available beside The Frontier and across the street

CCEUs available pending approval

PLEASE NOTE:  At the beginning of each meeting we will have a 10-15 minute summary and review of the book.  Even if you didn't have time to read the whole book, we will make sure you feel part of the club.

"After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.

In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own."

Facilitator: tbd

LOCATION MAP

Free Parking Available at The Frontier

and Across the Street

CCEUs available pending approval

PLEASE NOTE:  At the beginning of each meeting we will have a 10-15 minute summary and review of the book.  Even if you didn't have time to read the whole book, we will make sure you feel part of the club.

If violent means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm then much of how we communicate judging others bullying racial profiling blaming finger pointing discriminating against others speaking without listening criticizing name calling reacting when angry using political rhetoric being defensive or judging who is good bad or what is right wrong with people could indeed be called violent communication

What is Nonviolent Communication 
Nonviolent Communication is the integration of 4 things 
1.  Consciousness a set of principles that support living a life of empathy care courage and authenticity Language understanding how words contribute to connection or distance
2.  Language: understanding how words contribute to connection or distance
3.  Communication knowing how to ask for what we want how to hear others even in disagreement and how to move toward solutions that work for all
4.  Means of influence sharing power with others rather than using power over others

NVC serves our desire to do three things 
1.  Increase our ability to live with choice meaning and connection
2.  Connect empathically with self and others to have more satisfying relationships
3.  Sharing of resources so everyone is able to benefit

Facilitator: tbd

LOCATION MAP

Free Parking Available at The Frontier

and Across the Street