More
about Diana
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My
goal is for you to live your life more joyfully, less stressfully,
with greater feelings of being at choice. I want to partner
you in getting where you want to go,
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so
that you reach your goals more easily. If you are not yet
sure of your goals I will work with you to discover what it is
that your heart is really seeking. (As the song says, 'If
you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?")
I do not judge. I believe that we all do the best we can
with the tools and abilities that we think we have - but I love
to help my clients to become aware of abilities they do not know
they have, and to acquire the tools they need for future success.
In the midst of the myriad pulls, pushes, and pressures that make
focus difficult, I help clients to clarify where they want to
put their time and energy.
Probably of even more use to most of my clients is the fact that
I have lived a very wide range of experiences, of ups and downs,
and of changes. I am at home with many different kinds of
people, and am familiar with many, many of the problems that beset
us all. I have faced many of them myself.
Recently I asked one of my clients how she would describe me as
her coach, and she gave me the following list:
"Superb listener
Extremely intuitive
Creative
Very thoughtful
Articulate
Motivating
Empowering"
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Background
and experience
I have run my own motivational and personal growth business, led
seminars, workshops, and adult education classes in Goal Setting,
Personal Effectiveness, Creativity, and Time Management, and much
more. I have worked with business executives, sales people,
new coaches, home-based business people, welfare mothers, anyone
who wanted to improve their quality of life. While a graduate
student I also taught many college courses, from Introduction to
Psychology to Social Psychology, Creativity, Personality, and Motivation,
to, yes, even Introductory Statistics!
A skilled communicator, I have written over 60 nonfiction articles
published in magazines and local newspapers, and am author of one
nonfiction book, highly praised for its presentation of scientific
and technical material in terms comprehensible to the non-scientist.
You can find information about my newsletters and my numerousTop
Ten lists and Coaching Tips elsewhere on this site.
I have also been a
counselor, therapist, and then Department Director in the field
of drug and alcohol addiction, working in both residential and outpatient
settings. In this arena I still teach college courses relating
to addictions counseling.
I am or have been a member of many organizations, including the
International Coach Federation, Toastmasters International, Mensa,
the Parapsychological Association, The National Association of Alcoholism
& Drug Abuse Counselors, Al-Anon, Greater Rochester Area Chamber
of Commerce, The National Association for Female Executives, The
Rochester Women's Network and Business Networking International.
On my way to becoming a coach I registered as a CoachU student in
1996, graduated in 1998, and became a CoachU Certified Graduate
in 2001. After coaching part-time for three years I became
a full-time coach in February 2000 and have never looked back! I
am also a member of the International Coach Federation, the foremost
professional organization in the field.
(However, lest anyone think that having a graduate degree assures
that life will be easy, that I might not understand their problems,
I should add that I have left a lot of stuff out. As just
one of many examples, I do know what it is to work two four-hours-each
temporary jobs every day so as to keep food on the table, while
at the same time doing three hours a day of volunteer work so as
to gain experience in the area in which I wanted to work.
It worked, but in the interim I became expert at eating lunch and
dinner while driving from one end of the county to the other and
back, since all three places were at opposite ends of the community.)
Academic Qualifications
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by offering me your free and unconditional acceptance,
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Ph.D. (1992) & M.A. (1986) in Social Psychology,
University of Rochester, NY.
Doctoral dissertation: "Creativity: Environmental
conditions, causality orientation, and task preference as moderators
of creative performance and convergent creativity."
M.A. (1981) Experimental Psychology, State University of
New York College at Brockport.
B.Sc. (1974) Empire State College, State University of
New York.
Coach Training and Certifications
Graduated from Coach U in 1998.
Certified Coach U Graduate 2001.
ICF Certified Professional Personal Coach 2002.
More
personally
Here are some links to non-coaching organizations to which I belong
or with which I am involved:
The
peregrine falcon webcame at the Kodak Tower in Rochester, NY
Falcons
Toastmasters
District 65 TM
Monroe
Community College MCC
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