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Dr. Patrick Williams Ed.D., MCC

Patrick Williams, Ed.D., MCC, is founder and CEO of The Institute for Life Coach Training, the first-of-its-kind training institute that specializes in training psychotherapists, psychologists, counselors and helping professionals in building a successful coaching practice. He is a licensed psychologist who began executive coaching in 1990 with Hewlett Packard, IBM and Kodak. He joined Coach U and is an International Coach Federation board director. He co-authored Therapist as Coach: Transforming Your Practice and Total Life Coaching: 50+ Life Lessons, Skills, and Techniques to Enhance your Practice and Your life. His new book with Sharon Anderson, Law and Ethics in Coaching : How to Solve and Avoid Difficult Problems in Your Practice, will be published Fall, 2005. He is a much sought after speaker, appearing at conferences and educational institutions world wide.

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Biography

One of the early pioneers of coaching, Pat is often called the ambassador of life coaching. Pat has been a licensed psychologist since 1980 and began executive coaching in 1990 with Hewlett Packard, IBM, Kodak and other companies along the Front Range. He is a member of PHI BETA KAPPA and CUM LAUDE graduate of Kansas University in 1972. He went on to get his masters in Humanistic Psychology and doctorate in Transpersonal Psychology in 1977. (Ken Wilber was too young then to even be heard of in Pat’s curriculum exploration, although PAT did training at Naropa Institute in Boulder). He joined Coach U in 1996, closed his therapy practice six months later and became a full time coach. Pat was a senior trainer with Coach U from 1997- 1998, when he started is own coach training school for therapists only, the Institute for Life Coach Training He has trained over 1500 helping professionals at Inst for Life Coach Training and is now opening offices in Korea, Istanbul, Italy, and Australia. Pat is also department chair of the coaching psychology program at the International University of Professional Studies and has taught graduate coaching classes at Colorado State University and Denver University. He is also curriculum consultant for the Coaching Certificate program at Fielding International University. Pat has been on the ICF board of directors for the last three years, and co chaired the Regulatory committee as well. He is passionate about the profession of coaching and ensuring it remains a respected profession. He is the co-author of

• Therapist as Life Coach: Transforming Your Practice • Total Life Coaching: 50+ Life Lessons, Skills, and Techniques to Enhance your Practice and

Your Life. • The Law and Ethics in Coaching: How to Solve and Avoid Difficult Problems in Your Practice

Education and Certification

• B.A. Kansas University - Psychology 1972 (Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa) • M.A. West Georgia College - Humanistic Psychology 1975 • Ed.D. University of Northern Colorado - Transpersonal Psychology and Counseling 1977 • Licensed Clinical Psychologist 1980-Present • Certified EMDR (Trauma Reduction

Techniques) 1992 • Certified Ericksonian Hypnosis 1991 • Coach University - Trainer 1996 – 1998 • Coach University Graduate - 1997 • Master Certified Coach - 1998

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About the Institute The Institute for Life Coach Training, (formerly Therapist University), is the first-of-its-kind training institute that specializes in training psychotherapists, psychologists, counselors and helping professionals in building a successful coaching practice. Prompted by the ever-increasing number of therapists wanting to offer coaching services to their clients, Dr. Patrick Williams, psychologist and Master Certified Coach (MCC), founded the Institute in late 1998 after completing his own advanced training at Coach University and other notables in the field. As a successful psychologist-turned-coach, Dr. Williams recognized that therapists and helping professionals are the most well-positioned professionals to transition to the world of coaching. Because therapists and helping professionals already have the requisite skills for effective coaching, he developed a training program that emphasizes the important distinctions between therapy and coaching -- and builds upon therapists’ existing skills so that they can quickly translate those skills to coaching in as little as 40 hours of tele-classes. Since its inception, the Institute has graduated hundreds of students across the US, Canada, Asia, Australia, and Europe. The program has expanded to include Advanced Coach Training, and offers a Certified Life Coach designation. The curriculum for the Foundational Coach Training is continually re-evaluated to ensure that state-of-the-art training is provided. It is approved by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) to be an Accredited Coach Training Program. For the exclusive benefit of our students and graduates, the Institute has established an online Student Center, full of valuable resources that are crucial for coaching success. Graduates of our programs also have the option of participating in once-a-month "Chats with Pat". The Foundational Coach Training is designed to facilitate/assist those therapists desiring to transition from a therapy practice to coaching in the shortest amount of time -- or who want to add coaching to their therapy practice. The Foundational Coach Training for Christian Counselors is designed to facilitate/assist people with a people-helping background to transition from a professional, pastoral or lay counseling practice to coaching in the shortest amount of time. Advanced Coach Training Courses are available to anyone who has completed 30 hours of basic coach training.

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Articles

Border Line – Choice Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2007

Coaching From the Inside Out – Choice Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2007

Synergistic Relationships - Choice Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2007

From Me to We - Choice Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 4, 2006

The Coaching Profession Grows Up - Choice Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2006

The Evolving Profession of Life Coaching - Personal Fitness Professional Magazine, August, 2006

The Theoretical Foundations of Coaching - Choice Magazine, Volume 4 Issue 2, 2006

The Whole Person - Choice Magazine, Volume 3 Issue 4, 2005

Building on Trust - Choice Magazine, Volume 3 Issue 2, 2005

It's All in Your Head - Choice Magazine, Volume 3 Issue 1, 2005

Avoiding the Drama of Trauma - Choice Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2004

Wellness and Coaching - Choice Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2004

Coaching and Psychology The Great Debate - Choice Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2004

Coaching Evolution - Absolute Advantage, 2004

The Perils of Personal Issues in Coaching – Intnl Journal of Coaching in Organizations, 2003

Life Coaching in Addiction Counseling: Beyond the 12th Step - Counselor Magazine, Dec. 2002

Dysfunction or Discovery - The New Private Practice, edited by Lynn Grodzki, January, 2002

Your Personal Life Coach: A Modern Day Mentor, 2002

Wanna be a Coach? - New Therapist, May/June 2001

Coaching Patients, Reinventing Therapists - LA Times, Lynell George, Sept. 2001

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Articles – Continued

Personal Coaching's Evolution from Therapy by Pat Williams, Ed.D - Consulting Today, 2000

Therapist as Personal Coach: Reclaiming Your Soul The Independent Practitioner, Fall, 1999

Telephone Coaching for Cash - Practice Strategies, Vol. 2, Number 11, Nov., 1997

Confessions of a Psychologist-Turned-Coach by Pat Williams, Ed. D

Using the People Map in Personal and Business Coaching

What role does advice play in coaching?

A Week In The Life of A Personal Coach

Dr. Patrick Williams Ed.D., MCC

Interviews

Listen to Dr. Patrick Williams and other guests in Insight on Coaching interviews with Tom Floyd:

When to Use a Cultural Coach

When Cultures Collide

Becoming Culturally Aware

Building and Leaving a Legacy

Life Coaching

Coaching vs. Therapy

Dr Patrick Williams' interview on The Coaching Show on wsRadio.com. To listen click on a segment link below:

Segment 1 Segment 2

Listen to Dr Patrick Williams' interview with the PsychJourney Audio Book Club on his book Therapist As Life Coach.

Listen to NPR's Talk of the Nation®,. Guest Speaker: Patrick Williams, Founder of The Institute for Life Coach Training

Listen to "Best Coaches in America" - an interview with Dr. Patrick Williams broadcast on Sky Radio

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In the News

Dr Patrick Williams presents "Transpersonal Psychology Redux: Purpose, Meaning and States of Consciousness in Whole Person Coaching," at the third national Coaching Psychology Conference - Press Release

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Life Coach Training Leader Explores The Meaningful Influences of Jung, Assagioli, and Maslow

Founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training Releases New Book for Coaches - Press Release

Patrick Williams Named First Global Visionary Fellow in Initiative to Support High-Impact Social Change - Press Release

Patrick Williams Invited to Historic International Summit - Press Release

Patrick Williams Named First Global Visionary Fellow in Initiative to Support High-Impact Social Change – Press Release

Wanna be a Coach? - by John Soderlund, New Therapist Magazine

Coaching Patients, Reinventing Therapists - Lynell George, LA Times

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Products Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons from the Institute for Life Coach Training by Dr. Patrick Williams & Diane S. Menendez With his bestselling Therapist as Life Coach, Pat Williams introduced the therapeutic community to the career of life coaching. Now, Williams, founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT), and Menendez, senior trainer at ILCT—both master certified coaches extraordinaire—reveal all the basic principles and crucial strategies that they have taught to thousands of coaches over the years. Beginning with a brief history of the foundations of coaching and its future trajectory, Becoming a Professional Life Coach takes readers step-by-step through the coaching process, covering all the crucial ideas and strategies for being an effective, successful life coach, including:

• Listening to, versus listening for, versus listening with; • Establishing a client’s focus; • Giving honest feedback and observation; • Formulating first coaching conversations; • Asking powerful, eliciting questions; • Understanding human developmental issues; • Reframing a client’s perspective; • Enacting change within clients; • Helping clients to identify and fulfill core values, and much, much more.

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Law and Ethics in Coaching : How to Solve and Avoid Difficult Problems in Your Practice by Dr. Patrick Williams & Sharon Anderson Law and Ethics in Coaching co-edited by Patrick Williams and Sharon Anderson. With contributions from a dozen academic, legal, and coaching professionals, this book is a must for anyone in the field of coaching or whose organization uses coaching as a service. Sure to be a classic.

Falling Awake: Living Your Life on Purpose - CD Dr. Patrick Williams offers a dynamic presentation about waking up to pliving. A graduate of David Ellis' highly-touted Falling Awake program, Papassionate about people not settling for mediocrity. This video will help you findout how to create the life you've always wanted and be on purpose every daywith ideas, tips and strategies to dramatically improve the quality of your life.

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Therapist as Life Coach: An Introduction for Counselors and Other

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Helping Professionals, Revised and Expanded Edition by Dr. Patrick Williams MCC, Deborah C. Davis Aand dynamic field of life coaching! Therapist as Life Coach explores life coaching as a profession, examines the relationship between life coachinand therapy, and details the variety of options for professionals consideringeither a transition into coaching or expanding their practices to include

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Tchapter in this second edition has been revised, reflecting the growth of the coaching field and its increasing appeal to therapists and all helping professionals. New material includes an overview of recent coaching developments, updated liability concerns, new business opportunities, and a new section on the research about coaching. TU.S. News and World Report calls personal coaching the second biggbusiness. Therapists are well positioned professionals to transition into this excitingpersonally enriching business. Therapists who learn the business of personal coaching will find that they really enjoy their clients, earn higher incomes, and even have a levelof friendship and community that is neither proper nor possible in traditional psychotherapy. In this 4 DVD set you'll fully explore what personal coaching iit can change your practice and your life. S

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Total Life Coaching: 50+Life Lessons, Skills, and Techniques to Enhance Your Practice.....and Your Life by Dr. Patrick Williams MCC, Dr. Lloyd J. Thomas Life coaching is more than a collection of techniques and skills. It is more than something you do. Life coaching reflects who you are-it is your authentic being in action. Readers of Pat Williams's and Deborah Davis's book, Therapist as Life Coach, know Pat to be a gifted life coach and passionate teacher. Here Pat and psychologist/colleague and writer of more

than 1600 newspaper columns, Lloyd J. Thomas, build on this earlier book and share a unique insight into the coaching process, which shows you precisely how to enhance your professional practices through practical and effective life coaching. It also empowers you to change your own lives through use of the practical information and philosophy presented here. Total Life Coaching is organized into a series of 52 life lessons, and is designed to be either read cover-to-cover or dipped into, as needed, for assistance when conducting a coaching session. Keeping life's processes on the "message and lesson" level makes living and life coaching much easier and more enjoyable. Total Life Coaching guides you step-by-step through the complex process of learning and coaching these fifty important lessons. The lessons are organized into 8 sections: Creating a Personal Identity; Coaching Spirituality and Life Purpose; Coaching Communication Skills; Living Life with Integrity; Success: Clients Achieving their Potential; Coaching Cognitive Skills; Creating High-Quality Relationships; Understanding Your Past to Create a Desired Future. Total Life Coaching by Pat and Lloyd is more than just a book. It is an interactive experience in which you will find recipes for living your life more authentically, as well as master time-honored lessons that you can bring to your coaching clients [or can incorporate in your own life]. Regardless of the personal coaching techniques or skills you may have learned, you may still not be the most effective coach you can become. This book will help you move closer to that goal.

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"Pat il entertaining teacher, he develops an easy and quick rapport with his session I took with him was extremely helpful in my practice, and s ected) bonus. Don't miss a chance to lear ro mitted teacher. He is the best I have ever experienced." Jane

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"Dr. Patrick Williams was absolutely tremendous! He has a nature gift for clear, consise communication and fully engaging his audience. The bottom line: he's authentic and inspiring." John S. Allen, Ph.D., Health Psychologist and Wellness Consultant, East Sandwich, MA

"Dr. Williams' seminar was as enlightening and inspirational as he was down-to-earth and HUMAN. He made me feel as though I could do ANYTHING. I suppose that is the essence of being a therapist and coach. I am grateful to have been a part of that 'Therapist as Life Coach' training in Cape Cod. Thanks!" Patricia G. Pishioneri, RN, MS, CHt, Virginia Beach, VA

"I am a senior psychologist with an extensive background in forensic and cognitive-behavioral therapy. After reading Patrick's book on Coaching for Psychologist's I was so impressed that I telephoned him to tell him how excited I was about the information he conveyed. He suggested that I attend the summer workshop in Eastham, Ma. From the first day to the fifth day, Dr. Williams was superb in his presentation, organization and content of materials. Everything he demonstrated was practical and useful for any of us attending who needed to begin this 'new approach'. Attendees who had been coaching for a few years told me they too found the workshop extremely helpful and original. I cannot feel more positive. I hated to see the workshop end. As I continue my work, my marketing, I frequently think of him and his sage advice." Dr. Lorraine Wincor, Psy.D.

Testimonials

the audience and helps builds consensus not divisiveness. Again thank you for your sthe profession and setting such a fine example of how to educate the masses so that ainspiring leaders like you that are going to truly impact the future of our beloved strengthen the ICF." Robert Stack, Denver, CO

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for nothing is impossible if you truly can believe! We had an amazing time visiting your country and learning from you! Hop

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Speaking Schedule 2008

February 22nd – 23rd Glenwood Springs, CO Coaching the Global Village Advisory Group www.coachingtheglobalvillage.org

March 13th – 16th Washington, DC The Psychotherapy Networker Symposium: The Power of Relationship: From Isolation toConnection, Becoming a Wise Elder Therapist: Lessons from Africa and Tribal Societies

July 28th – August 1st New England Educational Institute Therapist As a Life Coach: Transforming Your Practice Part of the 25th Annual Cape Cod Summer Symposia.

November 12 - 15 Palais des congrès de Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada 2008 ICF International National Conference

November 16-17 Estes Park, CO Coaching the Global Village Training www.coachingtheglobalvillage.org

2007 January 5th -7th Washington, DC Coaching the Global Village Advisory Group www.coachingtheglobalvillage.org

February 18th - 25th Marco Island, FL New England Educational Institute

March 7th - 27th Africa Life purpose trip www.inventuregroup.com

Aptil 12th - 15th Estes Park, CO Coaching the Global Village Advisory Group www.coachingtheglobalvillage.org

April 26th - 28th Portland, OR Oregon Psychology Association

April 29th - May 2nd Monterrey, CA Conversations Among the Masters Conference (CAM 2007)

June 24th - June 30th Denver, CO Smart Marriages Conference

July 14th - 19th Stephens Point, WI National Wellness Institute Conference

August 6th - 10th Cape Cod, MA New England Educational Institute

Sept. 30th - October 5th Sorrento, Italy Transforming your Practice: Life Coaching Skills for Therapists Symposium

October 12th - 14th Santa Fe, NM New England Educational Institute

October 27th - 28th Toronto, Ontario, Canada OACCPP Annual Conference

October 31 - November 4th Long Beach, CA International Coach Federation Conference

December 17th – 18th The British Psychological Society, City University London Third National Coaching Psychology Conference

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