Join your fellow ICF-LA members and guests on February 17th for a dynamic Q& A that gets right to the heart of current issues. This evening will provide us with the opportunity to bring our questions, thoughts and concerns about the relationship between Coaching and Therapy.
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How do coaches talk about the distinctions between coaching and therapy?
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When is it appropriate to refer a client to a therapist or a coach?
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How do we identify appropriate referrals for our clients?
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Why is there tension between these professions at times?
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How do we overcome these challenges?
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How can we work together to be mutually supportive?
So bring your best questions. This is your opportunity to create a new paradigm for this relationship through an informative, exciting and authentic dialogue.
About our panel:
Billie Frances, MA, MFT
Billie is a personal and professional coach, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a licensed spiritual counselor. Her approach is to reveal essential wholeness and assist clients to remove negative attitudes, false beliefs, unskilled behavior or emotional conflicts that interfere with joy and bliss. Billie works with individuals, couples, families and groups to facilitate healthy relationships with others and a positive sense of self. Billie conducts workshops and classes through her private practice and in partnership with church and community-based organizations. She is a member of the International Coach Federation, Past President of the San Diego Professional Coaches Alliance and founded her own form of specialized coaching, "Guiding Mindful Change," where professionals become certified as "Certified Mindful Coaches." www.guidingmindfulchange.com
In 2004, Billie and a team of Certified Mindful Coaches were selected to provide telephone-based wellness coaching to Fortune 100 corporate employees nation-wide. Billie is proud of the proven results that have led to consecutive contract renewals and the expansion of the Employee Wellness Coaching Program. http://www.EmployeeWellnessCoaching.com
Curtis Knecht, MFT, PCC
"Trouble is my business: expert relationship coach and therapist guiding relationships into the light." Curtis is one of the few professionals in the world with the training and experience that allows for seamless and appropriate integration of therapy and relationship coaching. Whether you're seeking guidance in a business or personal relationship area, Curtis gives his clients exactly what they need to address their current circumstances, as well as the tools needed to handle relationship issues and other obstacles as they come up in the future. "Therapy moves obstacles out of the way so coaching can be used to achieve what you really want.”
A Marriage and Family Therapist for 32 years (license #12725) and a Certified Professional Coach for 9 years, Curtis divides his time equally between his work as a Relationship Coach-Therapist and being Clinical Director of the Southern CA region of the Counseling and Psychotherapy Center, Inc. Born and raised in San Francisco, Curtis earned his MA in Psychology through Antioch University and trained with The Coaches Training Institute.
He and his wife, Kat, co-founded the Relationship Coaching Company in 2004. The Relationship Coaching Company's mission is to teach people how to create and sustain extraordinary relationships in order to bring about a better world for all of us. www.RelationshipCoaching.com
connect@RelationshipCoaching.com; (805) 641-3281.
Michael Latimer, LMFT, CPCC
Michael has devoted much of his life to the understanding of the human condition. A licensed psychotherapist, he began his formal education by earning his BA in Psychology from Yale University. A Masters degree followed from Los Angeles-based Antioch University. He received his CPCC certification as a life coach from Coaches Training Institute in San Rafael, California, as well as completed a one-year leadership training program through Co-Active Space in Sebastopol, California.
As a coach, Michael has worked with individual clients ranging from small business owners to artists to politicians. As a therapist, he works with individuals, couples and families. Michael did his MFT internship at the Southern California Counseling Center (SCCC), one of the oldest centers for mental health in the country, where he completed their two-year training program. Michael has worked with GLASS (Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services) as the house therapist in a group home for adolescent boys and girls suffering from behavioral, anxiety, and mood disorders. He currently serves as a contract therapist for the Adolescent Outpatient Clinic at Gateways Hospital. Michael holds a certificate in client service training with LA Shanti, a Los Angeles based community organization that provided care and education to the HIV community.
He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences and a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Additionally, Michael belongs to the Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Psychotherapy Association. He lives and practices privately in Los Angeles.
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