ACCOUNTABILITY COACHING


The ultimate in fitness is a personal trainer.
The ultimate in business is a personal coach!

We will help you clarify your goals and define a plan to meet your success challenges. Then we'll be there to coach and guide you to the new level of success that you desire.

So that we can help you integrate into the information/technology age...Accountability Coach associates are highly skilled in Computers - Set-up, Training, Networking, Websites

I have accomplished more with my coach's guidance than I ever could on my own. My dreams became her dreams and together we made them happen. Thank you Melissa!!

As a coach, Melissa offers just the right blend of support, assertiveness and a wealth of good information on time management, organization, self-motivation and goal setting--to help me stay on track. The coach concept is extremely effective. I highly recommend her to anyone serious about being accountable for and actually achieving their goals and dreams.

A COACH IS ....

• a guide working with mentally healthy people on their goals.
• a resource and networker, connecting you to people and information.
• an objective mirror, giving feedback and observations for your consideration - no advice.
• an advocate for your potential, who encourages you to empower and affirm yourself.
• a truth teller, with respectful confrontation telling you what you need to hear.
• a thought-provoker, asking questions you have to answer, a catalyst for your self-insight.
• the occasional "devil's advocate" who offers another perspective for your consideration.
• a visionary who is not in your business, home, or occupation, yet can help you see your potential and dreams and hold you accountable to staying on track.

  A COACH IS NOT....

  • a therapist working with mentally ill, who need healing.
  • a mentor, who has experience in your field and helps you along.
  • a counselor.
  • a healer.
  • a buddy who tells you what you want to hear.
  • a consultant, do-er, solution provider.
  • a Yes Wo/Man who always agrees with you  

A COACH DOES........

• encourage you to find a therapist if you need to work on issues.
• help you set your goals, define your values and choose action steps and timelines, then holds the possibilities for you so you can see them for yourself.
• support your commitment to doing it for yourself.
• help you recognize your desire to be unstuck and supports you in making it happen.
• guide you to knowing your values and priorities so that you can choose balance in your life.                  

A COACH DOES NOT.....

• encourage firing your therapist because you only need a coach
• tell you what to do, when to do it or how to do it
• do it for you
• pull you out of being stuck
• eliminate stress in your life  

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A Coach is a Process Expert - guiding your journey, not guaranteeing what results you will accomplish, because that is up to you. A coach is also a Student - coaches get coached, always learning, growing, using the tools that they share with others. Remember, the coach is only the coach, you are the player, you take the action, you make things happen for you!! Coaching is the feedback process that functions as a mirror, allowing self-examination and self-correction, resulting in greater accountability, achievement and fulfillment.  

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• Melissa Thornton is a licensed psychotherapist AND a professional coach. 

• She is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and President of the ICF Connecticut Chapter. 

• She has an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, and has been working in and with corporations, businesses and Foundations since 1980. 

• SEE THE INDUSTRY (INTERNATIONAL COACH FEDERATION) STANDARDS.