WHO Professional Coaching

Melissa Thornton's work with you draws on wisdom from systems psychology, personal growth training, career counseling, management consulting, organizational development, motivational training and good old common sense. These principles have been proven to work, consistently, with virtually every type of personality, situation, or challenge.

Melissa's clients describe her as:

Inspiring~ Intuitive~ Warm~ Passionate~ Supportive~
Challenging~ High Integrity~
Motivating~ Practical~ Organized~ Spiritual~ Joyful~ Outrageous~ Results-Oriented

PROFESSIONAL WEBSITES
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CREDENTIALS

EDUCATION

BA, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. (1974)
MBA, Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (1980)
MS, Marriage and Family Therapy, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut (1990)
Coursework, MentorCoach, ICF and Coachville University
Coursework, Institute for Life Coach Training

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES

Connecticut Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Maine Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Approved Supervisor - American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
Clinical Member - AAMFT
Certificate Course in Family and Divorce Mediation

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
(AAMFT)
Maine Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Connecticut Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Former President
- Former CAMFT WebMaster
International Coach Federation, New England Chapter
- Vice President-Marketing & Communications
- ICF-NE Web Maintenance
International Coach Federation, CT Chapter
- Former President
- Former ICF-CT WebMaster
CT Council for Divorce Mediation
- Former Member, Board of Directors

PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

   Melissa Thornton is a woman who loves adventure.
   She is drawn to meet challenges and grow from
   them. She can help you to seek out your challenges
   and transform them into opportunities; then make
    those opportunities into life adventures!
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PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
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Professional coaching services are available to individuals, entrepreneurs, business owners and selected employees, teams and executives of corporations and business organizations.

I work with...

- entrepreneurs and small business professionals

     · Business Owners seeking planning clarity and an astute sounding board
    · Business Partners who want to resolve issues
    · Entrepreneurs pursuing their passion - and wanting success for it
    · Individuals beginning private practices
    · Creative people turning their talent into a business or life choice
    · Sole Proprietors who need support
    · Dyads or groups who want to experience more fun in their partnerships
    · Owners or Managers of small start-up companies
     · Professionals wanting more vitality, fun and passion out of life
    · Professionals reinventing themselves in the workplace
    · Executives thinking of leaving companies and launching a business
     · Any professional or business person who wants to massively expand their customer base
     · Professionals in private practice
     · People who run a business from their home

- corporate professionals and teams

    · Executives/professionals who want to be extraordinary at leading their companies
    · Their spouses who are dealing with the trajectory of success
    · CEOs wishing to expand and develop their leadership skills
    · CEOs and managers handling management & leadership challenges
    · Managers who want to inspire and lead their teams to peak performance
    · Business people who want to learn to negotiate powerfully
    · Business Teams who want to create ground breaking results
    · Companies looking to launch a coaching initiative of the following:
             strategic planning, process re-engineering; creating a compelling vision; launching and
             developing teams; or management reviews.
    · Executives seeking more success, time, balance v. less stress
    · Managers struggling with employee problems
    · Managers and divisions wanting to unite around a vision
    · Project teams up against the impossible, needing help to deliver
    · Individuals who want to fine tune their career direction and greatly accelerate their advancement
    · Human Resources Departments interested in hiring external coaches for a myriad of internal issues
     · Employees going after a big win, transition or new career role
    · Assist professionals through career transitions
    · New managers developing self-confidence, interpersonal communication, group leadership skills

- corporate and business workshops and training modules

communication skills building
communication channels development
team building
leadership training
'change mastery'
conflict resolution/problem solving
strategic planning
stress management and life-balancing
process re-engineering
creating a compelling vision
launching and developing teams
managing and enhancing intellectual and emotional capital