Have you ever thought about adding coaching services to your private practice?
In this week’s podcast episode, you’re going to learn the most important things to be aware of when transitioning from therapy to coaching.
As a website design agency for private practices, I work and chat with many a therapist in many different business situations.
And I’ve spoken to many who either have been doing some form of coaching in their practice or want to do more coaching.
The good thing for you is that the barrier to entry into coaching is quite low.
But the bad thing for you… is that the barrier to entry for coaching is low!
Because basically anyone can put up a website and call themselves a coach.
But I know you’re better than that.
You want to serve and provide value to a population.
So if you’ve ever thought about making the move to coaching or are just wondering what it takes to add this new revenue stream to your business, today’s episode is going to help you.
To help you navigate the waters of your coaching transition, we’re speaking with Lee Chaix McDonough.
After over a decade as a clinical social worker and public health professional, Lee became credentialed through the International Coach Federation and now provides ICF-accredited continuing coach education for intuitive, heart-centered coaches.
I find it SO helpful to hear Lee talk about her own transition from social work to coaching.
Her story is super inspiring and she doesn’t hold back the ups and downs and the challenges she has faced along the way.
You can listen to this episode in Apple Podcasts here.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- Lee’s incredible story of how helping her husband work through his own business challenges led her to create a coaching business
- A quick delve into the enneagram and how it can inform you in your own business strengths
- Why it’s so important to get clear on who you want to serve as a coach and how that differs from your therapy clients
- How to avoid ethical traps and the blurred lines that can occur between therapy and coaching
- Whether you should include coaching on your therapy website or consider it an entirely separate business
- Whether or not therapists should get training in order to become a credentialed coach
- How to approach the business-side of coaching so you can build an audience that trusts you
- How to work through the mindset and impostor syndrome that often comes up when you take on new business challenges
Download Lee’s Free PDF: The Therapist ’s Guide To Starting a Coaching Practice
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Links mentioned in this episode:
- Lee’s Website – Coach With Clarity
- Lee’s Book – ACT On Your Business: Braving the storms of entrepreneurship and creating success through meaning, mindset, and mindfulness
- International Coaching Federation
About Lee Chaix McDonough
Lee Chaix McDonough is the CEO and Founder of Coach With Clarity, a business coaching and training company. She is also the host of the Coach with Clarity podcast and author of the #1 Amazon book, ACT On Your Business: Braving the storms of entrepreneurship and creating success through meaning, mindset, and mindfulness.
After over a decade as a clinical social worker and public health professional, Lee became credentialed through the International Coach Federation and now provides ICF-accredited continuing coach education for intuitive, heart-centered coaches.
Her Coach with Clarity® framework fuses meaning, mindset, and mindfulness with grounded intuition and solid business strategy to help coaches and clients excel at entrepreneurship and transform their lives.
Lee is a proud alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received her Bachelor of Arts, Master of Social Work, and Master of Science in Public Health degrees.
Prior to founding Coach with Clarity, she worked in a variety of professional settings, including hospitals, local governments, non-profit organizations, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and as a civilian for the United States Air Force. Lee is a graduate of the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), and holds the Professional Certified Coach credential from the International Coach Federation.
Lee lives in North Carolina with her husband, two sons, and her pug Phineas.
