Coaching
For Parents, Siblings and Family Members
For Parents, Siblings and Family Members
INDIVIDUALIZED COACHING for Parents/Caregivers
and Family Members
“Coaching” is the way that DBT refers to teaching clients how to use skills in their natural
environment. Pat coaches parents/caregivers and family members (including siblings and
spouses) of individuals (of any age) who have any kind of emotional difficulties. In these
coaching sessions, parents and family members will discuss their specific issues, concerns and
feelings. They will learn practical strategies and skills for managing their child/family member
and their own lives more effectively, learning to do what actually works to change the
situation.
Pat has many years of experience listening to parents and family members, hearing their
stories, their feelings, their despair and their grief. Coaching sessions occur in an environment
without blame or judgment. Pat has learned to apply the DBT skills to her work with parents
and family members, creating sessions that facilitate acceptance and empower individuals to
change in ways that are most effective for them. Although this is not “individual DBT therapy”,
Pat does teach the specific skills, using handouts and practice, that will help parents and family
members to be more effective in the particular situations that they describe. These sessions
are tailored to the individual and unique needs of each person who attends them.
While coaching is most often done with parents/caregivers. Pat has begun to work more often
with siblings of individuals with mental illness who have found their home life or their history
overwhelmed by the needs of the person with emotion dysregulation. Whether the healthier
sibling is an early adolescent or an older adult, the experiences of living with or caring about
someone with emotion dysregulation often has a serious impact on his/her life. In coaching
sessions, the healthier sibling is validated for his/her own feelings, learns to understand and
validate his/her sibling and learns techniques and skills for managing his/her emotions and
responding to his/her sibling more effectively. Most importantly, parents and family members
learn that they are not alone in their feelings and concerns.
These sessions are on an as-needed basis. They can be done weekly, monthly or whenever a
situation arises that parents or family members want to talk about. Pat has flexible availability
and offers sessions during the day and in the evening. There are no weekend hours.
Pat does offer “coaching in crisis” if a parent or family member, who is engaged in coaching,
finds themselves in a crisis situation. This coaching is done by phone (or e-mail) at any time
and Family Members
“Coaching” is the way that DBT refers to teaching clients how to use skills in their natural
environment. Pat coaches parents/caregivers and family members (including siblings and
spouses) of individuals (of any age) who have any kind of emotional difficulties. In these
coaching sessions, parents and family members will discuss their specific issues, concerns and
feelings. They will learn practical strategies and skills for managing their child/family member
and their own lives more effectively, learning to do what actually works to change the
situation.
Pat has many years of experience listening to parents and family members, hearing their
stories, their feelings, their despair and their grief. Coaching sessions occur in an environment
without blame or judgment. Pat has learned to apply the DBT skills to her work with parents
and family members, creating sessions that facilitate acceptance and empower individuals to
change in ways that are most effective for them. Although this is not “individual DBT therapy”,
Pat does teach the specific skills, using handouts and practice, that will help parents and family
members to be more effective in the particular situations that they describe. These sessions
are tailored to the individual and unique needs of each person who attends them.
While coaching is most often done with parents/caregivers. Pat has begun to work more often
with siblings of individuals with mental illness who have found their home life or their history
overwhelmed by the needs of the person with emotion dysregulation. Whether the healthier
sibling is an early adolescent or an older adult, the experiences of living with or caring about
someone with emotion dysregulation often has a serious impact on his/her life. In coaching
sessions, the healthier sibling is validated for his/her own feelings, learns to understand and
validate his/her sibling and learns techniques and skills for managing his/her emotions and
responding to his/her sibling more effectively. Most importantly, parents and family members
learn that they are not alone in their feelings and concerns.
These sessions are on an as-needed basis. They can be done weekly, monthly or whenever a
situation arises that parents or family members want to talk about. Pat has flexible availability
and offers sessions during the day and in the evening. There are no weekend hours.
Pat does offer “coaching in crisis” if a parent or family member, who is engaged in coaching,
finds themselves in a crisis situation. This coaching is done by phone (or e-mail) at any time
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