Website summary: Life is full of ups and downs. If it was all ups, we wouldn't need help. But sometimes, LIFE HAPPENS and not necessarily in a good way. Loss of job, career choices, family challenges, divorce / marriage, babies - all of these can produce changes in what direction your life is heading. COG can help you with objective, yet compassionate advice and support. With thousands of clients over the years, we have pretty much heard or seen it all. We can relate, both personally as well as professionally, to your particular situation. You will also find that well-informed family members, friends, and business associates usually are not shy in offering their advice as to how to solve your problems. Unfortunately they are, at times, too close to you to offer sound guidance. - Our Mission - To provide effective, compassionate assistance in those areas of life that require attention. We are driven to assist in solving the problems of Everyday Life, whether in Employment / Career, Personal, or Situational. Our caring, one-on-one personal approach ensures that all clients will be given every available resource to succeed in conquering their concerns. Honest, forthright, moral and ethical assistance will be accorded to every client to bring closure to their life's concerns. COACHING/COUNSELING WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? Both Counseling and Coaching deal with the same thing: GOAL ATTAINMENT. The methods used to achieve those goals are, however, different: Counseling involves listening to client concerns, and then offering advice, suggestions for problem resolution - even a list of dos and don'ts for the client to follow. In a Job Search/Career Change setting, it is a great way to navigate these areas. It is goal attainment-a new job or successful career change. The Counselor works hand-in-hand with the client by strategizing plans and techniques to effect a change-employment, career change, or situational issues. Coaching is a different way of attaining a goal. Every sports fan knows that the job of the Coach is NOT to actually go out on the field and participate with the team or individual athlete to be victorious (their goal of a win, high score, medal, etc.), but rather to empower the athlete(s) to achieve their goal while making certain they stay on-task and focused, and encouraged. And Life Coaching allows the client to envision a goal or dream, while keeping them on-track to achieve the desired result! The client is empowered to steer their Life in a positive direction-achieving goals while becoming more confident in dealing with Life and its challenges! 2 614