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Close Up Radio Spotlights Heather Crimmins Coaching
Batavia, IL – Divorce is one of the most emotionally difficult life events a person can go through. This is why many people are turning to Certified Divorce Coaches (CDC) like Heather Crimmins. Heather Crimmins is a CDC who believes with proper guidance divorce can also end up being a precious gift.Heather herself has been divorced twice. She was not aware divorce coaching existed until four years ago, when she went to contact her attorney from her first divorce 15 years prior. While he no longer worked at the firm, Heather saw they had a certified divorce coach on staff.“I thought, ‘What on earth is that?’” recalls Heather.It turns out it was something she had already been doing unprofessionally for decades. Once she had done her research and connected with Co-Founder and President of the professional standard in the industry, she realized her decades of informal coaching with family and friends had prepared her for this career opportunity.Today, Heather’s goal is to help clients gain much needed traction out of the ditch of divorce and shepherd them toward their best possible outcome.A CDC can be used at any time along the divorce process. It would be best at the start yet one can be brought in at any time; especially to help alleviate the contention and present credible cases to the court at each milestone of the process. This helps the efficiency of the case and saves clients time and money in the long run.Heather allows her clients the safe space to talk through a litany of emotions and questions that bubble up when in the thick of it. Clients can move more easily through the process and be proud of their behavior through the tumult.“I just have the willingness and the passion to help people help themselves,” says Heather.
Close Up Radio Welcomes Back Don Allen of CCCR
Austin, TX – Close Up Radio is excited to welcome back Dr. Don Allen, an exceptional Clinical Social Worker, Certified EMDR specialist and consultant, Public Speaker, Certified Gottman Therapist.Part of his objective today is to seek to bridge the gap between our exhaustion over COVID-19.He is excited to announce he will be starting to schedule upcoming couples’ workshop like the Art and Science of Love and The Seven Principles Approach to Marriage created by the Gottman Institute and John and Julie Gottman. These workshops are designed to ideally help struggling couples mend their relationships or to help healthy happy marriage learn better ways to enhance their love relationship. These workshops will be in person!!!In this upcoming radio interview, Don will discuss such important topics as the essential need for balance and internal locus of control. He will talk about how COVID-19 has had major effects on our romantic life.“Our goal is to help couples leave workshops with more skills, ability and self-assurance so that they can use these skills over a lifetime”. Sadly, our society does not teach these skills in schools and many of us never had the role models to teach us these skills or perhaps we have just never learned them on our own. John and Julie Gottman have incorporated science and a method that can provide this set of skills now. Dr. Allen can bring these methods to you.For more information or to request to be included in upcoming couple’s retreats, visit www.donallenphd.com and contact Dr. Allen directly at yourvoice@donallenphd.com
Close Up Radio Spotlights Keisha Robinson of A Touch of Key LLC
Philadelphia, PA – When people are able to extract themselves from their pain, from their challenges and their struggle, they are almost always compelled to help other people.Keisha Robinson in one such person.Keisha grew up in the heart of drug-infested north Philadelphia, where she became a product of her environment. She was homeless, addicted to drugs and on probation.Finally, Keisha found her will to thrive again.She contacted my probation officer to say she didn't want to be in the environment she was in and needed help.“I placed myself in a recovery house for two years to clean up,” recalls Keisha. “When I got out, my mind started to change. My social world changed.”Once Keisha I realized how much power she had within her, she needed to take it a step further. That’s when she discovered life coaching.“I’ve always had a passion to help people,” recalls Keisha. “Growing up, everybody used to gravitate to me to ask questions or to help them with things. I never understood why.Today, Robinson is the founder of A Touch of Key, a nonprofit community outreach organization dedicated to empowering the people who need it most. Her ultimate goal is feed as many mouths as I can feed and to touch as many hearts as she can.“I want to be able to help the community,” says Keisha. “I chose youth guidance because a child’s social world can deteriorate in the blink of an eye, and they often don't know how to express themselves. I want to be their voice because I’ve been where they’ve been, and I know I would rather listen to someone that actually walked the path. It's a constant reminder of where I came from because I'm constantly uplifting people.”
Part 2: Close Up Radio Welcomes Back Drs. Simon & Trish Presland of Aim Higher Professional Life Coach Certification
Clinton Township, MI – Drs. Simon and Trish Presland are the founders of Aim Higher Professional Life Coach Certification, an ICF-accredited, Christian-based life coach certification company that combines sound Christian faith, strong coaching competencies and solid business practices.“We teach, train, and equip people to be life coaches from a biblical perspective,” says Trish.The Preslands first met while working on a book, and soon found they had many common interests.When their home church, Evangel Christian Church, wanted to expand its state licensed and accredited Bible college to include a counseling program, they immediately agreed to oversee it as deans. They developed a Christian Counseling Institute, where they taught their 3-year curriculum. They also developed and taught customized workshops targeting specific areas for growth such as communication, conflict transformation, healthy identity, and belief systems.When the Preslands realized that life coaching would be the next avenue for pastors and leaders of all ministerial and professional levels to move into, they decided to obtain their ICF credentials, the gold standard of coaching.Five years ago, they developed Aim Higher Professional Life Coach Certification, a 60-hour program supported by Scripture that meets ACSTH standards to train individuals in the ICF core competencies, equip them with assessments and other coaching tools, and teach on coaching-related topics.“Faith is the foundation of our lives and of life in general,” says Simon. “Faith enhances the coaching process. Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us to trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and acknowledge him in all of your ways, knowing that he will direct your paths.”For more information, visit www.aimhigherlc.com
Close Up Radio Welcomes Back Don Allen of Columbia Counseling Consulting and Research LLC
Austin, TX – Close Up Radio is excited to welcome back Dr. Don Allen, an exceptional Clinical Social Worker, Certified EMDR specialist and consultant, Public Speaker, Certified Gottman Therapist.Part of his objective today is to seek to bridge the gap between our exhaustion over COVID-19, as we ease restrictions and prepare to reopen our communities and get our lives back on track, returning our marriages/ relationships toward being happy and connected in the new normal.Today he is excited to announce he will be starting to schedule upcoming couples’ workshop like the Art and Science of Love and The Seven Principles Approach to Marriage created by the Gottman Institute and John and Julie Gottman. “These workshops are designed to ideally help struggling couples mend their relationships or to help healthy happy marriage learn better ways to enhance their love relationship. These workshops will be in person!!!In this upcoming radio interview, Don will discuss such important topics as the essential need for balance and internal locus of control. He will talk about how COVID-19 has had major effects on our romantic life.“Our goal is to help couples leave workshops with more skills, ability and self-assurance so that they can use these skills over a lifetime”. Sadly, our society does not teach these skills in schools and many of us never had the role models to teach us these skills or perhaps we have just never learned them on our own. John and Julie Gottman have incorporated science and a method that can provide this set of skills now. Dr. Allen can bring these methods to you.For more information or to request to be included in upcoming couple’s retreats, visit www.donallenphd.com and contact Dr. Allen directly at yourvoice@donallenphd.com
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