About this program:
Overwhelmed?
Register with the link at the bottom of THIS page if you want to
explore finding a comprehensively trained coach to work with you
weekly.
We can help you anywhere in the WORLD.
ARE YOU . . .
- DESPERATELY SEEKING SOLUTIONS to ADD challenges in any
of their presentations – with comprehensive, factual, and up-to-date
information, simply explained?
- YEARNING for help with ADD frustrations – whether your
own or the challenges associated with living with an ADD spouse
or children – or difficulties understanding, motivating, managing,
or working with an ADD employee?
- UNSURE how to locate a really good ADD Coach?
- with cutting-edge ADD-specific coach training who knows
all the nuances of ADD
as well as their impact on daily life and functioning,
- who understands WHY ADDers don't really find "vanilla"
coaching approaches very helpful, and
- who knows what to do instead!
Helping you find a great ADDCoach
Although the primary focus of The Optimal Functioning Institute™
is the development of ADD skills and ADD Coaches, we are happy to
refer website "looking for a coach" requests to OFI Associates,
so that you may interview with qualified coaches individually. (All
referral coaches have agreed to a 30-minute initial interview at
no additional charge.)
However, not only do we need to know something
about your situation to be able to make a good referral, we ALSO:
- want to make sure you understand what ADD Coaching is and
is not – to make sure that your expectations are in line
with what coaching offers
- want to make sure that you are looking for the kind of "whole
person coaching" that OFI Coaches are trained to provide
- want to know that you are "coachable" - that is, developmentally
ready, willing and able to take advantage of the opportunity
to turn your life now into the life you've always wanted.
- need to know how much you can spend for coaching - some of
our Associates work at various sliding scale fees for a portion
of their practices, others do not.
"whole person coaching" – Partnering with clients to facilitate
the process of designing a life of power, beauty and fulfillment:
aligned with client standards and values, meeting client needs, and
maintaining client-appropriate boundaries;
Championing growth and development as clients move from goal to goal
to fashion an experience of living that is an increasingly greater
expression of the client's life purpose.
The Coach Referral Process
Currently, Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, OFI's founder, makes coach
referrals directly, following a one-hour consultation with each
potential client In addition to helping you decide what you are
looking for in a coach (or in your FIRST coach), she:
- explains how to interview coaches to be able to recognize "fit"
(i.e., to find what you are looking for!)
- helps you understand how some of the nuances of your particular
"flavor" of ADD relate to your particular challenges with day-to-day
living, and
- suggests ways to use your particular coaching relationship for
optimal value and growth.
FUTURE supports:
A web-based coach referral engine with a form to collect preliminary
information will help determine some of the above and will eventually
be one of the features of the ADDCoach.com website update in process,
but it cannot be implemented until our new look and class registration
database have been tweaked to perfection!
Even then, some kind of preliminary interview process will probably
be necessary and welcomed by most of you.
ABOUT the ADDCoach.com™ Coaching FORMAT
With the exception of national conferences [ADDA, CH.A.D.D.,
etc.], all of our trainings, classes, support groups and events
take place in a "virtual" format on a special kind of conference
call known as a TeleClass. Since 1994, participants have attended
by phone from all over the world.
OFI Associates and ADDCoach.com coaches, unlike tutors, consultants
or organizers, are trained to work primarily by phone as well --
for a LOT of good reasons, It is simply more effective overall.
Although, face-to-face coaching is not "against the rules," a coach
referral "in your location" is not really in your best interest.
What you REALLY want is the best coach for
your situation,
NOT the closest coach to your house!
How do I get an appointment?
Use the register link at the bottom of THIS page
specifically for a Coach Referral Consultation
- Your first step is a click away -- simply click the
registration link at the bottom of this page and step through
the instructions from page to page.
- Once we have been notified that your payment has been received
- which happens practically immediately - we'll confirm receipt
by email within 24-48 hours (Monday through Friday, mgh office
hours only)
- You will receive email instructions about scheduling your
referral consultation time
- With rapid follow-through on your part, referrals can often
be made within a week to ten days of your original request (sometimes
even sooner if your schedule meshes well with Madelyn's!).
How much does it cost?
Unlike Madelyn's private coaching, which is an ongoing
relationship of at least six month's duration at fees from $350
to $800 a month, consultations are available on an as-needed
basis; most, including Referral Consultations, at a charge
of $125 an hour.
How do I pay?
You may pay online using any major credit card (or send
money from your bank account) via PayPal's secure server, and will
receive a printable receipt for your payment directly from PayPal.
This is a much safer system for handling financial transactions
than giving us your credit card information over the phone or inputting
it on the ADDCoach.com website – plus, it is available 24/7.
Within 24 business hours (M-F, no holidays), you will also be
emailed a copy of the notice that PayPal sends to us: to let you
know that we have received payment and to give you a phone number
to call to set up a time for your consultation.
As you will see, we receive ONLY your payment.
We do NOT receive your personal PayPal account information – not
your PayPal username or password, not details of your PayPal account,
and not any other financial information linked to your account
(like credit card or bank account information, etc.) – nor can
we access that information.
Intended Audience:
Register for THIS option, an interview with 'mgh' herself,
no matter whether you are:
- looking for a coach with particular expertise or experience
with your situation
- hoping to locate a sliding-scale coach, possibly still in
training
- exploring options with Madelyn as your coach
(consultation fees applied to first month's charges in this
case)
Leader's Instructions:
* To register for Referral Consultations, click 'register'
below
* To register for OTHER Consultations, see:
- MGH-100, ADD Support Consultations
- MGH-201, Challenges Inventory Consultations
To book appointments for any CONSULTATION:
- Click the REGISTER link at the bottom of the appropriate
details page (see below), which will take you to through the
payment process.
- Make SURE your "student record/information form" includes
your phone numbers and complete email address
(including the part after the "@")
- Upon receipt of your payment, you will receive an email telling
you how to proceed,
- Shortly following, you will speak briefly with Madelyn or
an assistant to schedule your consultation time at the earliest
mutually convenient opportunity.
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OFI founder Madelyn Griffith-Haynie is a Master Certified Coach
who has been working with ADD since 1979, providing practical
suggestions, ongoing support, and ADD coach training – helping others
to understand and overcome day-to-day attentional spectrum challenges
and improving the lives of thousands of individuals with ADD.
IMPORTANT: By requesting a Referral
Consultation, you acknowledge that you are aware and understand
that Madelyn Griffith-Haynie and/or ADD Coaches to whom you will
be referred are NOT Medical Doctors, Psychotherapists, Attorneys,
Professional Organizers or Job-Placement Professionals.
Unless you are provided documentation of additional licensing or
training, they:
- are NOT licensed to diagnose or prescribe ADD medications;
- do NOT provide psychotherapy or legal services in
any format;
- will NOT come to your house to provide organizational
advice or services;
- nor do they provide job-skills assessments, job-placements,
or job-referrals
even though they may supply information to help you locate
and work with qualified resources in these arenas.
* For psychiatric symptoms, please contact your closest mental
health professional.
* Call 911 or go to the nearest hospital for immediate help if
these symptoms are severe of if you are contemplating suicide.
Copyright © 2006 Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC
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