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Life Coach

Life coaching is a practice of helping clients set and reach

personal goals. A coach will use a variety of methods,

tailored to the client, to realize these goals. Life coaching is not targeted

at psychological illnesses and coaches are not therapists.

Rather, the roots of life coaching stem from:

Psychotherapy and counseling

Personal development training

Business consulting and organizational development

With roots in executive coaching, which itself draws on techniques developed in management consulting and leadership training, life coaching also draws from a wide variety of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, career counseling, mentoring and numerous other types of counseling. The coach applies mentoring, values assessment, behavior modification, behavior modeling, goal-setting, and other techniques in assisting clients. Coaches are to be distinguished from counselors; whether counselors in psychotherapy or other careers.

Coaching and therapists each focus on helping one to suffer solutions on their own. There are many different types of therapists, some of which may be, in content, quite similar to life coaching. Unlike therapists who have obtained Masters or Doctorate degrees in mind

sciences, life coaches do not have that requirement,

nor do they complete extensive courses in classical

psychology, and are not highly regulated. Some kinds

of therapists tend to be problem-focused and short-term,

while others are long-term and look for the root causes

of problems.

Kim Israels, CEC

Life Coach / Grief Counselor

Kim is certified through the Institute of Professional Empowerment Coaching( IPEC), having finished her certification in 2007. She is also a member of the International Coach Federation( ICF) and is a Certified Grief and Bereavement specialist. Kim provides emotional support and empathetic listening to individuals dealing with the transformational changes that come with age. In her private practice, she applies her training and extensive experience helping clients find growth and opportunity in the transitions they face in their lives. She is also a hospice volunteer.

Chiropractic

Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeltal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on general health. Chiropractic care is used most often to treat neuromuscular problems, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs and headaches. Doctors of chiropractic practice a drug-free hands-on approach to health care that includes patient examination diagnosis and treatment. The most common therapeutic procedure performed by them is known as "spinal manipulation," also called "chiropractic adjustment."

The purpose of manipulation is to restore joint mobility by manually applying a controlled force into joints that have become less mobile or restricted in their movement as a result of a tissue injury. Tissue injury can be caused by a single traumatic event such as improper lifting of a heavy object or through repetitive stresses, such as sitting in an awkward position such as poor spinal posture for an extended period of time. In either case, injured tissues undergo physical and chemical changes that can cause inflammation, pain, and diminished function for the sufferer.

Manipulation or adjustment of the affected joint and tissues, restores mobility thereby alleviating pain and muscle tightness, and allowing tissues to heal.

In many cases, such as lower back pain, chiropractic care may be the primary method of treatment. When other medical conditions exist, chiropractic care may complement or support medical treatment.

Chiropractic Consultants

We work with a select group of chiropractic consultants who we refer people to when our core group believe that those skills are needed. Our physical therapist also uses spinal adjustment when he feels that it is appropriate. If that referral is needed, we will make those arrangements