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Elaine Taylor-Klaus
Life Coach, Family Coach, ADD ADHD Coach
Associate Certified Coach (ACC) is an introductory coaching credential issued by the International Coach Federation (ICF), the world's largest governing body for coaches.
Minimum requirements for ACC credential:
- 60 hours of coach specific training
- 10 hours of working with a mentor coach
- 100 hours of client coaching
- 8 clients
- understands and abides by the ICF code of ethics
- demonstrates advanced skills requirements based on the ICF coaching core competencies
Are you a parent raising a complex kid with learning or medical challenges? I coach parents to step out of the overwhelm and back into control of their lives -- for themselves AND their families.
About Me
I work with women, mostly parents, ready for something to change in their lives. I help my clients feel empowered to make passionate choices and live rich & fulfilling lives --lives that enhance their roles as parents and actually benefit their families.
I do this in my 1:1 coaching practice, and with an online community I've created to provide affordable coaching to parents of kids with ADHD, ImpactADHD.com
My varied background -- advocacy, social work, program development, political organizing, facilitating, teaching, yoga, fundraising, board development, public health, policy, parenting, crisis counseling, nutrition, medical management of children -- provides a foundation for me to coach parents in different stages of their lives. My clients have a common desire: to step (back) into their lives with strength and intention.
The Touchstone Method™ of focus|clarity|action provides a clear structure for creating lasting change. I work with clients to identify their values and create a framework for decision-making. I take clients through a process that changes perspectives and opens up new possibilities. In the end, clients are empowered & enlivened. Their lives are enriched & moving forward with clarity and purpose.
I am certified by the Coaches Training Inst. and the Intern'l Coach Federation, a graduate of CTI's Co-Active Leadership Program, a certified ScreamFree parenting coach, and an ADHD coach.
Reviews
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Elaine has 10 reviews.
Touchstone Coaching has helped me in more ways than I can possibly describe in terms of coming to grips with what is most important to me, how to find the balance I have struggled with for years, and feel confident in the energy I am putting forward with the many hats I wear.
Michelle Cooper, Put-it-There, Small Business Owner
The reminder to look at situations from different perspectives, coupled with the opportunity to practice doing just that, was a terrific way to start off a new year.
Junior High School Teacher
For years I would set goals, develop tools, attempt processes over and over again, but until I started working with you they were all very false starts. Your coaching has allowed me to clearly see where I am, who I am, and who I am capable of being.
Duane Stork, Entrepreneur/Photographer
By the way, today's session far exceeded my expectations. You nailed some pivotal stuff with your questions. Thx for bringing your A game.
MD, Interventional Radiologist
Thanks for getting me out of my own way.
Erica Stelton, Coach/Nutritionist
Your soul is meant to be this kind of coach!
Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz
I can really see a big picture of my life; I feel like I’ve gotten to know myself a lot better (and I felt like I knew myself pretty well coming into it)…and that’s been a really amazing experience.
I felt for so long like I want to be doing something that matters …and I didn’t have the other side that said, “this is what matters and I need to be doing things to get to that.”
M Swett
You always seek the “truth” in each person to help guide them to it. You find ways to do this that are not demeaning or cruel; rather you do so with the utmost respect and love for the individual.
Lisa Katz
You are a person of remarkable integrity. You have a rare ability to put aside your own vantage point and put yourself in the shoes of the person to whom you are devoting your attention. You think compassionately and respond in ways that make it absolutely clear that you have been respectfully present.
Helen Tarleton, Assistant Principal, Middle School Guidance Counselor, The University School, Nashville, TN
“I am forever grateful to Elaine for the place in which I am today. Elaine has taken me to great new personal heights. Today, I am powerful, confident, and hopeful in a way that I’ve never been before. She has helped me to find inner peace, while garnering inner strength.
During the time I spent with Elaine, I changed careers and started on a new personal journey upon which I have wanted to embark for thirteen years. Now, I feel that I am in the best position I have ever been to be a happier, more positive member of both my family and my community. And for the first time, in a long time, I am ready, willing, and able to move forward onto bigger and better things.
Amy H. Buchsbaum, Event Planner