Transitions and Life Coaching

Lost and Found

Life Coaching, unlike psychotherapy, does not focus on your childhood nor on your pathology. Its focus is on your goals- we help you create goals if you’re at a loss, and to fulfill whatever goals you have or that you create in the course of this work. We do not tell you what to do. We facilitate a very simple but effective process by asking the right questions.  The process, in a nutshell: Where am I now?  Where do I want to be? What’s keeping me from getting there?  What small action can I take, internally or externally, that is slightly outside of my comfort zone that will help me to fulfill my goals? The process focuses on concrete results, unlike therapy which often leaves us with great insight but not much else.
I have been trained to lead you to your own answers. I also trained for many years to be a psychoanalyst, and can better understand the resistances that come along and that get in your way.

We are all in constant transition. We are young, we are middle aged, we are elderly. Our children come and go. Our jobs, our interests come and go. Our needs change. Although we are urged to “go with the flow,” we often get stuck. My job as a Life Coach is to help you move forward and to create and fulfill your goals.

I have found my coaching work so far to be challenging and stimulating.

Session at my office or by phone  - Free consultation

uplandvl@valstar.net

Vocal Coaching

I trained in my youth to be a classical pianist, and when in my twenties I was offered a job as a vocal accompanist in a conservatory in Paris, I realized that this would be my specialty.
The classical vocal repertoire combined my love of literature, languages, and music. As a vocal coach one is responsible for the singer’s pronunciation and understanding of the foreign language he or she is singing in, for a meaningful interpretation of the song, and the vocal coach plays the piano part, and performs with the singer in concert, where both of them have equally important roles in creating a successful performance.
The vocal coach does NOT teach people how to produce sound. That is the role of the voice teacher.

French Coaching

I lived in Paris for many years and am bilingual- French/English. I worked as a French interpreter for the U.S. State Department for fifteen years. I traveled extensively with heads of State and leaders in their field from all francophone countries- France, Belgium, West African countries etc. I have also taught Advanced Placement French at the Millbrook School.

I currently teach French privately to individuals and to groups. All levels are welcome. I also continue to coach singers of classical music in the French vocal repertoire.

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