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One of the early pioneers of coaching, Pat is often called the ambassador of
life coaching. Pat has been a licensed psychologist since 1980 and began
executive coaching in 1990 with Hewlett Packard, IBM, Kodak and other companies
along the Front Range. He is a member of PHI BETA KAPPA and CUM LAUDE graduate
of Kansas University in 1972. He went on to get his masters in Humanistic
Psychology and doctorate in Transpersonal Psychology in 1977. (Ken Wilber was
too young then to even be heard of in pat’s curriculum exploration, although PAT
did training at Naropa Institute in Boulder)
He joined Coach U in 1996, closed his therapy practice 6 months later and became
a full time coach. Pat was a senior trainer with Coach U from 1997- 1998, when
he started is own coach training school for therapists only, the Institute
for Life Coach Training He has trained over 1500 helping professionals at Inst for
Life Coach Training and is now opening offices in Korea, Istanbul, Italy, and
Australia.
Pat is also department chair of the coaching psychology program at the
International University of Professional Studies and has taught
graduate coaching classes at Colorado State University and Denver University. He
is also a curriculum consultant for the Coaching Certificate program at
Fielding
International University.
Pat has been on the ICF board of directors for three years, and co chaired the
Regulatory committee as well. He is passionate about the profession of coaching
and ensuring it remains a respected profession.
He is the co-author of Therapist as Life Coach: Transforming Your Practice,
Total Life Coaching: 50+ Life Lessons, Skills, and Techniques to Enhance
your Practice and Your Life,
and Law and Ethics of Coaching: How to Solve and Avoid Difficult Problems in
Your Practice.
He continues to coach a limited number of executives, self employed
professionals, and coaches to design their business around their lives. You can
have a business and a life! As a former psychologist, Pat likes to say, "I used
to be a SHRINK…..now I am an ENLARGER!" I work with my clients to enlarge their
vision, their purpose, and to design their PREFERRED FUTURE while living a
fulfilling PRESENT.
His mission is to profoundly impact the lives of those he coaches and teaches so
that they can profoundly impact the lives of others. You can read more at
www.LifeCoachTraining.com or email me at
doccoach@LifeCoachTraining.com.
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Patrick Williams