Parenting, Life and Career Coaching in Midtown Toronto

Practical help with what is in front of you: raising your children, running your own life, or finding your footing at work. Coaching works on goals, one step at a time, with someone holding you to them.

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What coaching is

Coaching is practical, goal-directed work. You name what you want to be different, break it into steps you can actually take, and come back to someone who keeps you accountable for them. Everyone finds parts of life hard, and coaching is help with the parts in front of you, chosen for your situation rather than written for everyone.

Coaching is not psychotherapy. It works on the present and on what you do next, within what is ordinary for the stage you or your family are in. If something deeper comes up, your coach will say so and can point you to psychotherapy instead; most of the practitioners here are trained in both.

Who this is for

Parenting coaching

Practical help with your child, your family and what is happening at home right now: routines, behaviour, school, screens, siblings, the stage you are in. Chosen for your family rather than written for everyone.

Life coaching

Goals you keep meaning to get to, habits that will not stick, decisions that keep being deferred. Step-by-step goal setting, and someone who holds you accountable between sessions.

Career and job coaching

Looking for work, changing direction, or stuck in a role that no longer fits. Applications, interviews, workplace relationships and the next move, worked through one step at a time.

Common questions

Coaching is practical help with everyday challenges, such as parenting through a stage your family is in. Psychotherapy goes deeper, into emotional difficulties, patterns and experiences that are affecting how someone lives. Most of the therapists here are trained in both, so if coaching turns up something that needs more, your coach can talk with you about psychotherapy.

No. Coaching works with you, the parent, on practical approaches for your situation. Family therapy looks at how a problem developed in the family and what keeps it going, usually with more than one family member involved.

Books are written for everyone. Coaching is about your child, your family and what is happening at home right now.

No. Reach out directly to the practitioner you choose. Most offer a free 15-minute phone consultation on request, so you can ask questions before you book.

Next step

Browse the practitioners who offer coaching, and reach out to the one who fits. Most offer a free 15-minute phone consultation on request, so you can ask questions before you book.

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