Welcome to the coaching section!
Do you have questions and don’t know where to find the answers? Are you unsure what direction to take next?Do you wish you had the attention of someone with years of experience in the area you need answers to?
Are you looking for resources so you can help yourself or your loved one and just need to be pointed in the right direction?
Are you losing sleep because you just don’t know what to do?
Then coaching might be for you because every great individual and support team needs a firm foundation.
Coaching gives you that foundation!
What is coaching and how is it different from therapy?
Just the fact that you are here and looking means you are searching out resources to help you as an individual, a parent, or a caregiver.
Therapy
In very basic terms, therapy focuses on assessing, diagnosing, and treating a disorder, delay, or challenge. As a speech-language pathologist, I work with communication, voice, swallowing, or cognitive disorders. Therapy also focuses 1:1 on the individual.
Therapy is led by me and involves a comprehension evaluation and development of both short and long term goals that will be targeted in therapy. This can be a time intensive process when done thoroughly and is commonly referred to as a Plan of Care.
Coaching
Still in basic terms, coaching focuses on identifying and describing current problems so that the individual, parent, or caregiver can modify them. Here, we work more together with a problem solving approach, seeking to understand how and when things are happening so we can address them.
Individual, parent, or caregiver coaching is led by you: share with me the difficulties you and your family member are having and I work along side you, providing you with answers and resources, and guiding you in your decision making process.
Therapy and coaching are the perfect pairing, much like pairing a meal with the perfect wine!
In a nutshell, therapy focuses on the “why” problems are occurring and coaching works on “how” to work that towards a goal.
I offer
I offer coaching to individuals, parents, and caregivers and sessions can be done in addition to therapy, separate from therapy or consecutively. It all depends on your wants and needs.
Individual, parent and caregiver coaching is JUST FOR YOU!
Let’s connect and figure out the next best step to take you in the direction you need to go.
I will help you see the big picture so you can focus on the smaller, important decisions.
Coaching for Individuals
Coaching for individuals: we focus on what you can do as an individual to target what you want to target.
Yeah, baby! This is all about you!
Individual coaching is for the individual who doesn’t need or want therapy but DEFINETLY has communication or voice challenges they want to work on with accountability.
Maybe you want to improve your singing voice.
Maybe you want to change your voice so it sounds more pleasant to your ear.
Any social language skills you want to brush up on?
The field is wide open and if it within my scope, I will certainly do my best.
Reach out and let’s chat and I’ll see what questions I can answer for you.
Coaching for Parents
Coaching for parents: we focus on how you can support yourself and your child with their challenges.
Parent Coaching
Without a parent coach, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and lost when trying to make sure you are doing everything possible to support your child.
Not feeling confident?
Are you still looking for answers?
Do you feel there has to be something more that you can do?
Parent coaching focuses on you, the partner in this journey, and teaches you how to come alongside and support both you and your child.
When you feel seen and heard and are able to name and pinpoint why you are feeling frustrated and what your ideal outcome is, the magic begins.
I can support you in the process by teaching you and modeling for you ways to understand and manage the challenges you are facing!
At coaching sessions, you will receive creative and functional ways to increase speech, language, voice, and eating development during activities that are already a part of your family’s routine.
Coaching for Caregivers
Coaching for caregivers: we focus on how you can support yourself and your loved one with their challenges.
Caregiver Coaching
Watching someone we love grow older and more vulnerable is a hard position to be in and it’s even harder when you feel unsure of where to turn for answers. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and lost when trying to make sure you are doing everything possible to support your partner or aging parent.
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Maybe your loved one has a diagnosis of dementia or Parkinson’s Disease or has had a stroke.
Wondering how to keep your loved one safe?
Afraid of what might be in store?
Unsure of your options or even where to begin?
Do you feel there has to be something more that you can do?
Caregiver coaching focuses on you, the partner in this journey, and teaches you how to come alongside and support yourself and your loved one.
These coaching sessions provide you with the strategies, tools, and resources you will need to succeed with your goals outside of therapy sessions. You will be stepping into your power as a caregiver.
Together, we unpack the challenges you are both facing and come up with an evidence-based approach for making life better.
Let me answer your questions.
You’ve got to think and solve problems differently than you ever have.
Let me answer your questions.
- Feeling stressed and burned out?
- Do you or someone in your family have trouble communicating with others?
- Not sure your family member is as safe as they can be?
- Confused with what they say or do?
- Find that there are awkward moments during daily cares?
- Unsure of where to turn for help?
- Not sure how to get them to eat safely or even eat at all!
- Adjust to your child’s meltdown’s as they relate to their communication challenges
- Target and improve the practical aspects of caregiving
- Identify ways to keep your loved one as independent as possible
- Learn effective communication strategies to understand what your family member needs and wants
- Develop routines to minimize confusion and accidents
- Help you recognize things you are capable of handling and when you need extra help
- Find resources to help you help yourself
Reasons for getting support
Communication Issues
To me, communication is vital. It’s how we connect and bond with one another. It is also one of the most difficult losses when you feel alone, or when it’s your child, aging partner, or parent. Knowing how to change how you communicate to match your own or your family member’s communication abilities is key to maximizing communication effectiveness. Think little ones here who cannot express what they want or need and meltdowns are frequent. Or think the older person who also cannot communicate their wants and needs and self-isolates.
Avoid Burnout & Stress
Maximize Independence & Dignity
Improve Practical Aspects
Create a Safe Environment
Gain Confidence & Knowledge
Minimize Disruptive Behaviors
Trauma-Informed Approach
Areas of experience
Communication Challenges
Memory Loss
Executive Function
Voicing Differences
Trouble Talking Loudly
Social Language Difficulties
Swallowing Difficulties
Behavior Difficulties
Academic Challenges
Eating Difficulties
Cognitive Difficulties
Gender Affirming Voice
Diagnoses covered
- Stroke
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Voice Differences and Disorders
- Dysarthria and Apraxia
- Articulation Disorder
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Concussion
- Dementia
- Feeding and Swallowing Difficulties
- Speech Sound Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Social and Pragmatic Skills Disorder
- Language Delay and Disorder
Pricing & packages
Each coaching session is about you. We will:
- Talk about what you want and need and how you are progressing towards your goals.
- Identify any resources you need.
- Target any areas needed for further education.
- Unpack any obstacles in your way to success
Coaching Sessions
Single:
$125
/ hour
Bundled:
(25% discount)
$350
/ 3 Hours
Getting Started is Easy
There are 3 ways to make that initial FREE connection!
- Call me at 218-851-3050 and I will answer if I am free
- Schedule a time using this link: https://calendly.com/mattie-2/initial-chat-15
- Email me at mattiemurrey.tegels@gmail.com to schedule a time that works for you!
Reach out today for your ease of mind and find the answers you have been looking for.
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