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Dr. D.D. Mann

BSc: Psychology
MEd: Adult Development
PhD: Applied Management & Decision Sciences
MCC: Master Certified Coach

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How I Can Help you

I have worked as a Coach for decades and now want to focus on supporting and equipping parents and family members suffering through estrangement dynamics. My WHY is to provide supportive learning and coaching resources out of a desire to help you get through this tough season of life. Research from Cornell University claims that one in four adults are currently estranged. If you are of these people, I am ready to provide resources and create conversations where you can feel comfortable discussing your challenges to maybe even find hidden gifts. We can discuss your life PATH to remind yourself about your Purpose, Accomplishments, Talents and Hopes. Through self-discovery you can begin to heal and plan for a fulfilling future as you are not alone.
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My Story

It has taken me a while to dig myself out of the negative feelings within estrangement, especially the stigma. After several years, it’s time to dig in and do the work to help others. I have endured almost a decade of major and minor estrangement with an adult child. Regrettably, this loss has been accompanied by estrangement from those taking sides within the extended family. So, I know the sorrow and disappointments of estrangement can be distracting and debilitating to say the least. If you are looking to have a conversation with someone who has lived experience with estrangement, I am here for you. But, I am not just offering an empathic ear, I am offering techniques, strategies and tools. My learning and coaching programs may ideally help you reconnect, build trust, reconcile and then, as we all hope, restore relationships with important people in your life. No one can predict or guarantee results, but developing communication skills can certainly move us away from estrangement towards engagement. Through self-discovery you may also notice some hidden and unexpected gifts that make estrangement bearable and the future brighter.

Seeking and finding ways to smile again as we strive to grow from the unique grief and loss of estrangement.

Dr. D.D. Mann

A videographer is working on this project so reach out to Dee Dee if you’d like to speak about her background and learn more her learning and curriculum development experience. The Coach Approach Training Academy has at least 50% original content, written by DeeDee.

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Transition

Psychotherapy (also called talk therapy) is a noble professional where individuals may recommend choices and present information to remediate mental health issues, over a long period of time. Therapy often explores family-of-origin issues in-depth, including root causes of behavior, including self-destructive behavior. Psychiatry follows a medical model to create inner strength to overcome addictions and other self-destructive behaviors. Counseling is often shorter-term, focusing on specific, current challenges or situations. Consulting offers expertise in certain disciplines. Consultants are considered trusted advisors who freely offer advice and solve problems through specialized services. Come and learn how coaching is distinguished from therapy, psychiatry, counseling, consulting and coaxing, while experiencing each (during mentoring) as a distinct set of skills so you are clear about coaching to never mistake one for the other, as a practicing coach.

Estrangement

Estrangement is currently an epidemic in several countries. The recent research of Dr. Joshua Coleman estimates approximately one-in-four families are facing some kind of familial discord, parental alienation and other painful forms of estrangement. Decades ago, Dr. Pauline Boss researched ambiguous loss, which is a hallmark of the many unresolved elements of estrangement, similar to the emotional torture of times of war, abduction or similar forms of disappearances (when someone is missing from your life and you do not know if a person is dead or alive). If someone is fortunate enough to be unfamiliar with the emotions associated with estrangement, they can underestimate the toll this agonizing experience can take on people, at the receiving end of someone they love going “no contact,” (with or without an explanation). Dr. Dee Dee Mann has endured over a decade of several forms of estrangement and has written several original coaching methods that will be taught in this track.

The Core Fundamentals of Coaching

The Core Fundamentals of Coaching is foundational to understanding what distinguishes coaching and coaching skills from other essential interpersonal abilities and professions that are dependent on proficiency in communication. Come as you are to begin explore the basic, intermediary and advanced coaching skills.

Whether you are enjoying a career in coaching or your employer is sponsoring this learning, you will learn all facets of the proprietary Coach Approach mindset and skillset. The Coach Approach describes the importance of a coaching mindset to embody and emulate trust as you actively listen to others. Also, internalizing the best practices of coaching will ensure you always maintain presence to awaken awareness in those you work with to foster growth and development.

The core fundamentals will also explore the theory and precepts that defined coaching as a practice and profession, especially the importance of establishing and maintaining agreements at all phases of your coaching engagements. Core Fundamentals also distinguish coaching from therapy, psychiatry, counseling, consulting and coaxing. The Core Fundamentals of Coaching will equip you will high-impact knowledge, skills and abilities that are ICF-aligned to set you apart in whatever way you seek to coach. The distinctions this coaching program includes the two coaching tracks: Estrangement and Career Transition as well as the design and delivery of the curriculum.