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I went from a multi-disciplinary practitioner to an integrated, more intuitive coach.
As a professional health educator and counselor for the past 17 years, I've developed award-winning programs for schools, hospitals, businesses and social service agencies. With my first book just out, I'm currently a corporate speaker and serve as a "healthy lifestyles" consultant, doing assessment, prevention and intervention work for organizations like the Rhode Island Department of Health, The American Association of Pediatrics and Head Start.
Facilitating groups has been very natural for me, but I never felt as confident working with private clients. I wanted to improve my coaching skills and this lead me to Marc David, who I consider to be the best in the business.
Marc's tele-class program was extremely comprehensive, thoroughly mapping the clinical and soul-based aspects of what affects our health. Not only did I improve my counseling skills, but I grew on a personal level. His teaching style allows for multiple layers of learning; as you learn to help your clients, you are also helping yourself.
Some additional things I got out of taking Marc's tele-class program:
- My whole approach to private counseling has become more intuitive. This has enabled me to make a much faster connection with my clients. We get to the heart of things more directly, which has lead to more client satisfaction and faster results.
- My work feels more genuine and authentic, better reflecting my personal style and professional values.
- The biggest thing that I walked away with is this: I had many pieces of training in my "tool-kit" from over 15 years of continuing education in the health and wellness field. Marc's tele-class course helped me integrate those skills into a solid stream of knowledge and expertise as a counselor.
Jeannette Bessinger
Health Counselor, Motivational Educator
Newport, Rhode Island
www.balanceforlifellc.com
Phone: 401-835-2428
Email: jeannette@jeannettebessinger.com
This has been one of the top educational experiences of my life!
You could say I have a quest for knowledge. As a retiring New York City high school teacher turned professional nutrition counselor, naturally, continuing education is a way of life for me.
I've been around a variety of teaching styles in my career and I've seen the good and the not so good. I can honestly say that Marc's tele-class training program has been one of the top educational experiences of my life.
After completing my certificate in Holistic Health Counseling, I still felt that I needed (and wanted!) to learn more in order to do the kind of work I imagined I could do with my clients. So when I found out that Marc David was offering a training course for health practitioners, it was a no-brainer for me.
Marc's teaching style has kept me riveted throughout the 20-week program. His willingness to share his case studies and bring health issues to a deeper level made the personalized learning environment warm, approachable and truly mind-blowing. I've learned so much from Marc.
For example:
- My knowledge for health and nutrition has deepened and I truly feel validated for what I bring to the table as a practitioner. Marc has a way of helping each of his students acknowledge their unique strengths.
- I feel much more confident when working with my clients. I learned powerful questioning techniques that help me get to the root of my client's health concerns.
- I have a whole new level of compassion and understanding for my client's health struggles. This training has not only made me a more effective health counselor, I've also become a more patient practitioner which makes my work that much more enjoyable.
Alexia Dunay
Certified Health Counselor
New York, New York
Phone: 212-988-8157 / 917-612-4857
Email: a.dunay@gmail.com
I would take the program again!
As the owner of two wellness centers, I focused most of my work through group wellness seminars for corporations and academia. While I felt really comfortable presenting complicated nutrition information to my class participants, what was more challenging for me was working on-on-one with clients.
Honestly, it was frightening to listen to people's health challenges and be fully present with them. Even though I had the information my clients needed, I wasn't sure how to be with my clients in such an intimate space that health counseling calls for. And that's exactly why I signed up for his program. I wanted to improve my skills.
Marc impressed me with his unique combination of intellectual brilliance and depth of understanding of why people do what they do around their personal health. He shared lots of data and ample case examples in a way that doesn't feel like he's lecturing at you. He created a beautiful space with these tele-classes for me to relax into the teachings.
I loved how he wove compelling life philosophies into the class discussions that I could relate too. This helped make the volume of information he shared easy to understand and applicable to my own life and business. And the most surprising part of his teaching is that he really gets to know each one of us! I never felt like a face-less number in a huge class setting.
Here are some of my favorite things that I learned from Marc's tele-class program:
- I learned how to really refine my work. His teachings helped put my health counseling and teaching into coherent and exciting language that I was unable to articulate before taking this class.
- I've received the most comprehensive guidance on how to be comfortable working with my clients one-on-one and how to make my clients comfortable with the unfolding of my work. I now feel much more comfortable working with private clients.
- I really appreciated his soft-spoken style that resonates with so much power. Just him being himself was a great model for me as a holistic health counselor. It helped me feel more comfortable being myself in my health counseling.
Pascale Kavanagh
Founder and Director
Feed Your Soul - A Wellness Company, Inc.
CenterSpace Yoga and Wellness Studios
Somerset, New Jersey
www.centerspacestudios.com
www.feedyoursoul.com
Phone: 732-246-YOGA (9642)
The pressure's off!
The best way to describe training with Marc is that my self-inflicted pressure is now a thing of the past. From feeling nervous around clients and wondering if I knew enough, to struggling with losing those last five to ten pounds, I can honestly say all of this is no longer an issue for me.
While I signed up for Marc David's tele-class training to improve my counseling skills, I couldn't help but also grow on a personal level. He has given me powerful tools to help my clients, that also helped me with improve my own health and well-being.
For example:
On a personal level:
- I learned so many thought-provoking strategies that I could apply to my life and share with clients.
- I lost weight without any pressure and dieting.
- I've let go of all those "shoulds" in my personal and professional life.
4. I've found new ways of exercising that I enjoy.
- I'm much more in tune with my clients and can listen for what they're really trying to tell me underneath the language they use.
- I can listen and be with my clients with much greater depth, compassion and without any judgment. This makes my session wonderfully enjoyable.
- I can relax around not knowing absolutely everything about health, nutrition and life balance (who can!). I now know how to hold a space for my clients that allows them to find the answers they are looking for, within themselves.
- I couldn't wait to attend the weekly calls! I loved how each week's lesson was always new, never redundant and brought a fresh perspective to my work as a health counselor. He didn't give us homework, just ideas to reflect on. I could always relax and absorb the teachings because Marc provides class recordings and excellent notes for our review.
If you have any doubt about taking this tele-class program, don't hesitate to contact me, I'll be glad to share my experience with you.
Melinda Thomas
Health Counselor and Life Coach
Temple City, California
www.creatingbalancewithin.com
Email: melinda@creatingbalancewithin.com
This program has taken me to the next level!
I was looking for a mentor who would help me develop both the cognitive and intuitive skills I needed to be a great health counselor. I'm one of those people who has a burning desire to know more and explore things deeply. After reading both of Marc David's book and hearing him lecture, I knew there was a lot I could learn from him. I had a feeling that his tele-class program would propel me into a higher level of counseling. And I was right.
At first, as a busy practitioner, I wondered how I would be able to show up regularly for this 20-week program. "Would the weekly classes be too much?" I wondered. Instead, the calls became the best part of my week. The tele-classes were riveting. Marc brought passion, skill and profound insight to the classes. He connects the material world with the depths of the sacred. As health counselors, he shows us how to create this space for our clients. This is the realm of healing and transformation.
What I love about Marc's teaching style is that he helps you understand both the macro and micro of what's going on for your client. He shows you how to find the bigger picture that may be at the root your clients' health challenges (the macro) and he also keeps his approach to creating change grounded in practical nutritional solutions and lifestyle adaptations (the micro). He blends both the intuitive and the clinical with case studies, class notes, engaging exercises and demonstrates what to do with the information you receive.
Some of the my favorite things that I got out of participating in his tele-class program are:
- I am now better able to perceive what's going on for my clients and explore this with greater clarity, skill and compassion. This creates the space for a client to reconnect to their essence and allow healing to take place.
- I have deeper capacity for listening and can better recognize the physical, nutritional, emotional, lifestyle and spiritual dimensions of my clients' lives. This enables me to make the connections between the health challenges my clients face and have the confidence to recognize the underpinnings which influence these problems. With the confidence I've gained through the tele-class, I am better able to help and support a client.
- I'm now clear that my work is much more than teaching my clients how to eat better. It's guiding them to see their patterns, stories and challenges as a reflection of their inner life. I consider my work as a health counselor to be my spiritual practice.
- I've gained a powerful understanding of how physical and emotional issues are often intertwined with spiritual challenges. I now have ways to enter into this conversation with a client in a gentle and yet effective manner.
- I have greater trust in my unique strengths and abilities. I now see that the clients I attract are here for a reason and I can more easily take a stand for my client's best interest in a wide array of health issues. I'm able to take greater risks and really go for it.
If you have any doubt about taking Marc's program, feel free to contact me and I'll be glad to share what I learned.
Hanita Alexander, HHC
Health Counselor
Long Island, NY
www.hanitaalexander.com
Email: hanitaalexander@hotmail.com
I've found the missing piece of my practice!
I am traditionally trained in western medicine and have always felt that there was something missing in my work. With all of my knowledge and training in body chemistry and nutrition, there were times when I felt stuck with the depth of what was really going on for my clients and their eating struggles. I wasn't sure what type of questions to ask that would create change, compliance and the confidence I needed to keep my clients moving toward their goals. So I signed up for Marc's tele-class training program to really upgrade my listening and counseling skills.
What I got from the training was so much more. Not only did I evolve and improve as a counselor, I grew on a personal level.
Personally, I have learned to slow down and become much more gentler and kinder to myself. And as a result, my relationships and communication skills have improved and life is just more pleasurable. I'm much more able to hear my own truths and this has made me much more clearer, present and focused for my clients.
Professionally, there are quite a few things I'm walking away with:
- I can access my intuition with greater skill, speed and consistency. It's not unusual these days for me to get insight about my clients and what direction they may need, before they even come to my office.
- I've stopped making assumptions on what my clients need from me, and allow space for them to access their own inner guidance and answers. This has taken a lot of pressure off me to "know it all" and my clients enjoy our sessions even more.
- I now have many ways to ask questions and connect with my clients that draws out their own insights and necessary action steps.
- Marc taught me how to be comfortable with the sacredness of health and healing. I now consider that my client's health challenge may actually be a gift, as without it, they may not have accessed their real self. I'm now comfortable holding space for this awareness in my sessions. This gives me the skills to help my clients create their own path to wellness.
Karyn Bender
Pharmacist and Health Counselor
Northborough, MA
www.thewellnessaxis.com
Phone: 508-648-6652
Email: kb@thewellnessaxis.com
I now know how to create change!
It was a rude awakening to find out that as a certified personal trainer and nutrition consultant, being knowledgeable about physical health and nutrition was not enough to help my clients change. To my surprise, knowing the fundamentals of nutrition and health and working with clients are two entirely different stories. Compliance just wasn't covered in my health and nutrition education. After reading Marc's "Slow Down Diet" book, I knew I wanted to learn more about the psychology of eating and why my clients do what they do with food and exercise.
Marc shared a wealth of information based on case studies and personal examples from his accomplished career and answered any and all the questions that came up through out the program. He was so articulate and fascinating to listen to. I found myself intrigued by each lesson he brought to the class.
The training included a thorough and insightful examination of the common barriers to success that most clients face in trying to get healthy. His teachings gave me an excellent foundation in how to work with my clients in a much more effective way. For example:
- I now have an excellent grounding on how to help my clients reach their health goals.
- By learning how to truly listen to what my clients say, I have much greater insight into the underlying reasons of my clients' behavior around their self-care.
- The course notes and homework were not only useful as they apply to examination of the class topics, but they gave me tremendous insight into my own psychology and spurred considerable personal growth and development that now helps me work at a deeper level with my clients.
- I have much more confidence in working with my clients.
- I feel that my skill set has risen to a whole new level of excellence.
Jill Becker
Let's Work It Out, LLC.
Certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition Consultant
Ashburn, Virginia
Email: jbeckerashburn@comcast.net
Professional development keeps my practice fresh.
As a clinical psychologist working with disordered eating issues, I wanted to learn more about Marc's perspective, philosophy and approach to the psychology of eating. I believe continuing education and an open mind keeps my practice fresh and deeply fulfilling.
With the demands of running a busy practice, it could be easy to let my work become stale or even burnout. Taking Marc's tele-class training program was my solution to keeping an open mind, learning new things and being the best mental health provider I could be.
One of the things I really loved about training with Marc is that he doesn't try to make you become more like him. He has the unique ability to allow space for everyone's strengths. He encouraged my own style and approach to health and healing, allowing our ideas to gracefully over lap and also depart from each other. I think this speaks volumes to the kind of healer he is.
I am even more compassionate and relaxed in my client sessions now. And I have enhanced my ability to be fully present for my clients. As a result of this training, I am able to provide a compassionate presence in my office in a way that feeds both my clients needs and my professional growth.
Marc is truly an extraordinary teacher on all levels. If you have any doubt about taking this tele-class training, please contact me and I'll be glad to share how I benefited from this program.
Nancy Polstein, Ph.D.
Fairfield, CT
Phone: 203-520-9451
Email: nancypolstein@optonline.net
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