About Me
Hello there,
My name is Stacey Wiley. I am a mother of a teenage girl, 2 rescued pups and a Teen Life Coach with much lived experience. I am also a graduate of Teen Wisdom Inc. Growing up in an unstable environment, I yearned for guidance within a safe place, somewhere I could embark on a self-knowledge journey.
Raising my daughter, I have realized once again, the complexity of this age, that brings on so many doubts, fears and uncertainty. Through the years, as her mom, I have been able to see how well empathetically listening, along with open ended questions and life tools have worked for her, in finding her own answers. As those answers accumulate, more self-confidence flourishes and she continues to thrive in becoming her authentic self.
I am a Teen Life Coach who desires to support teens, to also become their best selves and navigate through life shining their brightest successfully.
Coaching VS
Therapist
Coaching
VS
Therapy
Focuses on the present and future |
Asks “What’s possible?” |
Seeks to empower |
| Client is in charge |
Client is naturally resourceful |
Facilitates self-discovery |
Client is whole |
Focuses on actions |
Focuses on issues from the past |
Asks “What’s the problem?” |
Seeks to remove the pain |
Client is the patient |
Client is seen through lenses of disease & illness |
Bases their practice on the medical model |
Client needs healing |
Focuses on feelings |
(C.J. Hayden/Laura Whitworth, 1998)
Coach
Focuses on the present and future |
Asks “What’s possible?” |
Seeks to empower |
| Client is in charge |
Client is naturally resourceful |
Facilitates self-discovery |
Client is whole |
Focuses on actions |
VS
Therapist
Focuses on issues from the past |
Asks “What’s the problem?” |
Seeks to remove the pain |
Client is the patient |
Client is seen through lenses of disease & illness |
Bases their practice on the medical model |
Client needs healing |
Focuses on feelings |
(C.J. Hayden/Laura Whitworth, 1998)