As a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist helping thousands of clients in the houston, TX area.  I’ve found that relationship coaching actually works faster and more effectively to promote change and get results than traditional “therapy”. The biggest difference is coaching creates solution-oriented actions for the present and future you can use to make immediate changes in your situation. Therapy traditionally is about analyzing the problem and focusing heavily on “feelings” and on the past, where no changes can occur.

My Coaching Programs utilize both right-brain and left-brain learning to repair the damage, remove the problem, you want to change, and focus on the future you want to create, rather than getting stuck in hurt feelings and the arguments that come from blaming, criticizing or distracting. Right brain learning involves your unconscious mind (where all your habits are controlled), emotions and imagination. Using logic and analysis to fix relationship problems doesn’t work nearly as well as going directly to where the difficulties are: in your emotional patterns, perspectives and often, in the coping strategies you use under pressure or stress that just don’t work very well.

Getting involved in a Coaching Program also significantly expands the access you have to me; rather than the traditional once-a-week contact with nothing in between, you can call, email and text me with questions or issues any time as they come up. Since Coaching is specific and customized to your particular situation and goals, you can typically get far more substantial results in far less time. Find out what you can create…

Here are your options:

One-at-a-Time Sessions - $225 first visit / $175 for all others

– Pay with Insurance: see below

These appointments are designed for couples who want:

• a quick “tune-up” or review of your circumstances
• resolution on a specific issue you haven’t been able to overcome yet
• suggestions how to implement the changes you already decided to make

In this format, you may schedule sessions at your convenience, and come as often as you feel it’s helpful. Sessions are 45 minutes in duration. Occasionally, clients find it useful to plan longer visits to work on the issues, so another option is to book an “extended session”. Scheduling longer sessions better accommodates work requirements or geographical issues for those out-of-the-area clients, and simply means you request back-to-back sessions so you have more time with Julie.

Coaching and Mentorship Programs

All of our programs are very RESULTS BASED. They can be “fast-track” or more “extended”, but they are all a more comprehensive way to fix the problems and get your relationship back on track. These programs create much more access to Julie and utilize many tools than traditional therapy to learn and make changes quickly. There are several options you can choose from, depending on how you learn best, how much time you can devote to learning, and the extent of the change you want to create:

30 DAY ELITE COACHING PROGRAM
60 DAY PREMIER COACHING PROGRAM
1 YEAR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

All programs include some mix of the following, depending on what you need, and what would work best in your situation:

• 45-minute live private coaching sessions
• a personalized written Relationship Action Plan
• monthly follow-ups on your Relationship Action Plan
• email, text and phone contact directly with Julie
• customized homework assignments (individual and couple)
• goal-specific relationship/personal improvement books selected specifically for your program
• relationship improvement CD audio programs, on topics directly related to your outcomes
• private hypnosis sessions for relaxation, self esteem, anger management and other topics
• an autographed copy of Julie’s book “4 Weeks to a Happier Relationship”
• the companion “4 Weeks Workbook” with homework assignments
• a copy of Julie’s “Parenting Guide”
• invitations to participate in our teleseminars, blogs, facebook, etc.
• notification of upcoming live seminars and events

The Coaching Programs are designed for a short-term, intensive focus, usually dealing with a few specific things to be addressed.

The Mentorship Program is also designed to be very “results oriented”, but is designed to have a much more relaxed pace over a longer period of time, so implementation of the learning can occur with longer term guidance and support. It also allows for dealing with a greater number of topics or issues as time permits.

Please call 281 996-6888 for fees and more information.

Insurance Payment Information

Insurance will not cover the coaching programs; however, your plan may cover the “one-at-a-time” sessions under specific conditions, some of which are listed below:

1. Most insurance companies do not cover marriage counseling.  To determine if your plan does, call the 800 number on your card to check your benefits.
2. This office only has a few contracts with certain insurance carriers, so you may not be able to use your insurance, even if it covers marriage counseling. Eventually we will be discontinuing all contracts with insurance companies.
3. The main reason most people choose not to use insurance, even if they have it, is because in order to pay for sessions, all insurance companies require that the client be given a mental illness diagnosis, which will stay a permanent part of the client’s medical record and can be accessed just like a credit history or driving record by employers, credit companies, or others doing business with you.
4. * Regarding client confidentiality, often clients think their sessions are “private” and the topics discussed are “confidential”. Sadly, this is not the case. Insurance companies can and do violate confidentiality by requiring therapist notes, treatment plans and other personal information before they will pay your sessions.
5. Often prior to your first visit, insurance companies require a pre-authorization and they always restrict both the number of sessions you can have and the frequency. For example: they will not allow an extended session, even if  it’s more convenient for you or necessary for the situation.