Experienced Legal Secretary/Paralegal; Professional Family Coach; Family Advocate
Portland, Oregon Area
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- Family Coaching, specializing in parent and teen coaching at Positive Family Solutions, LLC
- Founder and President at Coalition Against Institutionalized Child Abuse (CAICA)
- Past
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- Legal Secretary/Paralegal at Law Firms
- Education
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- College of San Mateo
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Isabelle Zehnder’s Summary
Isabelle Zehnder is the Founder and CEO of Positive Family Solutions, LLC, and Parents and Teens, Unite! She is a Professional Family and Life coach whose goal is to form a partnership with her clients and to help them reach their full potential.
Her company is built on the belief that within each parent lies the Power to effectively and lovingly parent their teens and pre-teens. And within each Teen lies the Power to be productive, caring, and loving members of their family.
Isabelle believes coaching is anchored on the belief that people are Creative, Resourceful, and Whole, and that within each of us lies the Power to reach our full potential. Once we are able to Unleash that Power we can achieve our own personal, self-defined outcomes.
Isabelle is also the Founder and President of the Coalition Against Institutionalized Child Abuse (CAICA), where her goals are to bring about awareness and change to the growing multi-billion dollar industry where people are preying on desperate parents seeking help for their kids. They convince parents to send their children to unlicensed, unregulated residential facilties and programs. Many have been abused, neglected, some have died.
For the past 25 years Isabelle has worked with families and has researched family issues. She has provided workshops for parents, children, and teens. She tutored children with special learning needs. She has worked in the legal field as a legal secretary/paralegal for 71/2 years, and has worked in the banking and mortgage industries.
Isabelle Zehnder’s Specialties:
Litigation, Parent, Teen, and Life Coach, Child and Family Advocate, legal research, mentoring, and consulting.
Isabelle Zehnder’s Experience
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Family Coaching, specializing in parent and teen coaching
Positive Family Solutions, LLC
(Individual & Family Services industry)
2007 — Present (1 year)
Isabelle Zehnder is the Founder and CEO of Positive Family Solutions, LLC, and Parents and Teens, Unite! She is a Professional Family and Life coach whose goal is to form a partnership with her clients and to help them reach their full potential.
Her company is built on the belief that within each parent lies the Power to effectively and lovingly parent their teens and pre-teens. And within each Teen lies the Power to be productive, caring, and loving members of their family.
Isabelle believes coaching is anchored on the belief that people are Creative, Resourceful, and Whole, and that within each of us lies the Power to reach our full potential. Once we are able to Unleash that Power we can achieve our own personal, self-defined outcomes. -
Founder and President
Coalition Against Institutionalized Child Abuse (CAICA)
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Individual & Family Services industry)
2004 — Present (4 years)
The goals of CAICA are to bring about awareness and change to the growing multi-billion dollar industry where people are preying on desperate parents seeking help for their kids. They convince parents to send their children to unlicensed, unregulated residential facilties and programs. Many have been abused, neglected, some have died.
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Legal Secretary/Paralegal
Law Firms
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Legal Services industry)
August 1999 — November 2006 (7 years 4 months)
Familiar with Washington, Oregon, and California Rules of Court; Compose/edit letters and pleadings; Schedule arbitrations, mediations, client meetings, court hearings, depositions, site inspections; Manage attorney calendars; Monitor priority items when attorney is out of the office; Prepare cases up to and through trial; Transcription; Docketing; time entry; Billing; File management, including opening and closing files; Prepare and follow-up on deposition, trial, and document subpoenas; Client, court, attorney, and secretary contact; Assist clients with discovery responses; Legal research, including Pacer, WestLaw
Isabelle Zehnder’s Education
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College of San Mateo
1997 — 1999
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Isabelle Zehnder’s Interests:
Consulting, children, teens, research, new technology, travel, website design
Isabelle Zehnder’s Groups:
LaLeche League, PTA, Paralegal Association
Isabelle Zehnder’s Honors:
Dean's Honor List 1997, 1998, 1999, TASH Award for Excellence in Public Service
Isabelle Zehnder’s Contact Settings
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