Laura Young

Current

• Owner, Personal Development Coach at No Safe Distance & Wellspring Coaching

Past

• distributor at Shaklee Distributor (Sole Proprietorship)
• Staff Psychotherapist, Pain Management Program at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

Education

• University of Notre Dame
• Indiana University Bloomington

Recommended

5 people have recommended Laura

Connections

97 connections

Industry

Individual & Family Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• Additional Coaching Services

Laura Young’s Summary

I coach individuals restructuring their lives after significant loss or transition as well as those preparing for major changes. I am a good fit for those whose issues are sufficiently complex that they find "garden variety" coaching ill-suited to their needs and those experiencing too much personal or professional upheaval to fully benefit from fast paced "5 year plan" style coaching approach.

I started my career as a hospital-based psychotherapist prior to seeking specialty training to become a coach. I changed careers to allow me to serve my clients more effectively than I could through the medical (pathology-based) model under which the field of psychology currently operates. I established Wellspring Coaching, in 1999. With a foot in both worlds, I have observed a gap between the services of mental health practitioners and life coaches where many of my clients, especially those in mid-life, seemed to fall.

While many of the individuals I have spoken with in the past decade have not required a psychologist to navigate their challenges, they did need more assistance than most life coaches were prepared (or quite frankly, qualified) to give. As a coach, I have provided support and guidance to individuals facing a number of very difficult life transitions including but not limited to: loss of a significant relationship, forced and chosen career changes, coping with ill, debilitated or otherwise unavailable significant others, facing the impact of alternative lifestyles and gender identity concerns on established and new relationships, transitioning to the "empty nest" (including those who wished for but did not have children), dealing with "sandwich generation" issues, significant illnesses and bereavement.

I did my doctoral work in Counseling Psychology through the University of Notre Dame, completing all but my dissertation. I did my residency at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago. My coach training was completed through Coach U.

Laura Young’s Specialties:

relationship coaching, personal development coaching, assertiveness training, relationship and communication coaching, coping with mid-life transitions

Laura Young’s Experience

• Owner, Personal Development Coach

  No Safe Distance & Wellspring Coaching

  (Individual & Family Services industry)

  October 1999 — Present (10 years 2 months)

  I am a professional development coach. I specialize in helping individuals:
  * Re-orient after a dramatic change of circumstances
  * Re-establish a sense of meaning after a period of confusion
  * Re-build after the context of one's life has changed
  
  Please see the summary above or visit my website for further information on my services.

• distributor

  Shaklee Distributor (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  2004 — 2008 (4 years )

• Staff Psychotherapist, Pain Management Program

  Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  July 1991 — July 2000 (9 years 1 month)

  Provided individual, group and family therapy services on a multidisciplinary pain management team. Many of our clients were on worker's compensation. Clients admitted to the program were significantly disabled due to chronic pain conditions and were not surgical candidates. We were the 'court of last resort' for many of the patients we served. During my internship (via Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago) I also gained experience working with the head injury, stroke and spinal cord services.

Laura Young’s Education

• University of Notre Dame

  M.A. (A.B.D.) , Counseling Psychology , 1985 — 1989

  For those who may not know the acronym, ABD is "all but dissertation". Completed all PhD requirements except that final piece. Tragic story, often told. : )

• Indiana University Bloomington

  B.A. , Psychology, Sociology , 1981 — 1985

  Activities and Societies:

  I.U. Taekwondo Club, United States Hapkido Federation

Additional Information

Laura Young’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• Additional Coaching Services

Laura Young’s Interests:

Philosophy, spirituality, personal development, psychology, poetry, writing, photography, gourmet cooking, yoga, meditation, biking, hiking, gardening personal development, writing, art and story as methods of facilitating personal growth, blogging, theatre, esoterica

Laura Young’s Contact Settings

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