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Welcome to the 
DFSTC Coach Team

Our Coaches are committed to continuously raising
their ​self-awareness, insight, and empathy

Many people have written about the importance of self-awareness as a core part of multicultural competence. Paul Pedersen (1990) wrote that insight is a critical component in effective counseling to help people understand what their “in group”  is, what categories they may be using with  clients, and what attributes they associate with  those categories. Insight is dependent on a  high level of knowledge, awareness, and skill.  These three factors make up the fundamental  components of multicultural competence.  As a career services provider, your ability to  generate insights for your clients is dependent on your understanding of the prominent cultural contexts in each client’s life. That understanding is filtered through the practitioner’s own cultural lens (Pedersen, 1990). Pedersen encouraged practitioners to begin with an understanding of themselves and their cultural assumptions. 
Career practitioners’ multicultural competence and insight are not solely a by-product of deliberate avoidance of cultural myths, but instead are a result of addressing their own culture-specific assumptions.
                                                                     ~Facilitating Career Development | Student Manual, Copyright 2020 National Career Development Association, 6-4

Core Team Lisa Belvito, Pat Berg, Karen O'Rourke, Lynn McDaniel, and Jody Staff share insight and suggestions for coaching clients
Coach Training 101: What to Expect  Time Stamps
0:15 – Client demographics and challenges, 4:38 – Personal Success Plan sessions, 6:45 – Building update, 8:37 – Client website, 10:32 - Pillars of Success, 11:02 - ULead Program, 14:59 - Coaching teams, 18:39 - Coach boundaries, 20:03 - Coach bios profiles, Google Voice, 21:07 - Coach email, 21:30 - What to expect with clients, 25:28 - Client success by eliciting their own critical thinking,  Presentation PDF attached.
Coach Training 102: Self-Awareness and Self-Compassion Time Stamps
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Coach Training 103: Techniques and Tools Time 
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