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Mark Gibson MA, CSMC
Mark Gibson Quick Facts
Main Areas: Stress relief and relaxation coachingCareer Focus: Individual and group coaching
Affiliation: American Institute of Stress
As a certified life coach for stress relief and relaxation, Mark E. Gibson is an expert problem solver who stimulates motivated people to creatively move through their worries and into a life full of personal rewards. Through his coaching, his clients enjoy enhanced health and happiness as a result of their improved relationships, goal identification and attainment, motivation, conflict resolution, time management, work/life balance, and personal effectiveness. He is available for individual and group coaching.
Mark is a Life Coach graduate of Coach University and he is certified as a Stress Management Coach by the Spencer Institute. He received his BA in science from Eastern Michigan University and his MA in science from San Francisco State University. He is an Associate Member of the American Institute of Stress, and for more than 35 years Mark has been a “student of continuing education” in personal growth at ULD (the “University of Learn by Doing”). His book, Living Unconditional Love, is currently being edited for publication, and he has facilitated public discussion groups on the daily challenges people face with living unconditional love. Mark lives with his wife Audra at the base of Mt. Shasta, a snowcapped volcano at the headwaters of the Sacramento River in northern California.
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Mark Gibson
You know your time for coaching has come when your costs of maintaining your status quo are greater than your costs for coaching with me.
All the different specialties within coaching work because people such as your self can benefit from the assurance, creative thinking, exploration, action plans, empowerment, self-confidence, and personal resources an effective coach can stimulate in you. One-on-one individual coaching is a highly personal experience where a safe environment is created in which you can comfortably share you wants, needs, and deepest feelings knowing that the trained person you are talking to will interpret your expressions free of judgment in positive, constructive ways.
My stress and relaxation coaching is more effective than simply reading self-help books or listening to audio programs because you get real time questions and answers from me that are custom tailored to be applied immediately in your unique life.
I think this word formula sums up coaching pretty well: Success Formula: (Clarity + Focus + Strategy) x Actions = Success
Getting Started With Mark Gibson
Coaching with me is done entirely over the telephone unless email is part of the plan or used for additional support. I encourage all prospective coaching clients to sign-up for my 30-minute complimentary coaching session. When a prospective client signals to me that he or she is interested in learning more about partnering with me, I will send a “Welcome Packet” of information that the clients reads and/or completes and sends back to me.
Generally, after we have agreed on the 45-minute phone session dates and times, my client calls me to start each session. As partners, we engage in very active dialog where we carefully explore a wide range of choices that lead toward fulfillment of the client's needs and wants. I provide a "Session Prep Sheet" that my client fills out before each session and emails to me so that we are focused on what the client wants to accomplish during each session. Significant purposeful growth is achieved through a carefully crafted sequence of steps that work for my client. Throughout our discussions I ask specific questions and make appropriate recommendations that move the client closer to his or her goals.
At the conclusion of each session we discuss what was gained from the session and what the client wants to accomplish before their next session. We always track my client's progress to make certain that appropriate stress reduction treatments are effective in creating improved calm and pleasure in my client's life.
