Coaching and Mentoring Services

Phillip Butler, PhD  

My coaching and mentoring process is designed to enable you, my client, to achieve your full potential. I use a non-directive approach that empowers you to be the expert decision-maker of your own life and goals. The focus of our work will be you, the individual, and not your work-related problems or issues.  

My coaching and mentoring process follows these guidelines and techniques: 

1) My role in the process is to assist you in the exploration of your needs, motivations, desires, skills and thought processes so as to enable you to make real and lasting life changes. This involves your own visualization and working out the pathway to achieve your personal dreams and goals. 

2) I use questioning techniques to facilitate your thought processes. I am there for you, to listen and to ask questions that help you understand your own life situation. In this manner you will be able to identify your own solutions and actions rather than my taking a directive approach.  

3) I assist and support you, the client, in setting appropriate goals and in creating methods of assessing progress towards your goals.  

4) I also use some creatively applied tools, techniques and psychological instruments which help you understand your strengths and limitations with respect to your current situation and your desired aspirations. 

5) I facilitate, encourage and help monitor your commitment to action, for development of lasting personal growth & change.  

6) I maintain unconditionally positive regard for you the client by being supportive and non-judgmental of your views, lifestyle and aspirations.  

7) I provide ongoing assistance to evaluate the outcomes of our process, using objective measures wherever possible, to ensure that our relationship is successful and that you the client are achieving your personal goals. 

8) I always ensure that my clients develop their own competencies and I do not advocate unhealthy dependencies on our coaching and mentoring relationship.  

9) I maintain unconditional and total confidentiality with all my clients. 

In addition to coaching and mentoring, I have facilitated over 100 executive sensitivity, or T-groups, for National Training Laboratories, The American Management Association and The United States Navy.  

I work only in the beautiful and inspirational area of Monterey, California where I often include golf outings and nature walks to facilitate our work together. I am a long-time student of the inner game of golf. And I have been a volunteer docent (nature guide) at Point Lobos State Reserve for 20 years. 

My clients enjoy coming to Monterey where I can assist in arranging your lodging and transportation. Sessions are available for one, two or three days. Our daily schedule will be quite full, so while you are here I ask for total commitment to our process. This means no calls, computer or other business-related distractions. For further information on daily schedules and costs, please email me at the contact provided on this web site.