I have known Karen Chopra and Mark Danaher for a while now and have the utmost respect for both. Karen has had her own business for many years and coaches other folks on how to build a coaching business / practice. Mark has built a strong coaching business and also helps people to build their own private practice.
Today I ask our experts:
– – Why is there so much interest from people who want to start their own career coaching private practice?
– – What tips do you have for people who are thinking about this or have started recently?
Check out Mark Danaher and Jim Peacock’s
5-week, online, discussion-based seminar,
Building Your Coaching Business.
Also, you can read my blog; Thinking about starting a career coaching private practice? Read Now
Bio’s
Karen Chopra, LPC, CCC, NCC, is the founder of Chopra Consulting for Consultants (www.KarenChopraConsulting.com), which helps therapists, counselors, coaches and other consultants create thriving businesses. She also has a well-established career counseling private practice in Washington, D.C. (www.ChopraCareers.com), and has helped hundreds of clients with career exploration, job search, and career management.
A former U.S. Government trade negotiator, she is the author of Coaching Career Clients on Salary and Other Workplace Negotiations and numerous other articles on the business and practice of career counseling. Maryland-CDA has honored her with both their Outstanding Career Practitioner and Lifetime Achievement awards. She received her M.A. in Community Counseling from George Washington University and her B.A. from the University of Virginia. She also has a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
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Mark Danaher is the founder of Mark Danaher Training and Coaching (www.markdanaher.com). He helps professionals make a career change from the work they hate to the work they will love. Mark has been a career counselor and coach for over 25 years helping professionals connect the dots to reduce stress, regain balance, and thrive in their life and career. Through his private coaching practice, Mark presents workshops and training for career professionals, universities, businesses, and organizations thought out the United States.
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Jim Peacock is the Principal at Peak-Careers Consulting and writes a weekly email for career practitioners. Peak-Careers offers discussion-based online seminars for career practitioners focused on meeting continuing education needs for CCSP, GCDF and BCC certified professionals as well as workshops for career practitioners and individual career coaching.
He is the author of A Field Guide for Career Practitioners: Helping Your Clients Create Their Next Move and The Adventure of Finding Me in New Zealand. He is also the recipient of the 2020 Kenneth C. Hoyt Award from the National Career Development Association and the Mid-Atlantic Career Counseling Association’s Professional Contribution’s Award in 2020.
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