The Present Coach: Your Companion Guide to Traversing Life with Clients

Dr. Pam Garcy's latest book, The Present Coach: Your Companion Guide to Traversing Life with Clients, explores and explains how the profoundly simple act of "returning to presence" calms, clarifies, centers, and transforms. Drawing on wisdom from diverse sources, The Present Coach is a treasure trove of tools, techniques, and practical advice you can apply immediately in your coaching sessions. A must-read for every coach, mentor and therapist, Garcy provides the ultimate training manual for coaches who want to give their clients the best emotional support, useful knowledge, and empowering encouragement.This daily reader and companion is for coaches, counselors, therapists, trainers, facilitators, teachers, and others who work within the context of a relationship. It is also ideal for those training to become coaches or therapists. The book's concise, memorable chapters — including real-life examples from Garcy's thriving practice — synergistically deliver a comprehensive course in effective coaching. Author Garcy explains the power of presence, by asking her readers this question: "What if the only ingredients needed for a present-coach session were a present coach who invites the client back to the unconditionality of here and now, over and over again, until the client settles into awareness?"Master coach and best-selling author, Steve Chandler, wholeheartedly recommends The Present Coach. In his insightful Foreword, Chandler writes: "Not since Eckhart Tolle wrote his classic The Power of Now has anyone illuminated the value of being in the moment in the way Dr. Garcy’s book does."A book you will want to read over and over again!Praise for The Present Coach:I’ve known Pam for many years and find her to be a wise and dedicated psychologist, trainer, and coach. Her compassion, insight, humor, and skill come through on these pages — reading this book will teach anyone how to relate with greater presence and effectiveness. Dr. Pam Garcy combines psychological wisdom, coaching expertise, emotional intelligence, and practical tools in a way that will help you show up with greater clarity, skill, and confidence. In The Present Coach, she offers powerful readings that lead you to becoming more intentional and connected in the moments that matter most — while reminding you that you can draw upon a deeper, steadier experience of yourself. This book isn’t just for professionals, but for anyone who wants to communicate better, love more fully, and lead with greater presence.~ Jack CanfieldBest-selling author of The Success Principles™: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for The Soul® series• • •The Present Coach is for coaches mastering their craft and the difference they make. Dr. Pam Garcy brings coaching back to presence, our essence. In doing so, the coach-client relationship deepens, clients reconnect with themselves, and real insight and change occur. I found it grounding, energizing, and immediately applicable. A powerful and necessary read for any coach committed to their craft.~ Melissa FordAuthor of Living Service: The Journey of a Prosperous Coach• • •This book is a masterful blend of presence-based practices and actionable tools to help professionals cultivate presence, empathy, and conscious leadership. Through insightful reflections, practical exercises, and real-world examples, Dr. Pam Garcy invites readers to explore the art of presence, embrace radical acceptance, and discover the power of being fully present in every moment. Each chapter is a beautiful invitation to breathe, slow down, listen and love what is.” ~ Trevor TimbeckCo-author of The Power of Systems and The Power of Love Read more