Dr. Patrick Williams, MCC

                 Pat@LifeCoachTraining.com

                 Master Certified Coach

                 Advisory Panel Member

Pat's comments on providing charitable coaching to the world equate to:  Coaching is ultimately a service profession and coaches can and do get paid well.....but we must also be of service to society and to those who cannot afford high quality coaching...If we are to bring coaching to the world stage, then some must be available through charitable foundations and philanthropic endeavors...after all, pro bono does not mean for free....it means for the good.

Pat's story:  He is one of the early pioneers of coaching, Pat is often called the ambassador of life coaching. Pat has been a licensed psychologist since 1980 and began executive coaching in 1990 with Hewlett Packard, IBM, Kodak and other companies along the Front Range. He joined Coach U in 1996, closed his therapy practice 6 months later and became a full time coach. Pat was a senior trainer with Coach U from 1997- 1998, then he started his own coach training school for therapists only, the Institute for Life Coach Training.  www.llifecoachtraining.com  He has trained over 1500 helping professionals at Inst for Life Coach Training and is now opening offices in Korea, Istanbul, Italy, and Australia.

Pat is also department chair of the coaching psychology program at the International University of Professional Studies (www.iups.edu) and has taught graduate coaching classes at Colorado State University and Denver University. He is also Dean of the newly expanding UK College of Life Coaching for North America (www.ukclc.net), and a curriculum consultant for the Coaching Certificate program at Fielding International University. (http://www.fielding.edu/hod/ce/ebc/faculty.htm)

Pat has been on the ICF board of directors for the last three years, and co chaired the Regulatory committee as well. He is passionate about the profession of coaching and ensuring it remains a respected profession. He is the co-author of Therapist as Life Coach: Transforming Your Practice and Total Life Coaching: 50+ Life Lessons, Skills, and Techniques to Enhance your Practice and Your life. His new book on the law and ethics of coaching will be out in the fall of 2005. 

We are honored to have Pat be an advisor to our organization.