Identity Coaching is for anyone who wants to better understand him/herself and through this process to improve his/her performance, his/her relationship with other people and especially his/her children as well as the quality of life.
Identity coaching
Discover your identities.
Identity coaching
Find the way to happiness.
Flora Savalidou
I was born and raised in Athens. The one thing that characterizes me is observation. I have always liked to observe people, my surroundings and comprehend life around me. So, it’s not accidental that I have always been attracted to psychology.
Driven by this inclination, after completing my studies in Political Science, I chose Special Needs Education for my first postgraduate degree and Sign Language Interpretation for the second one. Within the framework of my postgraduate studies, I had the chance for the first time to study in depth the notion of identity and explore the way it defines our life.
Later on, I decided to move permanently to the island of Sifnos and it was at that point that the idea of coaching occurred to me. I felt the desire to focus on human behaviour in relation to the removal of the barriers that stand between people and their infinite possibilities by examining and comprehending this behaviour. At the same time, my experience on hypnotherapy proved to be another powerful tool in order to decode even more profoundly the choices that define our behaviour.
It seemed, then, natural to me to create a space where people – either in person or remotely – would feel safe and comfortable to explore their identities and through this knowledge realize that they have a huge potential inside them and, thus, start making the most of them.
Flora Savalidou
Identity Coaching
What is it?
Coaching can be defined in many ways. Still, in essence, it is an approach that helps the individual reflect upon the direction he/she wants to follow, supports him/her throughout this course, contributes to the improvement of his/her productivity and, mainly, enhances the awareness that there are options that can be pursued in order to achieve his/her goals.
In particular, Identity Coaching focuses on shaping the identities of the individual. The term “identity” within the framework of Coaching is being used in many different ways and that’s why it is not always clear how it can help. In the approach we will follow, we will try to comprehend more profoundly how the identities influence our choices and thus our life.
Drawing from the theoretical framework that has resulted from the research and study on identities by P. Burke and C. Stets, we will be using a reliable model that is based on empirical data, which will offer you a unique opportunity: to understand how identities work, as well as to have access to tools that will help you decode how these are associated and lead to the manifestation of a particular behaviour. Then, after understanding this in depth, you will be able to consciously make your decisions and find the way to reach a state of happiness.
The steps we will follow
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Primarily, we will explore your identities together in order to get a first idea of the factors that determine your choices and behaviours.
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Then, we will seek how these identities have been shaped over time, from your childhood till today, and which ones are still functional and which ones need to be changed.
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In the next phase, we will redefine your goals always in relation to the identities you want to keep and define their characteristics. This way, you will have a clear view of who you are or who you want to be, how you wish your life to be and, mostly, what is it that you want from others and through which of your identities you are relating to them and vice versa – an understanding that can serve as a solid foundation for meaningful relationships and a happy life in general.
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As a result of this whole process, you will acquire the necessary awareness, as well as the tools to be able to evaluate the situations, determine your goals and consciously choose the appropriate behaviour in order to fulfil them.
The methods
IS IT FOR ME?
Do you feel that you don’t know what you want? That others don’t understand you? That you cannot achieve what you are dreaming of? That something is holding you back? That you cannot have the relationship you are dreaming of? All these questions and many more that might be troubling you are directly related to your identities and to the way those interact, as well as to the identities of people you are coming into contact with.
Identity Coaching is a tool that can help you understand your own behaviour, that of others and the reason behind the situations you are being faced with. It can also help you find solutions to your problems that will be viable as they will be based on the understanding of the mechanisms that led you to specific decisions in your life.
This way, you will be able to make choices that will allow you to feel good, be authentic and make relationships that will be based on facts and not expectations, unfulfilled needs and past traumas.
FAQs
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1. Who is it for?
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2. How much it costs.The cost depends on each person’s needs and especially what each case requires. These will be defined during the first meeting which is a free of charge discussion. You can book your free session here. Following this discussion, you can also choose between the options offered that include packages of three, six months or annual ones.
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3. How many sessions would I need?Every case is different, and every individual has different needs. In that sense, every case is treated separately considering what is needed to cover these needs.
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4. What is the duration of a session?A coaching session lasts for 45 minutes. A hypnotherapy session 1hour 45minutes.
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5. When is the right moment to start?The best time to start is when you realize that you can have a better, more fulfilled life, and acquire the necessary tools to make conscious choices based on what you truly want. The best moment is when you decide to make this gift to yourself.
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6. Can I have a session from my home?Coaching sessions as well as hypnotherapy sessions are equally effective from distance as the in-person ones. Moreover, people are more comfortable in their own home without the need to move from their familiar surroundings. In any case of course, it is necessary to make sure that the session will not be interrupted from someone entering the room or any electronic device.
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7. Do I need a coach or a psychologist?The work during a coaching session is focused on the present and the future of the coachee. It includes specific strategies that the person can use to succeed in specific goals that he/she has set. Identity Coaching in particular, as used in the specific framework, provides the individual with the knowledge and the tools so he/she can understand the components of the issue or problem at hand, to choose the best way to handle it and evaluate his/her choices.
Identity Coaching in person or online
Either in person or online (widely popular by now for meetings in several fields), the outcome of a coaching session is exactly the same. The same applies in the case of hypnotherapy, with the approach and the benefits of the session remaining the same.
Either in person or online (widely popular by now for meetings in several fields), the outcome of a coaching session is exactly the same. The same applies in the case of hypnotherapy, with the approach and the benefits of the session remaining the same.
During the first session, we will try to detect the dominant and secondary identities, recognize the needs and set some broader goals, according to which we will be able to discuss about a possible session plan.
Identity Coaching in sign language
Coaching is an approach that aims at detecting the issues and goals of an individual in order for him/her to be able to handle and fulfil them successfully. It obviously uses language as its main tool, which, in the case of deaf people, is sign language
Having served as an interpreter for many years in various contexts, I can offer my services to deaf people as well by giving them access to one more opportunity to get to know themselves and others and make choices regarding the direction they want to follow in order to fulfil their dreams.
For deaf people, as well as for the people in their surroundings, deafness is a determinant identity that affects their life profoundly. Identity Coaching can bring to the surface important characteristics that are shaping this identity. This in its turn leads to awareness of these characteristics and of the way they can be used for the individual to make his/her dreams come true – always by respecting his/her particularities –, as well as to comprehension of the environment he/she will be living in.
Flora Savalidou, Identity Coach
Identity Coaching via hypnotherapy
In an attempt to overcome perceptions and beliefs that impede us from delivering our abilities and fulfilling our dreams, it is of critical importance to comprehend how these beliefs were formed originally.
When applying hypnotherapy, the individual can access his/her subconscious via hypnosis and comprehend when and how these were shaped. So, by understanding the past and focusing on the future, he/she can re-program his/her subconscious, overcome whatever holds him/her back and re-define his/her life by following an effective course of action.
The combination of Identity Coaching with hypnotherapy is pivotal, as the life we are dreaming of is not a general, vague notion, but instead consists of various aspects that we need to be aware of in order to determine where we are and where we want to get. This way, we can build the confidence and inner motivation that are required to achieve the transformation we desire.
From our clients
I think one of the most helpful parts of the coaching experience was the opportunity to take the assessments. They really helped me better understand some of the things about myself that I'd known but was unable to express. Knowing more about myself helped me when engaging others.
Michael Fost
Working father
Working with Flora has been the best professional development experience of my life. She started by helping me internalize where I was starting from and where I wanted to go. She provided me with practical tools and techniques to make small, steady improvements. I didn't feel like I had to change my personality overnight, I was able to fit improvements into my existing work style, and see results almost immediately. Flora held me accountable for making the changes "stick", and I left the coaching experience with a lasting foundation for continued growth and development.
Ανδριάννα Μαρούκη
Private employee
Flora was an excellent coach. She seemed to know just what to say and how to say it so that it would be meaningful to me. She was always professional and made this a very memorable experience. I will definitely take the things I learned in coaching with me throughout my career.
Kim Moldman
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