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Class OverviewHave you ever considered coaching? What does it take? How do I promote myself? How should a session go? Eric will discuss these questions and How to create a coaching practice to help others thrive. (Check out the Top 10 Big Ideas from the class below!) Your ProfessorDr. Eric Maisel is the author of 40+ books and is one of the world’s leading creativity coaches. His interests include the creative life, creativity coaching, and natural psychology, the new psychology of meaning.How to Become a Creativity CoachCreativity coaching is life coaching for creatives. A creativity coach works with self-identified creative and performing artists and with anyone who would like to increase their creativity on all the issues that creative folks face, from dealing with creative blocks, creative anxiety, resistance, and procrastination to effectively negotiating the art marketplace. How do you become a creativity coach? What do you do in session? How do you build your practice? Come and find out! The Top 10 Big Ideas1 What is Coaching? What is the essential nature of coaching and how does it differ from other helping services like counseling and therapy?2 What is Creativity Coaching? What distinguishes creativity coaching from other sorts of coaching like life coaching, business coaching, spiritual coaching or executive coaching?3 Who Becomes a Creativity Coach? Who is the typical creativity coach? What sort of background does she have, what are her interests, and what skills does she bring to the coaching?4 What Training Do You Need to Become a Creativity Coach?Is there some minimal amount of training that a creativity coach needs? Are there requirements that must be met and standards that must be maintained?5 How Do You Deliver The Coaching?What is a typical coaching session like? Is it face-to-face, via email, via phone or Skype, or delivered to a group? How does the actual coaching work?6 What Goes On In a Coaching Session? What happens at the beginning of a session? What happens in the middle of a session? What happens at the end of a session? 7 What Goes on Between Coaching Sessions? Do coaches provide their clients with homework or co-create goals with their clients? Do they maintain contact between sessions, say via email? What typically happens between sessions? 8 How Do You Start a Creativity Coaching Practice? What are the most important first steps to beginning a creativity coaching practice? How should a new coach proceed in the first few months and the first year of practice? 9 How Do You Build a Creativity Coaching Practice?How do you build a creativity coaching practice over time? How can you ensure a steady flow of clients and a regular inflow of income? 10 How Can You Supplement a Creativity Coaching Practice? What helps supplements a creativity coaching practice? To what extent does it make sense to teach classes and workshops, create books and ebooks, produce MP3s and DVDs, and provide trainings? Learn the nuts and bolts of creativity coaching and see if creativity coaching is for you! And supplement your experience with a pair of Dr. Maisel’s seminal works on coaching, Secrets of a Creativity Coach and Coaching the Artist Within, both available on Amazon now. You can learn about Dr. Maisel’s creativity coaching trainings and his many other services at http://www.ericmaisel.com