Dr. Huizenga here,
I must give you the opportunity to commit to coaching with me.
I often hang up the phone after a call with this deep sense of satisfaction, like I truly connected with another human being or a couple at a level that is vitally important and truly LIFE giving.
And, I’m a good coach because I’ve paid my dues. I have 6 years of postgraduate study and two years of internship and hundreds of hours of supervision in the field of human, marital and family development. I’ve logged over 25,000 hours of client care in my private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist.
I’m curious. I’m a lifelong learner. Each new coaching client or couple offers me an opportunity not only to give of my experience and expertise, but to learn. Each person, each couple has something unique to live and give and I’m honored to be part of that. In being part of their process, I learn. I become a more complete person and coach.
“Coaching gave me confirmation or validation of thoughts/feelings and the relief of being able to discuss the situation with a professional.”
– BEVERLY
“I got support from someone who gets it -availability -great resource material that has become a bible.”
– TOM
“Coaching with Dr. Huizenga helped gain my emotional & mental strength. I was better prepared mentally for what happened next. Bob helped me better understand & possibly interpret what was said during conversations/email/arguments with spouse.”
– JUDY
“It was good to bounce off feelings and thoughts. Most important to me was the “feeling” that I was being supported by an expert in the field. As I reacted to my wife’s affair it was valuable to check in and see how I compared to others and to get advice. Were my reactions valid?”
– JAMES
“I felt that the Dr. Huizenga had a great deal of empathy with me and helped me to feel calm. I became more ’empowered’ with my situation and adapted my behavior according to the type of affair I was dealing with. My approach with my husband became less confrontational as I adopted ‘charging neutral’ and ‘step over nothing’ methods with him.”
– KAMARA
“I was able to stay more focused. There were issues I really wanted to discuss with my husband, but couldn’t. However, I could bring them up during coaching sessions, and we could actually talk (with bob’s help of course)”
– JERI
“It was really great to have someone with so much experience so easily available to provide support and CONCRETE suggestions.”
– ART
“The one benefit that I didn’t expect was the anticipation of my coaching appointment. It felt like the days between could be handled with what I had learned as I had a destination point to look forward to. Also, when I would talk through different situations, the re-enforcement that Bob would give me about the actual power that I didn’t realize I was using, gave me the freedom to acknowledge and accept that power so it grew and was even more a part of me.”
– AVA
“It was the understanding and listening and letting me know that I was doing all I could do and it wasn’t my fault. Someone to suggest things to do and say to them. Someone I could lean on and knew I was good person and not nuts like they try to make you believe, and I had good morals in life and truly caring person and what kind of life I wanted from a Husband.”
– ELIZABETH
“I felt more confident as I moved through the situation I was dealing with. I felt more in control and more proactive in the situation. I had tools to deal with my husband and even phrases to say which helped me deliver what I needed to say. The idea of charging neutral was very effective. I appreciated the listening aspect of your coaching and you are very good at reiterating and more clearly defining what I said. I found it most helpful though when you would offer your insight on the situation. I know you can’t predict what will happen but using your experience to tell me what you see happening in my husbands actions and words helped me to see it better. Sometimes the glimmers of hope that I have get in the way of seeing the bigger picture clearly.”
– CATHY
“Coaching with Bob gave me insight, someone with knowledge of how to get me to figure out what I want to do and how to go about it I learned from Bob the exact words to share with my partner to express what I was trying to say. This was especially helpful as I was trying to do the work needed to successfully confront our problem.”
– JACK
“Coaching helped me understand my wife’s personality type and why she was behaving as she was gave me confidence and strategies to realize there was life after my wife’s leaving me. Bob helped me to accept that I had done all I could to save the marriage but that sometimes despite this you cannot alter what the other person is.”
– LANE