Welcome to CrescentBridge Coaching

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My name is Nicole Burley, M.Ed. and I am a Career and Personal Development Coach. I honestly relish the opportunity to help you set goals, take action, and create a life and career that reflects who you really are. If you are new to the idea of coaching, you can learn some distinctions about it below. If you already have a good grasp of it, you can find out more about how I work on my About page. If you're ready to get started with coaching, feel free to head over to the Get Started page! And if you still have questions, hopefully they're covered on my FAQs page, but if not, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Read more about what coaching IS...

  • The short version: A coach is a professional source of guidance and support, to assist you with whatever you are hoping to improve or change about your current circumstances.
  • The slightly longer version: Coaching is a professional partnership between a willing client, and a trained, certified coach. Within the structure of this supportive collaboration the client is able to achieve more career and life goals than would have been possible without the coach's participation. As with other 'support' relationships (therapy, counseling, personal training, financial advising, etc) the client is responsible for doing the 'work' of implementing the change, new ideas, new behaviors into his/her life. The coach, however, plays a significant role in helping to discover, develop, encourage, and support the goals and actions of the client.

Read more about what coaching ISN'T...

  • Therapy: Therapy focuses on healing the past and developing healthy coping skills. Coaching focuses on the present and the future.
  • Mentoring: Mentoring assumes that one person has expertise in a given area . In coaching, YOU are the expert on your own life. The coach is there to encourage and develop your self-discovery.
  • Consulting: A consultant assumes responsibility for the results of the 'job' he/she is hired to do. In coaching, YOU are responsible for your own life and your own results. The coach is there to help you find clarity so that you feel empowered to make the best choices for yourself.
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