Fire Your Therapist: Why Therapy Might Not Be Working for You and What You Can Do about It » (Unabridged)

Joe Siegler, M.D., is a practicing executive coach, board-certified psychiatrist, speaker, and founder and president of Chicago's Full Life Centers, serving thousands of clients and numerous organizations. He is a frequent guest on television and radio shows.

POWERFUL ALTERNATIVE TO THERAPY Feel like therapy isn't working for you? Wish there were a better way to achieve your goals? Fire Your Therapist introduces a new, holistic approach to creating the life you want. Based on Dr. Siegler's groundbreaking Spheres of Life Coaching Method, this audio book explains how to move beyond the "talking cure" of traditional therapy to a more creative, results-oriented way of achieving your goals. You'll be inspired by the experiences of clients who have benefited from Dr. Siegler's proven methods.

Fire Your Therapist is the essential step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to create a more successful life.

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Part I Deciding Whether to Fire Your Therapist

1 Why Therapy Might Not Be Working 13

2 What to Expect from Coaching 27

3 Commitment, Accountability, and Responsibility 45

4 Decide If Your Therapy or Current Approach Is Working 58

5 Give Me One Good Reason to Fire My Therapist 68

6 Transitioning: When You're Thinking about Making the Switch 81

7 Choose the Right Coach for You 93

Part II Build the Life You Want on Your Own and with Your Coach

8 Applying the Spheres: The Key to Creating a Full Life 113

9 The You Spheres: Self, Body, Spirit, Fun, and Home 125

10 The Career Spheres: Work and Money 145

11 The People Spheres: Love, Family, Friends, and Community 159

12 Laser-Precision Outcomes 183

13 Overcome Obstacles to Achieve Outcomes 203

14 Approach Greatness 217

15 A Better Life and a Better World 238

Conclusion 251

Index 253