With over twenty years of diverse management and therapeutic experience, Fran Hendrick has both professional training in coaching and independent licensure in professional clinical counseling. A member of both the American Counseling Association and the International Association of Coaches, her degrees include a Masters of Education in Counseling with Clinical Endorsement, and Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Therapeutic Recreation. Fran holds certification in world-renowned Martin Seligman’s Authentic Happiness Coaching Program, a set of highly researched strategies for helping clients increase their satisfaction with both their work and their lives.

Fran works skillfully with clients helping them to both connect with their core sense of self and to apply it powerfully within their work. By fully defining and appreciating themselves, clients are naturally empowered to release their unique gifts and dreams into their work and relationships, and to achieve joy and flow in their lives. Fran specializes in helping clients regain their balance and redefine themselves in the midst of dizzying change and crisis. Once grounded, clients are able to redesign their working lives in ways that allow them to feel more fully alive and productive.

A Little About Style

Coaching quite simply transforms lives. The issues are serious, but that doesn’t mean the experience has to be heavy!

Far from it! Often the most productive work is playful and highly creative! We work intensively – but lightly and with humor. Our conversations are frank and authentic. We apply every ounce of energy and focus as we partner, but we laugh, too.

Facing difficult realities in the process of making major life changes is sometimes painful, but it’s less overwhelming with the focused presence of a coach who never loses touch with the strength and potential behind the pain. By maintaining a learning orientation, clients are able to take away new insights from past challenges and become increasingly capable as a result.