Jeffrey Abugel Coaching/Consulting
Become the Self You Want to Be
Jeffrey Abugel Coaching/Consulting
Become the Self You Want to Be
Depersonalization in the news
You've come to this website for a reason. Maybe you're curious about Health and Wellness Coaching in general. Or, you've read the books about Depersonalization/ Derealization, and identify with the symptoms. But the thought of going to a psychiatrist, of being labeled mentally ill, leaves you cold. You want to find an expert, and someone you can trust. Are you in the right place? Perhaps. But remember that "experts" built the Titanic. Coaching approaches things differently. There's no expert/client dynamic. It's a partnership. And in this venue, one of the partners has spent a lifetime studying the very thing that brings you here. Coaching accepts you as you are with no stigma attached. No judgement, and no boxing you into a convenient diagnosis that will follow you and keep you from moving forward in life.
The chances of finding a psychiatrist or therapist thoroughly familiar with Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder are slim to none. Why? DDD was perceived as pretty rare up until the 1990s when the Internet brought it out of obscurity. It still has very little presence in the med school curriculum. Since it can be a symptom of other disorders, more often than not it is written off as such.
Thankfully, great progress has been made in recent decades. Clearly defining the line between established coaching practices and sharing knowledge about DDD, your coach will wear two hats, one as a consultant and the other as a coach. Having spoken to hundreds of DDD patients over the course of 30 years, no aspect of it is taboo. Learning more about DDD will help you communicate effectively.
Health and Wellness Coaching is a science-based program designed to help you make your own decisions and develop a plan for reaching specific goals. It isn't limited to people suffering from
depersonalization. Coaching can apply to virtually any area of life hand helps remove the obstacles that prevent you from being your true self. Is my approach right for you? Get in touch for an outline of what I do. In the meantime, check out the books I've written and cut and paste this story mentioning me in the New York Times.
Here's an update, after 14 long years!
"I spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours trying to find a psychiatrist or psychologist who could even understand the concept at a 100 foot overview to help guide me in the right direction battling it. After 15 years of frustration and dead ends, I found some peace with all of it after all. Jeff is better than all other ‘therapists’ combined because he has lived through it and studied it more than anyone on earth." —LC, Boston
"Jeff knows pretty much all there is to know about depersonalization from every angle" — Joseph C., London
"I wish I had gone to Jeffrey first instead of wasting my time with arrogant doctors telling me I was bipolar. He is very down to earth and has a great sense of humor. He's kind of an heir apparent to famous philosophers and artists who studied the mind and cleansed the "doors of perception." —Mari P., San Francisco
"Jeffrey Abugel is an amazing writer—a fact that I think may be overlooked as he tries to help people with Dpdr. His books not only gave me a perfect description of what I could not put into words, bit also provided me with hope for the future."
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