Frank Kermit Coaching Profile, Qualifications and Confidentiality

Frank Kermit, BA, MA believes in making the world a better place by teaching singles and couples about Emotional Needs for loving relationships. His teaching and philosophies are about relationship building, maintenance and how to live with both monogamous relationship structures, non-monogamous relationship structures and is alternative lifestyle friendly.

Disclosure Statement

Introduction To Services

Frank Kermit, BA, MA offers private practice, consisting of individual, couples, or group coaching. Since coaching can be conducted in a number of different ways, this statement has been prepared to inform you about Frank Kermit and his qualifications and coaching practice.

Coaching Qualifications

Frank Kermit has a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University that included indepth studies in Drama Therapy and the use of Drama Therapy with Special Populations (including adults with autism and schiophrenia). He holds an MA from Mcgill University in Communications Studies and it was during the tenure of this degree that he began his coaching services. At present time, Frank is completing a Certificate in Trauma Counselling from The Hinicks-Dellcrest Institute and is furthering his knowledge with Mental Health Professional level workshops. He is a member in good standing with the Sexual Health Network of Quebec, The Association of Family Life Educators of Quebec and is an Instructor at the non-profit Montreal Alternative Lifestyle Community Center. Frank Kermit is also a regular in the media on a variety of TV, radio, Internet productions as the Official Relationship Coach of those programs. Frank Kermit has been a Relationship Coach for over 10 years and is internationally recognized as a Relationship Expert for his works in setting up support groups for men around the world and establishing a standard of ethics and remedies for the support group administration. Frank Kermit also bring with him his 15+ years of experimental learning models of relationship structures into his coaching practice drawing from years of real life experience. This includes his full understanding of the relationship structures necessary for successful monogamous, non-monogaous and alternative lifestyles. To read more about Frank Kermit's affilations and education please visit http://www.franktalks.com/membershipsandeducation/ Areas of Frank Kermit's expertise include Emotional Needs, Relationships, Dating, Socail Skills, Sex, Seduction, Self-Actualization (aka Inner Game), and Dysfunctional Repating Behavior Patterns. He has lectured extensively on all these topics and even more through his regular media appearances. Frank has also published many books and CD lectures, including a best selling book that has held the number 1 position since 2008 in the Sex-And-Relationship Category of Lulu.com and still holds that position today.

Not a Psycho-Therapist Yet

Frank Kermit is not a psycho-therpaist. With new laws coming into effect in different provinces across Canada (including Bill 21 in Quebec), Frank Kermit is making strides to aquire the various acedemic creditials necessary to complete a Masters program with a clinical component to enact supervised training practicum, and become a member of an order of Canada in good standing. All necessary requirements for the government protected title of "psycho-therapist" will be completed before 2019.

Not a Doctor

Frank Kermit is not a physician and cannot prescribe nor provide any medication. For medical treatment you are encouraged to seek out a physician or psychiatrist.

Not a Lawyer

Frank Kermit is not a lawyer, and as such is unable to advise or offer legal advice as it pertains to your dating and relationship questions. For example, if your marriage may be headed for divorce, you are encouraged to seek out a competant family lawyer who is a member of the bar, and garner that lawyer's prfessional advice.

What to expect from Frank Coaching

If you were too decide to enter into coaching with Frank Kermit, he will explore with you the questions that initially brought you to the coaching session. Next, you and Frank will work together to set specific goals that wish work towards through coaching. Periodically, your progress will be reviewed. The lenght of coaching will vary depending on the type and amount of questions you bring to coaching.

At times, changes brought about your efforts in coaching make you cause you discomfort or anxiety; your feelings should be discussed with Frank. These feelings often accompany behavior change and are often a sign of progress. However, as part of your coaching, you may experience an array of feelings such as guilt, sadness, anxiety, anger, fustration, loneliness, and helplessness. In addition, although you may be coming to coaching to benefit a relationship you are currently in, one danger of relationship coaching is that change in relationships is not always prodictable. That is, although positive change is expected, this does not always occur for every relationship brought to coaching. Last, you should be aware that coaching does not work for every person.

Considerable research confirms coaching can have signifcant benefits for those who use my services appropriately. These benefits to coaching may include progress towards meeting your goals, and alleviating your obstacles. Additional benefits may also include feeling understood, improved communication, improved clarity of challenges and goals, decreased depression or anxiety, increased self esteem, and improvement in relationships. Coaching sessions for individuals are a minimum of one hour to a maximum of four hours. Coaching sessions for couples are a minimum of two hours to a maximum of four hours. In the event that your concerns are outside the scope of the expertise of Frank Kermit, coaching will cease for those concerns and you will be encouraged to seek out competant professionals for more appropriate treatment choice.

To read about the tenant of Frank Coaching, please visit http://www.franktalks.com/CoachingApproach/

Privacy and Confidentiality

As a client, you have the right to confidentiality and it is one of your most important of client rights. Generally, information obtained during coaching sessions will be held strictly confidential and will not be disclosed. However, there are a few legal exceptions to confidentiality to which this rule does not apply. For example, it is legally required that suspected child abuse or suspected child neglect be reported to authorities. Furthermore if you are an adult and you are involved with a minor, this can also be illegal depending on the context, the nature of the relationship and the laws regarding minors and relationships in the territory you live in.

For example, a minor that is 17 years old in Canada (age of Majority is 18) may engage in relationships with adults (for example a 19 year old), but may not consent to a variety of activites, even within the context of that relationship, which are rights normally reserved for adults.In the event of couples coaching, Frank Kermit, will consider the couple as the client, and not treat the individuals within that couple as separate clients. This means that Frank Kermit will not be placed in the middle of a situation that would require him to hide the secrets of one couple partner from the other as it pertains to the matter directly affecting the couples coaching.

Also, confidentially does not have to be respected in the event that Frank Kermit has reason to conclude that you may be harmful to yourself or others, suspects that child abuse or child neglect has occured or will occur, or in the event of a court order. To ensure quality control in coaching, Frank Kermit reserves the right to consult with coach-colleagues ragarding your coaching. This can be very helpful in coaching. The coaches that Frank would contact will be professional in the way they maintain the same strictest confidentiality as Frank Kermit.

Your Rights As A Client

As a client you have the right to

1. Ask questions at any point in time regarding the coaching

2. Offer feedback and your views on the coaching

3. Be actively involved in formulating your goals and collaborating with Frank Kermit

4. Terminate the coaching at any time

5. Confidentiality, notwithstanding the exceptions listed above