Coaching with Allison DiBianca Fasoli, PhD

I coach faculty around writing, research, and career decisions.

Coaching at its best is a transformative experience.

I help clients identify what they want, what is holding them back, and what they need to succeed so that they can engage in their writing, research, and careers with greater clarity, confidence, and impact.

My coaching centers on well-being and work.

My aim is to help clients improve their professional work and personal well-being at the same time. Individuals often come to me when they are feeling stuck, indecisive, over-committed, scattered, or bored. They may find themselves wanting greater self-commitment to doing what they say they will do, more sustainable writing and research practices, a greater sense of coherence or direction, or guidance in starting and maintaining momentum in new work roles, projects, or positions.  These are some of the kinds of writing, research, and career issues that I help clients with so that they can work well. 

What does it mean to “work well”?

To me, working well is about agency and voice. It is about feeling connected, competent, and alive. I help clients create professional identities that they can own, whether that means stepping more fully into, or more fully out, of particular working environments, roles, or mindsets. I’d love to learn what working well means to you and how you arrived at that meaning.

What is coaching like?  

During sessions, I help clients build awareness of themselves and of the systems that they are working within. From here, I support clients to clarify what they want, open possibilities for action, and make decisions they can trust. We create action steps or new practices for clients to try out and play with between sessions, as additional sources of learning. We build skills, identify strengths, and explore beliefs about writing, research, and careers that may no longer be serving you. The process is not linear. It is rich with detours, valleys,  mountains, steps backward, and steps sideways. I support clients in this process by asking thoughtful questions, wondering about possible connections or meanings, offering reflections and perspectives, and by attuning to client’s personal strengths and values.