Creative Life Practice
LIFE COACHING
with OTOA™ & CLP™ Founder & Master Teacher/Coach
Gia Forakis
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UPDATE:
UPDATE:
Beginning January 2025
Beginning January 2025
1-hour coaching sessions will be offered at $75 per hour
1-hour coaching sessions will be offered at $75 per hour
You do not need to be an artist to benefit from Creative Life Practice™
You do not need to be an artist to benefit from Creative Life Practice™
Set up a free 20-minute phone call and see if OTOA Creative Life Practice Life Coaching is a good fit for you
Set up a free 20-minute phone call and see if OTOA Creative Life Practice Life Coaching is a good fit for you
OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP)™ Life Coaching offers exceptional and practical benefits for the practice of creating your life.
I bring 17 years of experience to the practice of OTOA™ CLP™ by offering guidance for re-envisioning, re-imagining, and re-creating change in the professional, personal, or creative lives of my clients --confidentially, comprehensively, within a safe, non-judgmental, and compassionate environment.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching untangles obstacles, identifies goals, invigorates a vision for purpose, possibility, confidence, and abundance with care and compassion.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching offers support, context, and encouragement for a more unified sense of self .
OTOA CLP Life Coaching offers clients the tools and principles for building your life as a creative practice,
I am your advocate. I am the coach in your corner.
~Gia Forakis
OTOA & CLP Founder, Master Teacher & Coach
PRACTICAL DETAILS
PRACTICAL DETAILS
LOCATION:
LOCATION:
ZOOM
ZOOM
Note: Some limited in-person sessions are available upon request with proof of Covid-vaccination.
Note: Some limited in-person sessions are available upon request with proof of Covid-vaccination.
PREFERRED SESSION HOURS:
PREFERRED SESSION HOURS:
Hours M-F: 10:00am - 6:00pm*
Hours M-F: 10:00am - 6:00pm*
* The last session of the day begins at 5:00pm USA Eastern Standard Time
* The last session of the day begins at 5:00pm USA Eastern Standard Time
*If you are located in other time zones please adjust hours of operation to your time of day.
*If you are located in other time zones please adjust hours of operation to your time of day.
PRICING:
PRICING:
Beginning January 2025 Rates for 1-hour coaching session wil be offered at $75.per hr
Beginning January 2025 Rates for 1-hour coaching session wil be offered at $75.per hr
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions
After 60 minutes, each additional half hour = $35.00
After 60 minutes, each additional half hour = $35.00
SCHEDULING SESSIONS:
SCHEDULING SESSIONS:
There is no contract to sign.
There is no contract to sign.
There is no minimum number of sessions required.
There is no minimum number of sessions required.
We will work together to suit your needs.
We will work together to suit your needs.
Sessions can be scheduled weekly, monthly, or on an "as needed" basis-- determined by availability. It's really up to you how often we meet.
Sessions can be scheduled weekly, monthly, or on an "as needed" basis-- determined by availability. It's really up to you how often we meet.
Coaching can be designed for the length of a goal, or a project, the length of a transition or any length that feels the most productive and appropriate to you. I leave this to the client to determine.
Coaching can be designed for the length of a goal, or a project, the length of a transition or any length that feels the most productive and appropriate to you. I leave this to the client to determine.
Clients are free to take a break between sessions and come back weeks, months, or even years later. It is entirely up to you.
Clients are free to take a break between sessions and come back weeks, months, or even years later. It is entirely up to you.
OPTIONAL:
OPTIONAL:
Before setting up a session, new clients are welcome to take advantage of a free 20-minute phone call to see if OTOA CLP Life Coaching is a good fit.
Before setting up a session, new clients are welcome to take advantage of a free 20-minute phone call to see if OTOA CLP Life Coaching is a good fit.
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TO SET UP A SESSION
TO SET UP A SESSION
or Free 20-Minute Phone Call
or Free 20-Minute Phone Call
Email OTOA.info@Gmail.com
Email OTOA.info@Gmail.com
Please type
Please type
" COACHING "
" COACHING "
in the Subject of your email.
in the Subject of your email.
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Please Note:
Please Note:
For all first time 1-hour sessions clients are asked to prepare a 20-30 minute written exercise
For all first time 1-hour sessions clients are asked to prepare a 20-30 minute written exercise
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HOW TO MAKE A PAYMENT
HOW TO MAKE A PAYMENT
Payment Instructions will be emailed to each client as we set up our session.
Payment Instructions will be emailed to each client as we set up our session.
Payment in advance is required to secure your session.
Payment in advance is required to secure your session.
Payment options include PayPal, Venmo or Zelle
Payment options include PayPal, Venmo or Zelle
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Cancellation & Refund Policy
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Please Note: There are no refunds. Cancellation of prepaid sessions will be recognized as credit towards your next session for 3 months from the date of the original payment.
Please Note: There are no refunds. Cancellation of prepaid sessions will be recognized as credit towards your next session for 3 months from the date of the original payment.
Email OTOA.info@Gmail.com
Email OTOA.info@Gmail.com
What is OTOA CLP Life Coaching?
What is OTOA CLP Life Coaching?
OTOA CLP Life Coaching offer clients a private, safe confidential, and personal environment for addressing targeted issues no matter whether they are professional, personal, or creative.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching offer clients a private, safe confidential, and personal environment for addressing targeted issues no matter whether they are professional, personal, or creative.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching is designed to offer clients a clearer sense of purpose and a path for bringing joy and fulfillment to all you do.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching is designed to offer clients a clearer sense of purpose and a path for bringing joy and fulfillment to all you do.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching is based upon the teachings and principles of OTOA CLP's Six Aspects of Creativity™.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching is based upon the teachings and principles of OTOA CLP's Six Aspects of Creativity™.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching is a space and time dedicated to reassessing and revamping personal, professional or creative goals, uncovering untapped strengths, identifying and untangling issues that are undermining your path forward, articulating a personal work/life vision, establishing achievable goals, and fostering a creative life practice with exercises tailored to suit individual needs.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching is a space and time dedicated to reassessing and revamping personal, professional or creative goals, uncovering untapped strengths, identifying and untangling issues that are undermining your path forward, articulating a personal work/life vision, establishing achievable goals, and fostering a creative life practice with exercises tailored to suit individual needs.
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What can you expect from an OTOA CLP Life Coaching Session?
What can you expect from an OTOA CLP Life Coaching Session?
Clients can expect a comprehensive, non-judgemental, environment for self-learning and actualization.
Clients can expect a comprehensive, non-judgemental, environment for self-learning and actualization.
Clients are offered the tools and principles they need for building their life as a creative practice, and the principles for creating the practice of their life.
Clients are offered the tools and principles they need for building their life as a creative practice, and the principles for creating the practice of their life.
Clients engage in a dialogue designed to foster a healthy and cohesive sense of being.
Clients engage in a dialogue designed to foster a healthy and cohesive sense of being.
Clients decide whether one session is all they desire, or if and when they would like to continue the work, on an individual case by case basis. This can be decided at the end of each session or in advance. It is up to the client.
Clients decide whether one session is all they desire, or if and when they would like to continue the work, on an individual case by case basis. This can be decided at the end of each session or in advance. It is up to the client.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching benefits include, but are not limited to:
OTOA CLP Life Coaching benefits include, but are not limited to:
- Designing, Clarifying, Achieving Goals & Projects
- Discovering a Sense of Purpose
- Untangling Obstacles
- Addressing Complications Within a Current Project(s)
- Making a Significant Change in Your Circumstances
- Working Through an Unexpected Set of Changing Circumstances
- The Need or Desire to Effect Comprehensive Change (on a large, small, or intimate scale).
- Reinvigorating a Sense of Possibility & Purpose
- Advancing New Material, New Ideas, or a New Path
- Revamping Your Life Vision
- Strengthening Technique or Building Craft
- Establishing a Dedicated, Trusted, Encouraging, and Honest Coaching Partnership
- Creating the Life That You Envision
- Coaching for Romantic or Professional Partnerships (together or solo)
- Addressing "The Artist" Apart From "The Career"
- Addressing "YOU" Apart From "Your Career"
PLEASE NOTE: The above list are examples. Feel free to contact me if you do not see your circumstances listed in one of the above options and we will discuss your individual circumstance.
PLEASE NOTE: The above list are examples. Feel free to contact me if you do not see your circumstances listed in one of the above options and we will discuss your individual circumstance.
Gia brings 17 years of teaching & coaching experience
Gia brings 17 years of teaching & coaching experience
to her OTOA CLP practice. She has guided clients and students
to her OTOA CLP practice. She has guided clients and students
to re-imagine and re-create their professional, personal, and
to re-imagine and re-create their professional, personal, and
creative lives comprehensively, confidentially, and compassionately.
creative lives comprehensively, confidentially, and compassionately.
Gia holds a BFA from New York University and an MFA from Yale University
Gia holds a BFA from New York University and an MFA from Yale University
--where she founded and developed the OTOA technique:
--where she founded and developed the OTOA technique:
Re-Envisioning the Creative Process One Thought & One Action at a Time
Re-Envisioning the Creative Process One Thought & One Action at a Time
"Gia is an intuitive, insightful, and generous
"Gia is an intuitive, insightful, and generous
coach and teacher, and authentic creative spirit." -S. Shayne.
coach and teacher, and authentic creative spirit." -S. Shayne.
TESTIMONALS
TESTIMONALS
Kind Words from Clients
"Transformation does happen!" ~ Katie Malnati, Teacher, Potter, Doula. Brooklyn, NY.
"Transformation does happen!" ~ Katie Malnati, Teacher, Potter, Doula. Brooklyn, NY.
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" OTOA was and continues to be so helpful and interesting, both in terms of my acting and my everyday life." - Jane Roche, Actress
" OTOA was and continues to be so helpful and interesting, both in terms of my acting and my everyday life." - Jane Roche, Actress
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"OTOA Creative Life Practice is how vast concepts can be broken down and how I connect to the world around me with every thought." ~ Lila Smith, Communications and E-Commerce Director, Brooklyn, NY
"OTOA Creative Life Practice is how vast concepts can be broken down and how I connect to the world around me with every thought." ~ Lila Smith, Communications and E-Commerce Director, Brooklyn, NY
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" It was as though Gia opened wide a set of big beautiful French windows for me to walk through!" ~Nina Ostrovsky, Writer, Photographer, Workshop Leader, Duvall, WA
" It was as though Gia opened wide a set of big beautiful French windows for me to walk through!" ~Nina Ostrovsky, Writer, Photographer, Workshop Leader, Duvall, WA
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"Working with Gia has been an exceptional experience. Gia firmly yet compassionately guided me on a journey of self-discovery, where I peeled back the layers of uncertainty and self-doubt. What I found was my authentic self and then the path became more clear. I appreciated Gia's ability to truly listen, and often uncover deeper meaning in what I was communicating. I often stepped out of my comfort zone and grew from each experience. I highly recommend Creative Life Practice Private Coaching, be ready to do the challenging work!" ~Barbara Lang, service-minded professional, Brooklyn, NY
"Working with Gia has been an exceptional experience. Gia firmly yet compassionately guided me on a journey of self-discovery, where I peeled back the layers of uncertainty and self-doubt. What I found was my authentic self and then the path became more clear. I appreciated Gia's ability to truly listen, and often uncover deeper meaning in what I was communicating. I often stepped out of my comfort zone and grew from each experience. I highly recommend Creative Life Practice Private Coaching, be ready to do the challenging work!" ~Barbara Lang, service-minded professional, Brooklyn, NY
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"In our invaluable weekly coaching sessions, Gia skillfully supports me while simultaneously pushing me to take Paul Bunyan-sized steps. My studio has become an ever more fertile, dynamic environment." ~Lexi Perlmutter, Reader, Writer, Thinker, Artist, Coffee Drinker, San Francisco, CA
"In our invaluable weekly coaching sessions, Gia skillfully supports me while simultaneously pushing me to take Paul Bunyan-sized steps. My studio has become an ever more fertile, dynamic environment." ~Lexi Perlmutter, Reader, Writer, Thinker, Artist, Coffee Drinker, San Francisco, CA
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"Working with Gia in our CLP private coaching sessions has truly been a gift. It has helped me to find a new perspective on a situation that was holding me back in all areas of my life. My new found freedom creates gratitude in my daily practice." ~ Stephanie Friedland, Brand Manager & Producer, Brooklyn, NY
"Working with Gia in our CLP private coaching sessions has truly been a gift. It has helped me to find a new perspective on a situation that was holding me back in all areas of my life. My new found freedom creates gratitude in my daily practice." ~ Stephanie Friedland, Brand Manager & Producer, Brooklyn, NY
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"Gia is an exceptional listener, absorbing and reflecting back the broader aspects and context of any topic. She has helped me to untangle the details of specific projects as well as guided my own personal growth in a wide range of areas. She brings encouragement and compassion to all our private sessions." ~ R. Shirley, Artist & Mother, Brooklyn, NY
"Gia is an exceptional listener, absorbing and reflecting back the broader aspects and context of any topic. She has helped me to untangle the details of specific projects as well as guided my own personal growth in a wide range of areas. She brings encouragement and compassion to all our private sessions." ~ R. Shirley, Artist & Mother, Brooklyn, NY
TO SCHEDULE A SESSION
TO SCHEDULE A SESSION
To schedule a private coaching session
To schedule a private coaching session
Email OTOA.info@Gmail.com
Email OTOA.info@Gmail.com
Please type " COACHING " in the Subject Header of your email.
Please type " COACHING " in the Subject Header of your email.
How does OTOA CLP Life Coaching Differ
How does OTOA CLP Life Coaching Differ
OTOA CLP Life Coaching brings deeper, individual attention to matters that may require a more comprehensive approach, and more personal and private attention.
OTOA CLP Life Coaching brings deeper, individual attention to matters that may require a more comprehensive approach, and more personal and private attention.
For Information on MONTHLY MONDAY WORKSHOPS
For Information on MONTHLY MONDAY WORKSHOPS
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How does OTOA CLP Differ from OTOA PTT?
How does OTOA CLP Differ from OTOA PTT?
OTOA Performance Technique & Training (PTT)™ is a performance technique for performers, directors, public speakers and more.
OTOA Performance Technique & Training (PTT)™ is a performance technique for performers, directors, public speakers and more.
OTOA PTT is taught in group workshops, residencies and classes,
OTOA PTT is taught in group workshops, residencies and classes,
OTOA PTT is also available as one-on-one coaching session and can be useful for gaining clarity, specificity, and confidence in preparation for an audition, or in the development of a new project, a performance, a presentation, a film shoot, or for your Public Speaking goals.
OTOA PTT is also available as one-on-one coaching session and can be useful for gaining clarity, specificity, and confidence in preparation for an audition, or in the development of a new project, a performance, a presentation, a film shoot, or for your Public Speaking goals.
OTOA PTT On-Site Observation Coaching
OTOA PTT On-Site Observation Coaching
Gia is also available to guide you through your next performance project or presentation as an ON-SITE Silent & Supportive Observer.
Gia is also available to guide you through your next performance project or presentation as an ON-SITE Silent & Supportive Observer.
ON-SITE COACHING is ideal for: team & community leaders, office managers, public speakers, teachers, producers, stage & film directors, choreographers, photographers, singers, etc.
ON-SITE COACHING is ideal for: team & community leaders, office managers, public speakers, teachers, producers, stage & film directors, choreographers, photographers, singers, etc.
ON-SITE Sessions are divided into two parts
ON-SITE Sessions are divided into two parts
#1: An On-Site Observation
#1: An On-Site Observation
#2: A private one-on-one coaching session to offer feedback & guidance
#2: A private one-on-one coaching session to offer feedback & guidance
ON-SITE Observation & Coaching is beneficial for (but not limited to):
ON-SITE Observation & Coaching is beneficial for (but not limited to):
- Strengthening communication within a team
- Inspiring creativity and productivity
- Building group engagement and confidence
- Strengthening and articulating the client's vision & purpose
- Addressing vocal, physical & practical execution
- Enrichment of content
- Clarifying structure & execution of achievable goals
- Identifying obstacles and establishing strategies for team unification
For Further Information on OTOA Performance Technique & Training (PTT)™
For Further Information on OTOA Performance Technique & Training (PTT)™
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