How to connect for coaching:

Coaching for Families Affected by Psychosis, LLC, uses the approach described in Schizophrenia: A Blueprint for Recovery. Coaching will include family and friends reviewing parts of the book to learn how to apply it. It is recommended that people purchase the book and begin to read it when they apply to begin coaching. 

If you want to apply these approaches with your loved one, click here to send a message to Milt Greek.

Once contacted, Milt will send a packet of information, including a questionnaire for family and friends, for review. Milt will review the returned questionnaires to confirm that there is the right combination of resources to apply the approach he uses. If there isn’t, Milt will try to provide a referral for other services and will not charge for work completed up to that point. If Milt believes that there is a good chance for improvement using his approach, the family will be given a link to set up an initial meeting and an initial bill will be sent.

While Milt evaluates the situation to determine if coaching will help, reading the first two or three chapters of Schizophrenia: A Blueprint for Recovery will help the family decide if coaching is right for them. They may decide that they can apply the approach without coaching or that they do not want to use the approach.

What to expect from coaching:

Using the information provided, Milt will summarize the life history of the person prior to and during psychosis and identify key strengths, stresses and traumas, themes, and features. Using this information, Milt will create a detailed approach with near term goals using the model outlined in Schizophrenia: A Blueprint for Recovery. This will be sent to the family and discussed during the initial planning meeting.

Ideally, coaching will begin with concentrated discussions of the techniques and approaches being advocated. For the initial phase of coaching, families should expect billable hours to range from 3 ½ to 7 hours a month. After the initial phase, which will hopefully be completed within a year, the family will have learned the approach and will require less coaching. Eventually, families may only need an hour or two of coaching a month unless special needs arise.

There are clear goals for the coaching, which include increasing harmony with their loved one, stabilizing the loved one to remain in the community and avoid crises, arrests, hospitalizations, and incarceration, and having the loved one accept diagnosis and treatment. In the longer term, if the family and loved one wishes, moving towards a long-term recovery with a life meaningful to the person and, if possible, a full life of partnership, work, independent living, and being part of a community.

The first phase of coaching relies heavily on the first three chapters and Appendix E of Schizophrenia: A Blueprint for Recovery. The second phase relies on the second half of the book and connections to additional services to promote full recovery. Families may choose not to pursue the second phase or, if the person is in post-psychosis at the start of coaching, to only do the second phase.

While Milt tries to work with families in need, if it becomes apparent that there is a consistent lack of progress or resistance to the approach he recommends, he will advocate that the family save time and money by discontinuing coaching. If this occurs, Milt will try to recommend services that may be more effective for care.