There are many differences between therapy and the Upstream Turning Point™ coaching program. The main difference is the diagnosis and treatment approaches used.

Therapists work from a diagnosis-driven perspective and prescribe treatments for specific mental illness. We do not diagnose mental illness and typically work with healthier individuals or someone who is already been diagnosed but is looking for additional or alternative approaches. Both work with clients during difficult times, but ultimately the focus of a therapist is on improvement via diagnosis while we are interested in teaching and guiding clients down pathways towards success that embrace their strengths to overcome obstacles.

Therapists treat immediate symptoms and typically follow a process using conversation and interviewing techniques to help their patients find relief from or control their symptoms and have healthier mindsets. We teach our clients our process and show them how to apply their present and past experiences to that process.  As as they gain a broader and deeper understanding of why they think, feel and behave the way they do they use the skills they learned and practiced to take control of their lives.

Therapists typically approach treatment from a point of them controlling the process, which is extremely important when dealing with individuals with serious mental illness or those who pose a threat of harming themselves or others. Since we deal with healthier individuals, our approach focuses on giving the client the process, information and skills and show them how to use them to help themselves today and in the future.

What sets us apart is our approach (the Upstream Path™) and our exclusive tools, the Cognitive Transformation Model™ and the “Intellective Emotional Iteration™  learning method.

 We offer something that reaches far beyond words of inspiration, motivation, and accountability. We don’t just tell you “you can do it,” we help you understand why you doubt yourself and how to believe you can. We don’t just tell what you should think and feel to have a healthy mindset, we show you how to change it.

We provide a deep understanding of the “why” behind your thoughts, emotions and behaviors and give you a step-by-step process to change them from within. We don’t simply hold you accountable so you perform out of fear of letting someone down. We help you understand what is preventing you from taking action and provide a process to overcome it.

When you couple this with one-on-one coaching, weekly cohort coaching, an online support community of people with the same root causes of their struggles, and over 45 training modules to help you become more self-aware, self-disciplined, other aware, and improve your communication skills, it’s no wonder why our clients refer us to others. 

That really depends on the individual, desired outcomes, and needs. The more time you invest the greater the return you will experience. At a minimum we suggest doing one lesson per week which would be roughly an hour between the lesson and any worksheets. We suggest attending the weekly cohort meeting each week if possible. We do not suggest doing more than two lessons per week as you need time to implement and practice what you have learned for the week in order to retain the information.

We all have busy lives with significant demands, however making yourself a priority and giving yourself time to grow and reflect will make everything else easier and more manageable. When you have a lot of would to chop, taking the time to sharpen your axe allows you to accomplish more with less effort.

Everyone is different and dealing with different circumstances in their lives. Most clients report noticing a difference within the first 3 weeks.

Most of our clients are greatly impacted by the Cognitive Transformation Model™ in the “Flip Your Mindset Switch” lesson at the very beginning. Some it takes a bit longer because embracing this model would require them to let go of faulty beliefs and thought patterns they have adopted as coping strategies throughout their lives. It also depends on how much time and effort you put into the program and yourself.

Anxiety and depression are complex issues and can be caused by many factors. A person’s individual genetics, family history of mental health challenges, life events such as traumatic experiences, beliefs about oneself or the world, poor work/life balance, lack of meaningful connections to others, and substance abuse can all contribute to the development of anxiety and depressive disorders. Additionally, certain physical ailments such as anemia or vitamin deficiencies may lead to symptoms that mimic anxiety and depression.

The Upstream Turning Point™ program can't help with the biological factors that contribute to anxiety and depression. However, it can provide a path to overcome the life events, faulty beliefs, thinking patterns, lifestyle, and behaviors that contribute to them. We provide effective tools to identify and understand the cause of your anxiety or depression and process past and present experiences with a different mindset, heal from past traumas, manage and change the beliefs and thoughts responsible for your emotions, and move beyond negative thinking and behavior patterns into life-changing self-empowerment and inner-peace.

Yes, it can. By learning to shift your brain from the limbic system (fight or flight) part of your brain to your prefrontal cortex (analytical brain), you can reprogram the thoughts and emotions associated with traumatic experiences. These new neural pathways can become the more dominant version of your experiences, and you will have the power to choose which pathway to take. This of course takes an investment of time and effort but inner-peace, acceptance, and contentment in your life is a pretty good return on that investment.

Yes! In many cases, more so! With the online training modules, clients can go through training at their own pace, stop and rewind video, take notes and immediately put what they learn into action which is a vital of retention. This also allows the coaching sessions to focus on implementation rather than training.

The weekly online cohort coaching provides consistency and allows clients to learn from others. The private online community provides a place to go for support from one another and the coach to discuss struggles and wins. When clients get to experience all parts of the learning pyramid over a period of time, they have a much higher likelihood of staying engaged and success.

Participants must be 18 years of age unless they have signed consent from a parent or legal guardian. The content is effective from about 7th grade and up, however we do work with children as young as 9 in a 1 on 1 capacity.

No. You are not required to share anything at all if you so choose, though a higher degree of engagement most often results in greater results faster. The coach, as well as many of the clients, are vulnerable with the group which creates a comfortable setting for others to discuss their struggles when they re ready.

If you are having suicidal thoughts, we do NOT advise taking this course until you are no longer a risk to yourself and/or are currently under the care of a licensed mental healthcare provider who feels your are stable enough to proceed.

We have worked with individuals with a history of suicidal tendencies in conjunction with close psychiatric care from their provider and have had successful outcomes. We will always error on the side of caution to ensure the safety of a potential client.

Strong relationships are built on trust, communication, empathy, respect, and compassion. When you understand how our beliefs and thoughts (which we are only aware of a small percentage of) determine our emotions and behaviors, you understand not only yourself but other as well and see and others through a different lens and respond rather than react, be assertive rather than aggressive, be compassionate rather than hurt, and have peace rather than turmoil. It’s common for clients to experience a positive change in those around them, not realizing the influence they have had all along.

In this program we cover:

• Conflict management
• Verbal and non-verbal communication
• Communications styles and how to change them
• Co-dependence, independence, and inter-dependence
• Cooperation and negotiation style

When we invest in ourselves "as needed" we relieve the symptoms of the problem temporarily rather than invest the time to understand and address the problem. The problem with this approach is we might feel better for a short period of time and maybe even change our behavior, however as soon as another event arises, we revert to the old thinking and behavior patterns we know best. After awhile, we are back to where we started.

 We want our clients to experience lasting change for themselves and those around them and that happens by learning, implementing and practice through repetition over time. When you decide to make a commitment to yourself, you are much more likely to put in the time and effort to accomplish what you started, even when you might not feel like it or it is difficult. Our process is simple, but it doesn’t mean it’s always easy.

It very much depends on the individual and where they are in their recovery process, but yes. Addictions are most often the symptom of something deeper and how we process the harm caused by the addiction can keep us stuck in that cycle. By getting to the cause of the problem and learning how to cope with daily events, take control of your mindset, and forgive yourself and others for the pain that was caused, is a vital part of recovery.

A majority of the recovery clients who have gone through our program report that it has been the foundation of all of their recovery work. Many who have had multiple past relapses how found this program to be what finally made sobriety possible.

Our brains are extremely complex. We are only aware of about 5% of our thoughts which means we are on autopilot 95% of the time, reacting to our surroundings.

Our approach, the Upstream Path™, shows you how to become aware of the thoughts and beliefs that are causing negative emotions, behaviors and outcomes in your life and how to reprogram them.

We have worked with countless people from inmates to high performing executives who feel they have (and feel they should have) it “all together”, that experience that “aha” moment when they understand the “why” behind their thoughts, emotions and behaviors.

There isn’t a part of your life that won’t be positively impacted by our program in ways you probably can’t imagine right now.

If you enroll in the Upstream Turning Point™ you will have access all the lessons and you can choose which you decide to utilize. However, our program is designed to lead you down a path and introduce concepts in an order that will make the most sense. Because of this, jumping ahead may leave you feeling confused because they discuss information you missed and that missing information helps you grasp understand the current lesson. In some cases, introducing yourself to a concept before you have develop the skills needed to process and fully understand what you might realize can have a negative effect.

Additionally, given the fact that we are unable be aware of what we aren’t aware of, choosing only the lessons you want or what think you need prevents you from discovering and understanding things about yourself and those around you.

Therefore, we STRONGLY suggest you follow the order to ensure you get

The community offers a 24/7 support system of people who share the same innermost struggles, who are at different stages of learning the process and can help each other through this journey. We also learn from others, by understanding them and their perspective. Additionally, by explaining and helping others with this process, you learn and understand it on a deeper level.