Summit Physician Coaching
With Dr. Carpenter
Partnering with physicians and advanced practice providers on a thoughtful journey of balance and clarity, empowering them to reach their summit, in lasting peace.
Peace
Dr. Carpenter’s personal vision for coaching is centered on finding peace. Often times, clients will start the coaching journey in the fog and seek to find their way to the summit.
The fog is a heavy, disorienting space where you feel disconnected or out of alignment, either personally or professionally. You have a deep urge to be of service and share your unique gifts, but the surrounding haze creates a sense of imbalance that stops you from moving forward with ease. You might know your ultimate destination and possess the motivation to get there, but the lack of visibility makes it impossible to see the path ahead. You need personal transformation to clear the air, and a trusted partner to navigate the trail and make the journey out of the valley easier and more enjoyable.
The summit is the breakthrough moment where you rise completely above the heavy fog into clear, warm sunlight. It is a sustainable state of feeling “friction free,” where you move through life with effortless ease and quiet confidence. Standing at this high point, you finally embrace exactly who you are, finding a deep sense of peace in how you communicate and make decisions. From this vantage point, you look down at your life and see complete alignment—where your core values are beautifully and clearly reflected in your environment, your daily actions, and every step you take.
Summit
Emerging into this clear space, you experience a profound sense of true freedom. The heavy weight of old limiting beliefs and negative biases naturally falls away, clearing the path to fully express your unique talents. Your spirit feels light, grounded, and filled with a generous love and deep gratitude for your life and the world around you.
Summit Coaching Philosophy
In order to achieve this breakthrough, 4 Elements are interspersed throughout the coaching journey:
Motivation & Power
Aligning with one’s true self is exciting and helps one power forward naturally, while providing the confidence and motivation to push through fear and the unknown! Having a coach as an accountability partner re-ignites one’s own personal power for change and advocacy.
Connection to individuals that support, mentor, and provide physical, emotional, and spiritual nourishment. Seeking out wisdom from those with answers prior to making major decisions. Staying connected for overall well-being.
Connection
Balance
Attending to the most important parts of one’s life in a balanced way! Learning to expel the least amount of energy to less important values, while conserving energy for what is most important. Balance allows one to learn to be more efficient with a limited energy supply while knowing when to rejuvenate one’s energy levels to maintain an equilibrium.
Peace
A sense that you are here for a reason, honoring your true self, and are where you want to be now and in the future. Knowing that you’ve done everything you can within your control to achieve your desired outcome.
Coaching Programs
A lighter less strenuous version of the Summit Hike.
Typically takes around 3-4 months to complete depending on the frequency of sessions
Includes 5-6 total Sessions:
Kick-off Session(s)- 1.5-2hrs split over 1-2 sessions.
*Kickoff Session Includes Client Inventory, Wheel of Life or Values Clarification, and Goal-Setting Exercises
2 Semi-structured Sessions, each 60 min, with an additional coaching focus
2 open sessions for follow up/integration, each 60 min, to debrief + ad hoc coaching
The Day Hike
The Summit Hike
The more strenuous and rewarding signature program.
A more comprehensive program for more personal growth and transformation.
Typically takes around 6 months depending on frequency of sessions:
Includes up to 12 total Sessions:
Discovery Phase (4 of the total sessions):
Client Kick-Off- 1.5-2 hrs split over 1-2 sessions
Includes Welcome Process, Client Inventory, and Wheel of Life
1 Values Clarification Session
1 DISC Assessment Session
Establish Coaching Goals (1 of the total sessions)
1 60min Session to summarize Discovery phase and establish Coaching Goals
*Optional add-on sessions for additional cost (may include 360-degree interviews, on-site observations, organizational Input-3-way check in with sponsor (ie organization)
The Hike-”Coaching the plan” (4 of the total sessions)
Includes 2 Semi-structured Sessions, each 60 min, with a coaching focus, which may include any of the following PCI coaching Tools:
Intention Statement
Fulfillment
Career Resilience
Growth and Power Tools
Includes 2 Open Sessions for follow up, each 60 min, to debrief + ad hoc coaching
The Final Summit (up to 3 total sessions)
1 60min Final Summit Celebration Session
Up to 2 30 minute Post-Summit Check-Ins
Metrics/outcome to evaluate coaching after program completion
Coaching Qualifies for AMA PRA Category 2 CME Credit!
Get reimbursed for coaching through CME funds with work. Additionally, healthcare organizations may consider sponsoring one of their physicians for coaching.