About

Andrea Shaw
Leadership & Self-Development Coach
Dedicated to helping others reach personal and professional goals
I’ve always had the wish to remove the difficulties which stop us from being our best. Someone may have huge potential but is stuck on internal obstacles. Blocks such as self-limiting beliefs, worry, harsh inner judgment, indecision, or the complex inner challenges that occur when there is stress from one’s job, a health or relationship challenge, the inability to find satisfying work, or all sorts of twists and turns on life’s path that may be getting in the way.
I have a reputation for being honest, warm, compassionate, quick to understand another’s point of view and challenges, as well as skillful at facilitating solutions and self-understanding. Clients consistently say that I find a positive spin, a learning edge for them, even when things are tough. No matter what concern they bring to our work, they generally leave feeling clearer, strengthened by a new perspective and ready to move forward. I have never been much of a rearview-mirror therapist so my transition to coaching gave me the chance to use my solution-focused orientation in the most effective ways to help clients take more directed action on their own behalf.
This is the heart of my story
one summer…
when I was 12, my parents sent me away for 8 weeks of hiking and camping in New England. The only problem: I didn’t want to go. But after one week, I wrote home begging to stay for the extra 9th week. What happened? I made fast friends. I felt free in the mountains, woods, and streams. I used my body, felt healthy and vital. But the most powerful for me was one moment walking alone. I looked up and saw raindrops on leaves. I stopped. I saw the droplets. Though I’d walked through rain for years, I’d never seen it before. Those early moments held the core values that have driven my life: I was present in the moment. That allowed me to see what was there. Without words, I was aware of beauty. I felt connection and gratitude. This was truth for me. Those resonant moments of silent understanding began the through-line of experience that thumps through me like a beating heart to this day.




Experience
Degrees, Certifications & Trainings
- Marriage, Family Therapist License
- PhD Clinical Psychology
- Private coaching business
- Graduate Coach University
- Professional Certified Coach, awarded by International Coaching Federation (ICF) the worldwide organizing body for coaches
- Certified Teleclass leader
- Coaches Training Institute workshops
- Master Certified Coach – the highest designation awarded by the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- Certified Integrative Health Coach, Senior Instructor & Mentor, Dept. of Integrative Medicine, Duke Medical Center
- Six Domains of Leadership™ Certified Coach
- National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBCHWC)
Experience
Degrees, Certifications & Trainings
- 1982 – Licensed Marriage, Family Therapist
- 1992 – PhD Clinical Psychology
- 1996 – Private coaching business
- 2002 – Graduate Coach University
- 2002 – Professional Certified Coach, awarded by International Coach Federation (ICF) the worldwide organizing body for coaches
- 2002 – Certified Teleclass leader
- 2004 – Coaches Training Institute workshops
- 2005 – Master Certified Coach – the highest designation awarded by the International Coach Federation (ICF)
- 2010 – Certified Integrative Health Coach, Senior Instructor & Mentor, Dept. of Integrative Medicine, Duke Medical Center
- 2017 – National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC)


Clients
ANDREA HAS WORKED WITH INDIVIDUALS
FROM THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS:
- Bell South
- Duke University Medical Center
- EBSCO Publishing
- North Carolina State University
- League of Municipalities
- EPA
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Glaxo-Smith Kline
- Global Cash Access
- Aetna
- IBM
- Barclays
- Prudential Carolinas Realty
- Spherion
- Thorlo
- U.S. Navy
- University of California, Berkeley
- The Hershey Company
- PepsiCo
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Clients
ANDREA HAS WORKED WITH INDIVIDUALS
FROM THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS:
- Bell South
- Duke University Medical Center
- EBSCO Publishing
- North Carolina State University
- League of Municipalities
- EPA
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Glaxo-Smith Kline
- Global Cash Access
- Aetna
- IBM
- Barclays
- Prudential Carolinas Realty
- Spherion
- Thorlo
- U.S. Navy
- University of California, Berkeley
- The Hershey Company
- PepsiCo
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill