The corporate world has estimated that the ROI (return on investment) of 1:1 professional coaching is up to 700%. — Matt Symonds Forbes.com
Coaching helps physicians align their values, intentions, and actions to achieve their career goals. By choosing to work with a coach, you are affirming that:
- You are worth investing in.
- Your dreams and goals are valid and important.
- You don’t have to figure it all out alone — you have a guide to help you reach your intentions.
What Coaching Can Do
- Help you focus on bringing out your best qualities, personally and professionally.
- Create space to reassess your career path and find deeper professional fulfillment.
- Enable you to recognize and address signs of burnout or rebuild confidence when returning to work.
- Provide direction to overcome challenges that have left you feeling stalled — and help you move forward with clarity and purpose.
Coaching offers women physicians the opportunity to reconnect with their values, discover new and more effective ways to reach their goals, increase their impact, and find greater fulfillment and professional satisfaction.
1:1 Coaching Directory
AMWA offers individual professional coaching. Take advantage of this invaluable member benefit to facilitate professional growth, improve work/life satisfaction, and gain strategies to address personal challenges. Learn More
Group Coaching
Groups bring physicians together around shared experiences and challenges. AMWA has supported coaching groups on physician fertility, parenting, and more. If you’re interested in partnering with AMWA to establish a new group or program, please contact [email protected].
For Coaches
AMWA welcomes physician coaches who want to lead a group, suggest a program, offer 1:1 coaching, or join the Coaching Working Group.
Considering Coaching? Review these FAQs
- What can coaching help with?
Coaching can support you in virtually any area where you want to grow, navigate challenges, or build new skills. Whether it’s advancing your career, improving leadership skills, managing work-life integration, or strengthening relationships, coaching offers a safe, supportive space to reflect, gain clarity, and take meaningful action. - What if I am not in a leadership role?
Every physician is a leader — regardless of title. Whether you’re caring for patients, collaborating with colleagues, or managing projects, coaching helps you sharpen your skills, expand your impact, and move forward with greater confidence and effectiveness. - How is coaching different from therapy?
Coaching is a forward-looking, strength-based partnership that helps you clarify goals, explore options, and take action. Unlike therapy, coaching does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions. That said, coaching and therapy can complement each other well, and many physicians find that working with both allows them to address different aspects of personal and professional growth. - Will one coaching session be enough?
From the very first session, you may start to notice new insights and shifts. But meaningful, sustained growth builds over time. Like developing clinical skills or physical fitness, the benefits of coaching deepen as you apply new perspectives, build habits, and continue the work across multiple sessions. - How much does coaching cost?
Rates vary depending on the coach and the type of engagement. The best way to learn more is to reach out and ask