logo links to home page

Denslow















 

Clients are saying...

Individuals | Organizers & Coaches | Businesses & Non-Profits | Presentations & Seminars

Individuals

"Denslow Brown has a deep understanding of the ways we create disorder in our lives and a brilliant talent for helping us get ourselves out of the mess."
Berenice Fisher, Ph.D.,
professor, NYU

"Denslow Brown and her unique approach to organizing helped this neophyte entrepreneur get into her business and take it more seriously. Filing a la Brown means having what you need under you fingertips, knowing how to get control of the paper in your life and tackling the daily life of business in a more enjoyable frame of mind. Can only one session change your life? Well, it did for me."
Paula Webster,
writer and publicist

"Denslow Brown combines an understanding of the problems faced by 'disorganized' or 'clutter-ridden' people with a gentle, practical approach to creating change. Her techniques, intuition and willingness to push her clients toward change make the process quick and painless."
Michele Whitney, writer

"Your simple solutions to what I had viewed as complicated problems helped me realize that my aiming for PERFECTION was blocking me from finding a functional daily relationship with the paper I kept. You freed me to throw away lots of paper I thought I liked but didn't need - and felt better without! Your delicate brand of therapy worked to change my attitude toward paper."
Kay Leuba,
homemaker

"I met Denslow many years ago at an ADDA conference and felt instantly as if I'd known her forever. I can't say enough good things about her. Although she came to OFI for ADD Coach training, her coaching technique is uniquely her own. She has served as the Director of the OFI Coaching Lab for years, and is instrumental in mentoring OFI Associates to find their own unique coaching "voices." She enrolls and supervises the Lab Team without so much as a question, and feedback from the Associates about the entire team is uniformly positive.

Denslow's company is fascinating, on the phone and in person, and working with her is such FUN. I use Denslow as *my* ADD coach as often as she will let me. She has an intuitive sense of just how far to go and never lets me slide or overwhelms me. Her listening could serve as a model for the skill. She is absolutely brilliant at pulling a solution FROM me rather than suggesting it TO me, never hesitates to suggest a solution when I hit a brick wall, and has never led me to think I "should" have figured it out myself. She's relentlessly positive, yet has never made me feel "defective" or patronized when I've been in a slump. I can be any way I AM with her and leave feeling ready for action.

BY THE WAY, Denslow did not ask me to do this -- I had to discover this page on my own and INSIST on the inclusion of my comments with the others. My life would not be the same if Denslow were not in it. Work with her a time or two and you will say the very same thing."
Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, CTP, A.C.T., MCC
founder and CEO of The Optimal Functioning Institute

"In just a few hours, Denslow helped me clear away a year's clutter. Left alone, I would have agonized for days and ended up keeping half the junk. The gain in productivity I see - not to mention the improvement in the way I feel - was well worth the price. In the past I've spent more on other treatments that had far less benefit. I feel in control of my space and things. I feel so calm."
Margaret Castrey,
freelance writer & editor

"Eight months ago I made the commitment to clean up my whole life. It's been an amazing process - so much comes up: feelings, decisions, complications, and apathy. I've worked hard and grown incredibly. I could never have done it alone - two organizing sessions and on-going coaching made it all possible. It feels so good to have this order and my home and office look terrific. I can't believe the changes I have made!"
Catherine Seo,
President & Founder,
Synergistic Solutions: Strategic Technology, People and Process Management

"My computer files are organized a zillion times better than they would have been if we hadn't worked together."
Constance Blake, Ph.D.,
economist

"I remember every method Denslow showed me for organizing my papers. Great for personal improvement - tactful, considerate, helpful and non-judgmental."
Eve Sayles,
artist and art Instructor

"She cares that I am frustrated - always 'gets' what the problem is, and has numerous creative solutions. My fears, plaints, secret hopes for rescue, and hoardings do not impress her. She has heard it all before. Her calm, low-key manner is a pleasure, but I have learned that she can be tough in her insistence that I can do it. Now I believe her."
Linda Marks,
Anthropologist and Director,
The Crystal Quilt

"You took the time to understand my files in a way that I thought only I could understand and brought them up to date when they were hopelessly behind - made it possible for me to not fall behind again, one day at a time."
Larry Gould,
train and travel researcher

"I have used Denslow's services personally and found her most helpful. She got me over a writer's block in a book revision (now published). Most importantly, I have referred others to Denslow and all have found her extraordinarily helpful. Plenty of common sense, great personality, and WOW! Can she organize!"
Myrna Butler, Ph.D.,
psychotherapist and author

"You're terrific. You made big difference in my life both personally and professionally. You moved me from the Stone Age into the 21st Century. Your feminist, sensitive, thoughtful, political, respectful approach to your work empowers your client."
Linda Bronfman,
activist and philanthropist

"You have been my organizer, paper therapist, friend and support through a very hard time in my life. My parents died two years ago and their papers and mine are now in order."
Antonia Martin,
President,
Foundation for African-American Women

"Denslow immediately made me feel there was a solution to my organization problem. Her gentle, loving approach has helped me to be more gentle and loving with myself in this area which is really the key to making progress. Her energy is catching. I can tell she really likes organizing and I think I could even like it, too."
Mary Powers,
journalist for Reuters

"People compliment me on my organization. My closet is an example of excellence."
Lynn Lazin-Wolinsky,
mother of toddler

"I no longer save everything until death do us part!"
Kate McHale,
RN and professor

"Since the time that you've been here the changes we've been able to make are nothing short of a miracle - tapes, closets, kitchen, office, desk work, communication."
anonymous non-ADDer with ADD partner

"Your sessions with Charles are incredible. They have not only helped him, but have helped us. Thanks."
Katherine Gray

"You've been so helpful facilitating a transformation. THANK YOU! Katherine and I are both so glad you are working with us."
Charles Gray,
world-class artist www.cgray.com

"I'm in my office for the second time today (after avoiding it as you know) and I feel much braver and happier in it. Thank you so, so much. The help you gave me feels like a very new start."
Harriet Crofts,
faculty member,
Missouri State University .

top

Organizers & Coaches

"I've always felt confident over the years referring callers to you because all reports I'd had of your work were so good."
Stephanie Winston,
best-selling author of
Getting Organized, The Organizing Principle,
The Organized Executive

"Yet another thank you for all the encouragement and suggestions you've given as I develop my practice! Your forms have been invaluable! . I feel completely organized and together, as far as my client folders go. You've made the bookkeeping and record keeping supremely easy, and easy to understand.You've given me courage, the encouragement to stand professionally when questioned, and work even harder on developing my strengths."
Kris Paige
Dragonfly Coaching,
ADDragonFlyCoaching.com

"I feel like I've really gotten a lot from our coaching sessions. Many, many thanks."
novice organizer and NAPO member

"Thanks so much for making the time to meet with me last week. I've already acted on several of your ideas and feel energized and confident about the results."
Newly Relocated, Established Organizer

"Your coaching support is making a huge difference in my life and practice."
A New Coach

"Thanks very much for your help with the workshop. It went very well. Your suggestions made a big difference."
Dotti Clune,
communications consultant and new organizer

top

Businesses and Non-Profits

"I feel so fortunate to know and work with you. You have helped me understand my brain, been incredibly patient and held the vision of a clutter-free existence when I see only piles of junk. Thank you for the 'gems' of wisdom you convey about managing ADD and putting systems to work - and the whole package is wrapped in laughter. I am energized by our sessions."
Anonymous,
high-level, non-profit executive

"Denslow is a good listener who seeks to fully understand 'your' organizational issues and then responds with directness and clarity. Amazing!"
Keith Russell,
New York Theological Seminary

"Denslow is truly professional about her business. Above all she makes you feel very easy about any organizational problems - and is very helpful in easing the fear and quilt of having put important things off."
Karen Schreiber,
Advertising Sales Manager,
National Sports Magazine

"You brought my paperwork off the back office floor and made it possible to use my files."
Christine Hardijenko,
Owner of Ibiza, fashion boutique, NYC

"The entire staff was enthusiastic. We communicate better, understand our work better, and are more productive. It took an outsider to show us the way."
Engineering Firm,
KC, Missouri

"You have been a tremendous important influence for good in my life. Thank you for everything!!!"
Hannah Hoch,
saloon owner,
Lincoln Nebraska

"A dangerous time for many small businesses and organizations is when they first hit success. The growth that we experienced showed us where all our weaknesses were and nearly wiped out our staff in trying to respond. Your service was of the greatest value in helping us rise to the challenge. The new forms you designed to streamline our information flow have worked very well. Responding to the hundreds of requests that we receive each month takes only a small percentage of the time it used to. Communications have continued to improve since you pointed the way. We thought up many improvements ourselves after you showed us where the gaps were. Our once-disastrous files are now all in order and accessible to all."
Marie Steinwachs,
Director,
Household Hazardous Waste Project,
University of Missouri

"Thank you! Thank you! Just what we needed. You are a life saver!"
Retail Business, NYC

"The Center is expanding. We're up (from one) to 11 staff now. You developed a generic filing system that held up!"
Joan Gundersen,
Executive Director,
Resource Center for Accessible Living,
Kingston, NY

top

Presentations and Seminars

"Everyone was fascinated, as you could tell, and many people told me that you inspired them to get organized. Again, our thanks."
American Society for Journalists and Authors Awards Dinner

"You have a true gift for capturing information and communicating it. Let us know when your next class is."
coaching student

"My attitude toward 'present' paper and the paper of my past has changed. It will work for me from now on - I will not be a slave to it. Great course!"
seminar participant

"Exercises helped turn vague problems into more concrete action. The one on resources really helped me look realistically at a problem and come up with an organized approach, taking into account the emotional stumbling blocks."
seminar participant

"I heard nothing but positive comments about your talk [at the conference]. One person said, 'I could have listened to her for another hour' - quite a compliment coming from those who are travel weary."
American Art Librarians Annual Conference

"Very useful to learn how to make a system work for ME and MY idiosyncrasies."
Seminar Participant

"Definitely worthwhile. I loved the fantasy exercise. [It helped me make an] enormous shift toward great order: giving myself order, letting go of chaos."
seminar participant

"Thanks again for the Forms Class. Your wisdom and Guidance have given me the tools to be a better coach."
Dana Rayburn,
ADD Coach

" You were very, very insightful about the layers and aspects of paper mania. The teaching was well thought out and did not rely on shared politics to make the sessions work. Yet it was intriguing to me to see feminism's ideas so creatively applied and so relevant."
seminar participant

"Denslow was open, warm, and receptive to all. Presentation was organized and clear. Best money I spent this year."
seminar participant

"You have a true gift for capturing information and communicating it." Let us know when your next class begins."
Optimal Functioning Institute coaching student

top

 

Last Update: April 27, 2008

about Denslow | Coaching | Mentor Coaching | Organizing | Presentations | Coach Approach Training | Organizer Coach Certification | Publications | Q&A | ADD Coaching | Client Testimonials | Contact | Home

©2000-2008 Denslow Brown. All Rights Reserved.
website design by Synergistic Solutions

privacy policy