, MCC, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Master Certified Coach, is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and seminar leader. She is the founder and Creative Director of the Academy for Coaching Excellence. For more than 20 years, Dr. Nemeth has trained professional coaches, ministers, clinicians, executives, teachers, and private individuals using the coaching methods and skills that she has designed. Her courses and workshops have been taken by thousands of people who report significant, even miraculous, changes in their lives as a result of her teachings.
Maria is the author of The Energy of Money; A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfillment, published by Ballantine-Wellspring in 1999, which is available in five languages. Her nine-hour audio-cassette series The Energy of Money, won the 1999 Audie Award for best Personal Development Series.
A former Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology, California State University Dominguez Hills and an Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Calif. State Univ. Davis School of Medicine, she has thirty years experience in design and delivery of training programs for public, private, and non-profit centers (alcoholism, substance abuse, rape, suicide, employee assistance, and crisis counseling). She also has twenty years experience in coaching and counseling individuals and groups in state and federal agencies, and profit and non-profit corporate settings, as well as coaching and counseling individuals on a private, fee-for-service, basis. After eighteen years of developing and leading coach training programs Maria founded the Academy for Coaching Excellence.
In addition to her overseeing the Academy, Dr. Nemeth presents at conferences and organizations worldwide. Her work emphasizes clear communication and empowers people to take authentic action to produce extraordinary outcomes.
