Coaching is CONFIDENTIAL
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What is Coaching

Have you ever had a conversation that inspired you Perhaps you were listened to empathetically, but were not given any advice. Maybe you were given the space to design your own solution about how to move forward, and you did that successfully. That, in essence, is a coaching conversation.

Coaching is a professional relationship (with signed agreement that includes confidentiality and privacy terms) that enables the client to move forward in his or her life with greater clarity, focus, momentum and success by finding and creating their own answers. All of the answers are inside of the client and a coach enables each client to find his or her own "right" answers. Only a client knows what is best for himself/herself or his/her own child/family. A coach does not tell a client what to do. It is a process that the coach brings to the table to create awareness, clarity, motivation and confidence within a client.

Coaching is not therapy, psychology, counseling or consulting. Coaching focuses on the present and the future of the client's life. A coach focuses on the "who" of a person so that the client can discover what they need to do versus the coach giving expert advice like a consultant might.

What is What

The difference between coaching and therapies 
Psychiatry
  • A branch of medicine that specialises in diagnosing and treating mental illness.
  • Often prescribe medications.
Coaching
  • Not a field of medicine
  • Coaches do not diagnose illness or medicate
  • A coach will see a ‘client’ not a ‘patient’ 
Counselling/therapy
  • Focus on mental health
  • Work with trauma cases
  • Explore past events in depth
  • Do not engage with the client on a personal level
  • Work with clinical illness 
Coaching 
  • Focus is on growth
  • Clients are mentally sound
  • Focuses on what clients want in the present and the future
  • Focuses on awareness, behaviour, and action plans
  • Works with clients as a team
Counselling/therapy
  • An experienced individual imparting their wisdom and expertise about a specific field
Coaching 
  • A coach focuses on the client’s ability to learn and find solutions
  • The coach may train the client on some skills with permission and consent
Consultant
  • Do it for the client
  • He acts as the subject matter expert
Coaching 
  • The client is the subject matter expert
  • Believes that the client has the answers, and stimulates his mind to make it clear for you 
Advisor
  • Tells a person what to do
  • Comes from another person’s viewpoint
Coaching 
  • A coach’s aim is to empower their client to see choices where they did not see them before. The client is then able to choose his or her own direction 

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A COACHING SESSION

  • You will set the topic for the session
  • A feeling of being ‘safe’ and in a non-judgmental space
  • The coaching process will allow you to learn more about yourself
  • Everything you talk about will be kept confidential (unless specified)
  • You will get results by fully engaging in the process and by completing the tasks in between sessions

WHAT I AM EXPECTING FROM YOU

  • You are able to examine your thoughts and behaviour for yourself 
  • You are capable and ready to make changes
  • You are not suffering from a serious psychological illness
  • You are willing to take responsibility for creating change