COMMON QUESTIONS

 

 

What is a Professional Life Coach?

A Professional Life Coach is a trusted mentor who can help you identify and uncover what keeps you from reaching your fullest potential. It is a one-on-one relationship that provides a supportive and non-judgmental space to help you create what you want for yourself. A Life Coach will help you strategize and acquire the tools you need to achieve your goals. The coaching process consists of steps to help you identify and reframe your thoughts and attitudes. It can also help you break negative habits, acquire new methods of identification, and take action to achieve your maximum potential!

 

What types of people have Life Coaches?

People from all walks of life work with professional Coaches to help attain their goals. Life Coaches examine and work in all areas of an individual's life including relationships, career, finance, health, spirituality and even leisure. Working with a personal Coach is not limited to any type of person, but is best for those who want to take initiative in their own life. Those who hire a Life Coach are committed to a more fulfilled life and are willing to do the work needed to get there.

 

How will Life Coaching help me?

The results will vary depending on what brings you to a Life Coach. Hiring a Life Coach to help you in your career/professional life can make your current job more gratifying, gain better focus on managing your work, and market your self more effectively. If your reasons are personal, a Life Coach can help you improve your relationships, resolve ongoing negative behaviors, improve your overall health, and grow spirituality. With Life Coaching, you can live a more balanced and enhanced life and make your dreams come true in an accelerated time frame!

 

What happens in a Life Coaching Session?

Each session is tailored to the client and will vary based on individual needs. In the beginning, we will examine where changes need to be made and discuss what you are committed to accomplishing through our work together. We will begin to create a plan to achieve your goals. Periodically, I will give you assignments to help direct your progress. We will work together to acknowledge obstacles, explore alternate perspectives and celebrate successes. With the conclusion of each session, we will revisit your goals and evaluate the next steps that are needed to achieve these results.

 

Do I really need a personal Coach, can't I just do it by myself?

Take a look at the most succesful people in the world, almost all will say they were mentored at some point in their lives. Personal coaching can take you above and beyond your own personal limitations. More often than not, people try to achieve their greatest potential, but don’t even realize what stands in their way. A personal coach can offer an unbiased and objective perspective, and can help you realize your patterns and habits. Most people experience that they are more efficient and accountable when working with a Professional Life Coach and that this provides the opportunity for them to better realize and obtain their potential. Through small but deliberative and consistent steps, Life Coaching will make your dreams attainable and will give you support and encouragement along the way.

 

How is Coaching different from Therapy?

While Life Coaching can be therapeutic, it is not therapy, as you would receive by a licensed psychologist. Coaching is distinct from traditional therapy because it is not designed to address psychological issues. While emotional issues may arise, and your overal emotional state will be addressed, the primary focus of life coaching is to help you identify your goals, achieve them, and develop constructive habits, thinking patterns and skills. These new thought processes may in fact help you to deal with and let go of past experiences and/or addictions but that decision is completely yours and cannot be guaranted. There is little emphasis placed on the past with coaching, but instead the focus is on creating what you want now and in the future.

 

What is your cancellation policy?

I require a 24 hour notice to cancel all sessions. Please be sure to contact me if you will not be able to make your scheduled appointment in order to avoid being charged for the session. How long do people generally work with a Life Coach? To experience the effectiveness of a life coaching program, I suggest clients make an initial three-month commitment. At the end of the three months, we will evaluate progress and discuss options for continued coaching.

 

Is personal life coaching confidential?

What we discuss will be held in confidence and not shared with others, as our discussions are not privileged for legal purposes. The privilege of confidentiality that exists for the clergy, therapists and attorneys is not granted to coaching professionals. That said, life coaching is a confidential process, and your personal information will always be protected.

 

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