About Coaching
Coaching supports you in the following areas:
Coaching is about moving you towards more authentic and joyful living.
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"Instead of focusing on what is "wrong" with you, coaching focuses on what is "right" with you." "We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us." ~ Joseph Campbell |
Coaching vs. Therapy
Psychotherapy generally deals with people who have emotional/behavioral problems and disruptive situations — and seeks to bring the client to normal function by focusing on dysfunction. The primary focus is on healing.
Coaching on the other hand deals with functional people who want to move toward higher function — and achieve excellence while creating an extraordinary life. The primary focus is on evolving a manifestation of potential. And, healing is often a side effect.
Additionally, the expectations and focus the client brings to the professional relationship sets the context as coaching or as therapy.
source www.thecoaches.com
Coaching on the other hand deals with functional people who want to move toward higher function — and achieve excellence while creating an extraordinary life. The primary focus is on evolving a manifestation of potential. And, healing is often a side effect.
Additionally, the expectations and focus the client brings to the professional relationship sets the context as coaching or as therapy.
source www.thecoaches.com
Coaching Definition
This definition is from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Website:
The ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential, which is particularly important in today’s uncertain and complex environment. Coaches honor the client as the expert in his or her life and work and believe every client is creative, resourceful and whole. Standing on this foundation, the coach's responsibility is to:
The ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential, which is particularly important in today’s uncertain and complex environment. Coaches honor the client as the expert in his or her life and work and believe every client is creative, resourceful and whole. Standing on this foundation, the coach's responsibility is to:
- Discover, clarify, and align with what the client wants to achieve
- Encourage client self-discovery
- Elicit client-generated solutions and strategies
- Hold the client responsible and accountable