WHAT IS COACHING?
Glad You Asked! Hint: It's Not Consulting and It's Not Therapy
Coaching is about helping people connect to their own internal wisdom as a source of TRANSFORMATIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE CHANGE.
Consultants provide their clients with specific solutions and expertise to help them solve problems. Therapists work to heal emotional wounds by gaining a better understanding of how the past has influenced who the client is today. As a coach, I don't primarily seek to heal emotional wounds although emotional healing can occur. I don't focus on solving my client's problems for them although I do offer advice in my specific areas of expertise. Coaching with me primarily begins where you are right here, right now in the present with a strong inclination to moving towards the future, where you want to be.
Coaching is about BIG PICTURE AGENDAS and focuses on the whole person (intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual.) Consulting is often limited to a specific, action oriented problem needing solutions. Sure, as your coach, I'll help you get into action around goals. AND, I will always have an eye turned towards deepening your self awareness so you can take sustainable action that will transform your life.
Unlike the hierarchical relationship often found in consulting and therapy, the relationship in coaching is a partnership. The Client's Agenda is the focus of service. As your coach, I will be transparent with you. I will explain my approaches. I will even name and own where I may have gone of course or been less than present, so we can get back on track. And, I will expect the same from you.
If you now understand that what you are looking for is actually a therapist or consultant, I'm happy to have pointed you in the right direction and wish you all good things.
Consultants provide their clients with specific solutions and expertise to help them solve problems. Therapists work to heal emotional wounds by gaining a better understanding of how the past has influenced who the client is today. As a coach, I don't primarily seek to heal emotional wounds although emotional healing can occur. I don't focus on solving my client's problems for them although I do offer advice in my specific areas of expertise. Coaching with me primarily begins where you are right here, right now in the present with a strong inclination to moving towards the future, where you want to be.
Coaching is about BIG PICTURE AGENDAS and focuses on the whole person (intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual.) Consulting is often limited to a specific, action oriented problem needing solutions. Sure, as your coach, I'll help you get into action around goals. AND, I will always have an eye turned towards deepening your self awareness so you can take sustainable action that will transform your life.
Unlike the hierarchical relationship often found in consulting and therapy, the relationship in coaching is a partnership. The Client's Agenda is the focus of service. As your coach, I will be transparent with you. I will explain my approaches. I will even name and own where I may have gone of course or been less than present, so we can get back on track. And, I will expect the same from you.
If you now understand that what you are looking for is actually a therapist or consultant, I'm happy to have pointed you in the right direction and wish you all good things.
If you've become even more interested in a coaching relationship and wonder if it might be right for you, get in touch with me to find out more.