Frequently asked questions

1) What is coaching?

Coaching is a form of a supportive relationship in which the coach will help the client/coachee to move forwards to produce better results. It is based on the study of human potential and possibility, the focus is on the client, helping them to bring out their best and maximize their potential.

2) What is the role of a coach?

The role of the coach is to support development in such a way that it enables the client to learn. The roles of the coach are many, including but not limited to:

• Providing clarity of focus and direction by helping to identify and move towards goals.
• Help client identify new choices or identify new ways of thinking.
• Providing accountability, support , encouragement and motivation.
• Being a sounding board for new ideas and assisting the client in learning new skills.

3) What is the role of the coachee/client?

The role of the client is to be motivated and committed to the process. Results of the coaching process are largely determined by two factors with regards to the client: the preparedness to be honest about where they are and their willingness to make changes.

4) What are some of the differences between coaching and therapy?

The nature of coaching and therapy are quite different.

Coaching is the study of human potential and possibility to allow more of peoples’ true potential to be released. It deals with a healthy client desiring a better situation and takes the past as context to enable a better future to be created. It helps the client learn new skills and tools that will enable them to move towards their goals.

Therapy traditionally has dealt mostly with a person’s trauma, for someone who is seeking healing to help them resolve old pain, and the relationship was that of doctor/patient. The therapist would provide a diagnosis and then offer professional expertise to aid healing.

Both coaching and therapy deal with the issue that it is often peoples’ limiting beliefs, based on conditioning of the past, that hold them back from achieving their goals. In part, it is the process of releasing old ideas and beliefs and replacing them with new ones that are positive and supportive that can make coaching and therapy so powerful.

If you are unsure if coaching is right for you please contact us for a complimentary initial consultation so that we can better understand your needs and goals and help you take the appropriate action to meet them.