Diane P, this is a great subject and one I can relate to. I completed a one year Wellness Coaching program last year and throughout the course we had to learn methodologies to bring a client into a framework of preassessment, assessment, monitoring and evaluation. We were presented with many coaching templates to use with each client. Life coaching when done by a formally trained coach will reflect knowledge in many aspects of coaching techniques. In my case, to be effective we were told the coach had to allow the client to take responsibility to any desired changes. While my training focused on health and wellness, the coaching techinques should be comparable. Many people develop their own coaching skills, we see that in many sports, but when dealing with human emotions and psychological aspects of personality, behavior, etc, formal methodology training is more effective as it allows the coach to discern and choose the best coaching strategy. Hope this helps.
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Diane P, this is a great subject and one I can relate to. I completed a one year Wellness Coaching program last year and throughout the course we had to learn methodologies to bring a client into a framework of preassessment, assessment, monitoring and evaluation. We were presented with many coaching templates to use with each client. Life coaching when done by a formally trained coach will reflect knowledge in many aspects of coaching techniques. In my case, to be effective we were told the coach had to allow the client to take responsibility to any desired changes. While my training focused on health and wellness, the coaching techinques should be comparable. Many people develop their own coaching skills, we see that in many sports, but when dealing with human emotions and psychological aspects of personality, behavior, etc, formal methodology training is more effective as it allows the coach to discern and choose the best coaching strategy. Hope this helps.
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