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What is
Life Coaching
- What
to expect from the course
- What
is coaching
- What
are lifeskills
- What
elements of therapy are contained within life coaching
What do
clients usually want from Life Coaching?
- Typical
presenting clients
- Typical
presented problems
- Typical
presented goals
- Dealing
with personal prejudices and opinions
Surface
life coaching versus holistic life coaching?
- Behavioural
therapy approach and rapid intervention
- Holistic
theory and cycles of change
- Clients
with deeper issues wanting only surface change
- Ethics
of eliciting deeper change
Common
misconceptions and errors
- Errors
made by practitioners
- Mistaken
beliefs about coaching
- Examining
the role of the life coach
Areas
and levels of change
- The
different levels of life (looking at different models)
- Expectations
from areas of life
- Imbalances
in levels of life
- Dissonance
between surface needs and driving needs
Counselling
Skills
- What
is counselling
- National
Occupational Standards for Counselling
Counselling
Skills continued
- Open
questioning
- Basic
methods (reflection, reframing, summary, challenge)
- Common
errors
- Balancing
listening and assessment
- Common
models of counselling (Egan, Nelson etc.)
Basic
Coaching Skills
- Determining
validity of goals
- Determining
ecology of goals
- Three
stages of goal setting
- Working
through the process
- Case
study
Advanced
Coaching Skills
- Specialised
Coaching techniques
Coaching
the client in relaxation techniques
- Teaching
basic relaxation methods, introduction
- Is
it meditation or self hypnosis?
- Models
of visualisation
- Models
of personal affirmations
- Safety
Precautions with teaching aids e.g. tapes
Coaching
the client in altered states
- Is
it self hypnosis or NLP?
- Eliciting
different states of relaxation, concentration, elation
- Choosing
emotional states and ensuring ecology
- Anchoring
emotional and physical states at will
- Performing
exercises with the client
- Ensuring
the client can continue to adapt and expand
- Training
aids: Log book, handouts, tapes etc.
- Recommended
books and topics to read
Coaching
the client in Behavioural change
- Safety,
fears, ecology and good practice
- Image
manipulation
- Advanced
use of anchoring
- Affirmations
in relaxed state
- Affirmations
in waking state)
Coaching
the Client in advanced behavioural changes
- Using
principles of CBT
- CBT
principles with the client
- CBT
as homework
- Self
analysis using CBT
CBT
continued (Part II: Toxic thoughts)
Basic
Psychoanalysis theory and useful techniques
- Analysis
in coaching
- Topic
association method
Referral
and working with other practitioners
- Knowing
when the case is too complex
- Referral
to other practitioners
- Protecting
yourself
- Professional
clients “the heart sick”
- Cooperating
with other practitioners
- Cooperating
with Medical Doctors
Emotional
issues and case studies
- Confidence
- Self
Esteem
- Self
Image
- Behavioural
versus holistic
- Case
study
Deeper
emotional issues and case studies
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Phobias
and Fears
- Ensuring
appropriate advertising, referral and practice
- Case
study
Weight
Loss and Control
- Lifestyle
issues
- Assisting
the client in choosing a diet plan
- Assisting
the client in choosing an exercise plan
- Boundaries
of the life coach in weight loss advice
- Ensuring
appropriate advertising and practice
- Case
study
Stop
Smoking Coaching
- Lifestyle
issues
- Positive
versus negative methods
- Visualisation
methods
- Motivational
counselling methods
- Self
help techniques
- Learning
aids e.g. tapes and handouts
- Case
study
Performance
Coaching
- Common
types of performance coaching
- Sports
performance coaching
- Business
performance coaching
- Public
speaking coaching
- Boundaries
of the life coach in performance coaching
- Case
study
Faith
and Spiritual issues
- Common
types
- What
is spiritual and what is faith?
- Grief
and bereavement
- Abuse
- Religious
imposition
- Fear
of the future
- Supporting
without converting
- Working
within existing faith models
- Case
study
Anger
and Stress Management Coaching
- Safety
concerns, confidentiality and referral
- Addressing
lifestyle issues
- Relaxation
therapy
- Nutrition
issues
- Relationship
issues
- Underlying
causes
- Behavioural
change
- Working
with other professionals
- Case
study
Working
with couples or groups
- Typical
presented issues
- Initial
meeting and planning response
- Facilitating
discussions
- Homework
and agreements
- When
to refer and working alongside other professionals
Non-Specific
Issues
- Common
presentations
- Feeling
lost
- Not
happy despite having everything
- The
survivor with no time to live
- The
person in imbalance
- Tracking
the feelings and memories
- Using
advanced anchoring for changing remembered emotions
- Combining
anchoring with inner child methods
- Working
with service users (clients) of state agencies
- Case
study
Professional
Practice and Responsibilities
- Preparing
for practice, what you need
- Principles
of informed consent and contracts / agreement
- Providing
information in appropriate formats for the learner
- Dissemination
of information from sources of authority
- Creating
your own learning materials
- Advertising
- Registration
and Insurance
- NOS
National Occupational Standards
- Confidentiality
and ethics
- What
you may or may not call yourself
- Importance
of Ongoing Professional Development and supervision
- Other
topics of training to support your career
- Looking
after yourself and your loved ones
For a
more detailed syllabus on this course, click here
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