Coaches help people from all walks of life and each relationship is unique. In every case, the outcome is that each client is more focused on their objectives and achieves these faster than if they worked alone. As a coach, you assist your clients to gain a fulfilling, successful and stress-free life. Coaches are totally committed to each client but maintain an impartiality which allows them to clearly see the way forward and to encourage and monitor progress by stages. Therapy and counselling generally deal with a single or specific problem by looking to the past.
Life coaching takes a more holistic approach.
It deals with a whole life situation starting from the present. The coach helps each client to identify what they want in life and suggests strategies and tactics that will take the client from 'where they are now' to 'where they want to be'. This process assists the client's personal growth. They are no longer alone but have an ally who will work with them to establish better goals, sustain momentum, overcome setbacks and to steer towards success. Coaches gain enormous satisfaction from their role and, as a by-product, expand their own development.