Coaching
Why coaching?
Coaching helps people to unlock their potential and thrive by making positive and sustainable changes. People seek out coaching for a variety of reasons:
- Feeling stuck
- Dealing with uncertainty
- Seeking clarity
- Increasing well-being
- Desiring change but not sure what
- Changing career
- Lacking confidence
- Facing new and difficult challenges
- Craving personal development
- Wanting to improve their performance
Whether your reason falls into one of these categories or not, coaching could be what you are looking for.
What is coaching?
Coaching is based in the field of positive psychology; it applies the insights from psychology to help maximise a person´s potential and well-being. The process centres around the outcomes/goals that you want to achieve. The process is a structured dynamic conversation between you and the coach, generating awareness, triggering insights, creating choices that lead to action and change.
And how do we work together?
Crucial to the success of coaching are the connection and engagement between the client and coach. Therefore, in the very first session we establish a unique partnership and an environment in which we can work effectively together, one that fosters open and honest communication, curiosity, exploration, creativity, responsibility, learning and commitment.
The diagram highlights key stages in the coaching process. Awareness acts as a catalyst for the whole process, leading to insights (aha! moments), which give rise to important choices. These choices lead to action(s) which in turn create change. Coaching isn´t a linear process: awareness and insights are constantly being generated and impacting on the choices you make, the actions you take and the changes you create.
At the heart of effective coaching is you, the coachee. You are the one making the discoveries, gaining the insights, generating choices and taking actions. I, as your coach, am your curious and challenging companion, supporting you to reach your desired change. I provide a secure, creative and dynamic environment and hold the space for you to freely and confidently explore ideas. Drawing on insights from positive and social psychology, and cognitive behavioural therapy, I will pose questions, make observations, present challenges and use techniques that trigger insights, clarity, action and change for you.
What isn´t coaching?
It is also useful to understand what coaching isn´t:
- Coaching is not therapy, consultancy, or mentoring.
- It does not focus on the past and what happened there.
- The coach will not give you advice or the answers.
– Murray, Campaign Leader, Global Witness, UK