How is coaching different to counselling or therapy?

• Counselling and therapy are essentially about resolving an experience from the past that is preventing a person living their lives to the full. Or perhaps therapy is required to stop addictive or compulsive behaviour.
• Coaching is about the future.
• The coach accepts the client’s current situation and then works with the client to create the future life that the client would really like.

Where can coaching help?

• Coaching can help with a huge range of issues. From making a radical change in you career, preparing for redundancy or retirement through to improving your relationships with family or colleagues.
• You can be coached on how to handle a difficult meeting or to boost your confidence in any situation.
• Coaching will identify why certain situations keep reoccurring in your life and give you the tools to make the changes you want to break the cycle.

What coaching IS NOT

• It is NOT therapy or counselling, which are appropriate when trying to resolve deep trauma or abuse that happened in the past and are causing problems in the present.
• Drink problems or serious eating disorders are not appropriate subjects for coaching.
• Coaching is forward looking and works on the basis that you are where you are today, however you got there, and that you can chose your own future that does not have to be limited by your past.

How quickly will I get results?

• Coaching is not an instant remedy.
• However because coaching is clearly focused on personal performance, results can often be seen very quickly.
• Identifying the Key Performance Indicators for an individual or a business can in itself start to bring improvements by just by bringing the owners focus to them.
• Progress is monitored regularly to confirm how the changes are impacting on the performance.

How long does coaching take?

• Most clients sign up for a 6 month program of coaching, but if a client has a single issue to be resolved then a shorter period can be agreed.
• When the initial 6 months are completed, many clients after seeing the impact on their life may choose to carry on indefinitely, regarding the coach as a member of their life.
• The coaching agreement can be cancelled by either party at any time by giving 30 days notice.

What can you expect from me during our coaching relationship?

• Confidentiality
• Availability
• Consistent communications, feedback and reviews
• Dedication to help you succeed

How much is all this going to cost?

You are busy, so I give you flexibility. We work at the times that suit you, we work on the phone, face to face, via e-mail, in the way that suits you best. We talk it through, we agree to ways, time and place. We communicate regularly. All I ask is your commitment to it. Remember, you owe it to yourself to make it happen when you said you would.

To simplify the options open to you, the following packages have been prepared:

To find out more or to request more information, please complete the enquiry form.