Coaching is a powerful  thought provoking process of questioning and self-reflection, designed to bring about clarity, focus and self-awareness.  Discussing personal and professional issues that are concerning the client,  the process explores negative self-perceptions and challenges limiting beliefs to bring about positive and sustainable change.

Both are important helping professions. Counsellors look into resolving issues by working on the impact of psychological stress from past events.  Coaches focus on helping clients deal with what they are experiencing in the present and what they can do to  attain meaningful goals for the future. 

Coaching conversations can help you gain clarity on issues that you are facing, be it opportunities or challenges.  From  developing careers, managing work/life balance,  decision making, to improving  professional performance and personal relationships. Sessions can also be  used as a sounding board for new ideas or to explore purposes in life. 

Being coached is not a spectator sport. You need to be prepared to be an active participant in the setting of goals. This means being open to look  at new possibilities, accept  fresh perspectives and  assume  full accountability for the coaching outcome through the process of action and change. 

This really depends on your needs and the pace that you are comfortable with.   As a guideline, it can take  4-6 sessions to address a specific issue/challenge.  For  sustainable  growth and change, an on-going 6-12 month process would be required to work on different aspects of your life.  

Executive coaching can support shifts in beliefs and behaviours to help clients: align personal passion with professional purpose; increase performance and productivity; adjust to new roles and career transitions; expand skills;  improve work relationships; respond to conflict; deal with in-action and procrastination; manage stress and make informed decisions about their future. It can also be used as a sounding board to  explore thoughts and new ideas

• A coach is not a psychiatrist. The coach looks at current challenges and explores ways to bridge the gap between where  you are now and where you want to be. Clients who need to address deep psychological issues involving past trauma,  will be referred on to mental health professionals who are better equipped to help.

•  A coach does not do most of the talking, you do. Coaches do not teach, lecture or provide  answers. Coaching facilitates the process of personal transformation from the inside out. The coaching conversation opens up the mind-space to have that discussion that you may have been avoiding, never had a chance to, or simply couldn’t get past the negative voice of your inner critic. The coach’s role is to listen, question, challenge and guide you in the journey of change through greater self-awareness and actualisation. 

•  Coaches are not consultants. They do not claim to be experts in your business,  produce analytical reports, or provide solutions. The coaching process is designed to help broaden your lens on how you see yourself and  to discover your innate knowledge and resources to bring about positive change.