What coaching isn't
Life Coaching is not Structured Training (e.g. classroom learning)
Structured training relates to a fixed agenda of learning, and a prepared approach to making that learning happen. For example, if you were being trained in a classroom to use a computer, the trainer would often use a structured approach to making sure you learnt a certain amount of information, within a certain time frame.
Life Coaching does not replace therapy, psychoanalysis or psychotherapy
Whilst coaching is not therapy, and should not be viewed as therapy, it does provide a viable alternative to people who may have previously considered some form of counselling to resolve a situation. For example, coaching promotes a greater self-awareness, and fuller appreciation of our own situations and circumstances. Sometimes, change can be promoted by a simple shift in perspectives. Barriers of self-belief such as ‘I can't’ or ‘I don't’ can be challenged in order to encourage fresh approaches and ideas.
Life Coaching is not a way to get someone else solving your problems for you
Life Coaching is based on the principle that an individual is ultimately responsible for their lives and the results they're getting. If we acknowledge that we are responsible for something, it follows that we have power and influence over it. For example, if you're not getting the results at work that you want, a life coach might encourage you to:
- Understand that situation more clearly
- Develop new ideas or approaches for such situations
- Take constructive action that gets you the results you want
What a life coach will not do is instruct you to go and do something specific, or go and do it for you. If they did, the life coach would be taking responsibility and power away from you.
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