With his bestselling Therapist As Life Coach, Pat Williams introduced
the therapeutic community to the career of life coach, and in Becoming
a Professional Life Coach he and Diane Menendez covered all the basic
principles and strategies for effective coaching. Now Williams, founder
of the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT), and Menendez, former
faculty at ILCT--both master certified coaches--bring back the book that
has taught thousands of coaches over the past eight years with all-new
information on coaching competencies, ethics, somatic coaching, wellness
coaching, and how positive psychology and neuroscience are informing the
profession today.
Moving seamlessly from coaching fundamentals--listening skills,
effective language, session preparation--to more advanced ideas such as
helping clients to identify life purpose, recognize and combat
obstacles, align values and actions, maintain a positive mind-set, and
live with integrity, this new edition is one-stop-shopping for beginner
and advanced coaches alike. Beginning with a brief history of the
foundations of coaching and its future trajectory, Becoming a
Professional Life Coach takes readers step-by-step through the coaching
process, covering all the crucial ideas and techniques for being a
successful life coach, including:
- Listening to, versus listening for, versus listening with
- Establishing a client's focus
- Giving honest feedback and observation
- Formulating first coaching conversations
- Asking powerful, eliciting questions
- Understanding human developmental issues
- Reframing a client's perspective
- Enacting change with clients
- Helping clients to identify and fulfill core values, and much, much
more.
All the major skillsets for empowering and "stretching" clients are
covered. By filling the pages with client exercises, worksheets, sample
dialogues, and self-assessments, Williams and Menendez give readers a
hands-on coaching manual to expertly guide their clients to purposeful,
transformative lives.
Today, with more and more therapists incorporating coaching into their
practices, and the number of master certified coaches, many with niche
expertise, growing every year, Becoming a Professional Life Coach
fills a greater need than ever. By tackling the nuts and bolts of
coaching, Williams and Menendez equip readers with the tools and
techniques they need to make a difference in their clients' lives.
