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It’s important to distinguish coaching from other supportive roles.
Consulting involves providing expert advice and solutions based on the Coach’s experience. Coaching, by contrast, supports the client in discovering their own solutions.
Counseling or Therapy addresses psychological healing and past traumas. Coaching focuses on where a client is now, supporting goal attainment and future progress.
Mentorship involves guidance from someone with experience in a particular field. Coaching assumes the client is the expert and does not involve directive advice.
Training transfers knowledge or skills from the trainer to the trainee. Coaching seeks to uncover and align with the client’s inner wisdom and motivation.
Clients are typically dealing with
- Roadblocks around work or life issues, goals, or aspirations
- Challenges seeing things from a different perspective or changing habits
- Seeking inner direction or purpose stemming from where they are in life or work
As a member of the International Coaching Federation, GET abides by their code of ethics, which includes but is not limited to:
- Maintaining strict confidentiality unless otherwise required by law
- Avoiding conflicts of interest and disclosing any that arise
- Accurately representing coaching credentials and scope
- Ensuring the client’s autonomy and right to choose their goals and methods
- Coaching clients only within the coach’s level of competence and referring out when appropriate
Credentials
The Emotional Awareness Wheel is one sample of a tool I use because, often, the hardest part of emotional well-being is simply getting to the root of how we feel. When we name an emotion with clarity, we tend to relax, regroup, and respond with intention.
The wheel was created by Pastor Geoffrey Roberts while working as a coach. To give it a try, start with a base emotion at the center and move outward to pinpoint a more specific feeling.
Thank you to Pastor Roberts, who graciously permitted me to share his wheel here as a resource. It gives me great joy to share his legacy of care and insight.
