Tuesday, September 2, 2014

What is Coaching?

Luminous Transformations Coaching Method
Coaching is not therapy, counseling, mentoring, consulting or advising but is about communication, action and achievement.  Coaching is about posing powerful questions for you to consider with the hope that you will see new possibilities that can shift your perspectives and ultimately cause a shift is your personal reality. A coach will not tell you what to do but will enable you to find the answers that lie within.

An effective coach will use coaching tools and techniques that enable you to get in touch with what you really want, help you create measurable goals along with an achievable action plan, and then hold you accountable throughout the process to agreed-upon actions and timelines.

A coach is different from a therapist. Here are a few important differences between coaching and therapy:
  • Coaching is about achievement whereas therapy is about healing.
  • Coaching is about action whereas therapy is about understanding.
  • Coaching is about transformation whereas therapy is about change.
  • Coaching is about intuition whereas therapy is about feelings.
  • Coaching is about performance whereas therapy is about progress.
  • Coaching is about creating whereas therapy is about resolving.

A coach is different from a consultant. A consultant’s role is to provide their clients with answers based on their experience and knowledge in a given area whereas a coach will guide their clients to find the answers for themselves.

Similarly, a mentor’s role is to provide the mentee with knowledge and guidance to achieve a goal based on the mentor’s knowledge and experience with that particular goal. A coach will guide a coachee through the process of self-discovery to gain clarity on what they want, identify their challenges, and develop a plan to achieve their goals.

If you would like to make an important life change but aren’t clear on exactly what to change or how to go about making the change, a coach will empower you to overcome your obstacles so that you can take the steps needed that are for your greatest good within an achievable timeline. Call Deborah at Luminous Transformations to learn more and schedule your first session.


Deborah Perkins
Luminous Transformations
480-788-7140

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