The Basic Premises of Coaching
- You have strengths;
- Identify your strengths with the help of your coach;
- Harness your strengths to attain your selected goals.
Coaching takes place over time. It can last several weeks, a
few months, or it can be an ongoing process, depending on your
goals and how much help you feel you need. With coaching, you
are always in the driver’s seat. Dr. Hurd, the coach, is
in the passenger seat – not telling you where to go, but
making objective suggestions about the best way to get where you
want to go, and how to sustain your newly found momentum.
Coaching is convenient and practical. Though sessions can be
in person, most often they are on your own time, by telephone
or e-mail. No traffic, no parking, no need for directions. Face-to-face
communication is not necessary to help you change your life. In
fact, clients who work with coaches by phone or email often face
fewer inhibitions and distractions, which make coach-client discussions
more concise, honest and direct. The convenience of phone and
email communication in today’s busy, high-stress age cannot
be overstated.
The power of life coaching with Dr. Hurd lies in the fact that,
by scheduling sessions, you “answer” to your own goals.
On the surface, of course, you answer to the coach, but in reality
you are answering to yourself. You know that you have committed
to a scheduled session, and that Dr. Hurd supports your goals;
asking you relevant questions to keep you moving ahead. In the
process, a sense of hope is created. This is the core of what
traditional psychotherapy has, for so long, sought to attain;
but usually failed to achieve, because of unnecessary emphasis
on the past, on psychopathology and weakness.
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Coaching Index
- What Can a Life Coach Do for You?
- The Basic Premises of Coaching
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- What Is the Difference Between
Psychotherapy and Life Coaching?
- Meet Your Coach: Dr. Michael
Hurd
- Coaching---In a Nutshell
- Set
up an appointment for life-coaching with Dr. Hurd
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