Psychological coaching is really nothing

different than what most coaches already do.

Coaching is unlocking a persons potential to maximize

their own performance. Its helping them to learn rather
than teaching them.
Timothy Gallwey
 Dont let the word
psychological fool you.
Coaching is not therapy.
 COACHING VS THERAPY

Coaches work on creating the Therapists work to heal the past

future
Coaching tends to focus on goal
setting and looking to the future
Coaching helps functional people
become exceptional
Coaching works with more of an
educational model
Therapy tends to focus on issues
and feelings
Therapy typically works to help
dysfunctional people become
more functional
Therapy works on more of a
medical model.

Though therapists and coaches are different, they both work with a clients
psyche. Some people need a therapist while others need a coach. Selecting the
right one for your needs is the difference between right and wrong choice.
Usually coaching contains some or all of
these features:
one-to-one - involving a coach (teacher, trainer, mentor, coach) and learner (student,
trainee, sometimes called the 'coachee')
on-going and regular - coaching is commonly a continuing arrangement
personalised - by the coach for the individual learner
enabling - rather than prescriptive or imposed
adapted and adaptable - to the changing needs of the learner
planned - the coach normally works to a plan or structure
model-based - coaching tends to be based on a structured 'proven' tested concept or
methodology
focused on aims - coaching normally works towards achieving agreed measurable outcomes
or targets
measured and recorded - by the coach, and/or the learner
time-based - coaching sessions, schedules, and outcomes normally are time-bound
 Coaching is a big industry. The size and growth of the
coaching industry encourages new types of coaching and
terminology to arise, much of which is very vague in
meaning and requires clarification when encountered.
Examples of more recent coaching terminology and types
include:
- confidence coaching
- life purpose coaching
- life change coaching
- parent coaching
Coaching types
Life coaching = typically weekly sessions of about 30-60 minutes focus is on self-fulfilment and
life decisions, which generally features career and/or own business development aims -
strongly facilitative, not imposed or prescriptive.
Personal coaching = very broad and vague term - can be same as life/career coaching, or refer
to personal coaching within an organization by a coach or manager or mentor - the meaning
needs clarifying where you encounter it
career coaching =similar to or the same as life coaching with emphasis on career development
executive coaching= often a service to the executive's employer and paid for by the
organization - coaches are self-employed or work for larger providers, for example part of
consultancy or training - strong emphasis on leadership, strategy, relationships, politics -
executive coaches usually have considerable experience necessary for trust of their clients -
fees are usually much higher than in life coaching
business coaching =business coaching can be a type of life coaching, or it could refer to the
coaching of business skills within an organization - it's a very vague term and certainly requires
clarification if the precise meaning is important to you
fitness coaching= fitness coaching focuses on physical fitness, but may encompass wider
wellbeing issues such as diet, exercise, lifestyle, sprituality, etc.