What Is Personal Coaching?
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What is personal coaching?
Who is concerned?
Personal coaching or psychotherapy?
How to find a personal coach?
Price of personal coaching
Personal coaching
Coaching is a form of support to achieve one or more objectives. Depending on the nature of these objectives, a distinction is made between professional coaching, sports coaching and personal coaching.
What is personal coaching?
Personal coaching focuses on an individual and his or her goals. It is about personal and/or professional development.
In contrast to professional coaching, the approach comes from the individual, who also assumes the financing.
Personal coaching is used in a wide variety of areas:
Well-being and health: following a diet, getting rid of an addiction, better managing stress and emotions…
Personal development: developing self-confidence, improving self-image, learning assertiveness, etc.
Professional development: orientation, reorientation, job search, reconversion, etc.
Personal coaching can thus be beneficial to all aspects of your private life. The key is to find the right coach with whom to establish a relationship of trust.
To do this, do not hesitate to compare, interview, ask for references, etc. But, of course, the success of your coaching depends on your choice of coach!
Be careful: do not choose your coach lightly, especially if you are in a bad situation and weak. Coaching is notorious for sectarian aberrations from unscrupulous individuals. This phenomenon remains rare, but it is advisable to stay vigilant.
Who is concerned?
Personal coaching is aimed at everyone, regardless of age, sex, skills, social origin, etc.
Indeed, it can help a student discover her professional path and a retired person to understand the transition to retirement with peace of mind.
Personal coaching or psychotherapy?
Personal coaching is not intended to be a substitute for therapy. Instead, private coaching is an individual accompaniment to help develop one’s potential; it does not aim to resolve the psychological difficulties that one may have.
On the contrary, psychotherapy is mainly aimed at helping the person to overcome or even treat their problems.
Personal coaching can be a continuation of therapy, but it is best to keep the two separate and not ask your coach to do what a psychotherapist would do.
How to find a personal coach?
Personal coaching proposals are pouring in on the internet. Unfortunately, it isn’t easy to find your way through the many offers. However, some points can help you find a serious and professional personal coach:
The coach must have completed a coaching course.
The coach must have and respect a code of ethics, clearly explained and attached to your contract.
Choosing a coach who is a member of the International Coaching Federation or the Fédération Francophone de Coachs Professionnels guarantees a serious, trained and experienced coach.
Good to know: the duration of the coaching should not exceed 6 months maximum, and more generally, will be spread over a few weeks. Indeed, it is not psychotherapy!
Price of personal coaching
The cost of a one-hour personal coaching session is approximately $150 to $300.
However, packages are generally offered at a sliding scale, so the more sessions you take, the more attractive the prices!
The final word
At times, it can be beneficial to be accompanied in your development process. A personal coach can assist you in taking a step back and restoring balance in your life.
Hope this post has helped you determine whether you or your friends require professional coaching; if so, please share your experience in the comments section below.
More articles about personal and professional growth and how to make your workplace more excited will be coming up soon! Please do not hesitate to suggest a topic that you are interested in.
