The Role of a Life Coach

 

What Life Coaches DO:

 

• Life Coaches help clients assess their current life situations and primarily focus on helping the client move forward in their specific areas and issues of concern. 

• Sometimes, Life Coaches use the client's past as part of the framework of establishing how best to move forward. Life Coaches use the client’s story as a catalyst to help guide the client onward and forward from where they currently are to where they would like to be. 

• Life Coaches can offer help to individuals who are functioning well in many aspects of their lives, but who feel “stuck” or uncertain in other areas.

• Life Coaches can offer guidance in the forms of motivation and support to help the client address issues they are facing. 

• Life Coaches are first and foremost empathetic listeners. This skill brings clarity, perspective, and insight into areas of the client's life that have become challenging or overwhelming. The support of a Life Coach can help the client make clearer decisions as they gain traction and move forward into their future.

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What Life Coaches DO NOT do:

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• Life Coaches do not delve into a client’s past to find the detailed psychological origin of the client’s issues using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, etc. 

• Life Coaches cannot give a professional, medical, or psychological diagnosis, nor are they able to prescribe medications or give professional advice on medications, dosages, side effects, etc. Those types of issues would need to be addressed by a licensed psychological or medical practitioner. 

• Life Coaches do not function as professionals in situations of in-patient hospitalizations, crisis interventions, or psychological testing. 

• Life Coaches are not state certified or state regulated and therefore, cannot accept insurance. Services are private pay only.