Therapist As Life Coach: Transforming Your Practice
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ISBN: 039370341X / Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, April 2002
The recent popularity of personal coaching has received much media attention. Here, two experienced coaches provide helping professionals with a comprehensive guide to the field of life coaching. Case vignettes, exercises, and practical advice will aid therapists who wish to expand their practices into this exciting new field.
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Life coaching (or personal coaching) is the second biggest consulting industry after management consulting. Therapists are the professionals best positioned to move into this rapidly growing field: they are experts at listening, encouraging, and facilitating change.Coaching allows therapists to use their current training with a wide population of clients, specifically those who are not "suffering mental illness" but rather seeking to maximize their life potential. Becoming a coach usually requires only a little additional fine-tuning, specific skill building, and marketing know-how. This book is one-stop shopping for the therapist wishing to explore the coaching field.
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