Spotting A Qualified Life Coach

The problem with people nowadays is that they do not have a goal in life. This is true not just for the younger generation, but is also true for the older ones. Fortunately, there are now people whose job is to help people determine their goals in life and aid them in achieving those goals.

These people are called life coaches. But with a lot of people calling themselves life coaches, how do you spot a qualified life coach who could truly and effectively help you?

What is a Life Coach?

The first step in spotting a qualified life coach is knowing what a life coach really is. The job description of a life coach is someone who aims to help people determine their goals as well as achieve them. A life coach practices life coaching which uses techniques developed in executive coaching.

A life coach uses several different methods and techniques to aid people. These techniques were developed from leadership training as well as from management consulting.

Common Misconceptions About Life Coaching

People have several misconceptions about life coaching. There are those who think that life coaching is synonymous to therapy or consultation. But life coaching is neither of those things. It is not targeted to treat anyone with mental or psychological illnesses. It is all about coaching (as its name implies). As coaches, they train and guide people about being goal oriented.

But these misconceptions though can credited to the different inspirations of life coaching. The practice of life coaching, as well as its principles, is rooted to different disciplines. These include the disciplines of psychology, sociology, career counseling, positive adult development, and mentoring.

Qualified Life Coach

Now that you have an idea of what a life coach is and what it is not, you already have the basics of spotting what a qualified life coach is. He or she is someone who aims to help people with their goals and he or she is not a therapist nor somebody who treats a person with mental and psychological illnesses. But these are just the basics and will not suffice in determining whether a person is truly a qualified life coach.

Life coaching has no official regulatory standards and no governed training or education thus anybody can call themselves life coaches. The lack of these standards would also mean that no certificate can prove that they truly are qualified life coaches. This also means that no life coach training will give a person any standardized certification. So what do you do?

There are two ways to go about this. First is by word of mouth and the other is training experience. Word of mouth means that a lot of people are saying good things about that certain life coach and they are eager to recommend his or her services to other people. They will also be the persons who can tell you about the effectiveness of that life coach.

Another determinant of a qualified life coach is training experience. This is different from an "unstable life coach certificate." You should remember that life coaching uses methods like values assessment, mentoring, behavior modeling, behavior modification, goal setting and other techniques.

Since these are the tools of his or her trade, a life coach should have training in at least one of these fields.

Last but not the least a qualified life coach is someone who you can easily communicate with. Even if a life coach possesses everything stated above but if you do not "click" with each other, then that certain person is "not" qualified for you. This though is speaking from a subjective point of view.

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