Coaching
Methodology and creative process that provokes and inspires new thoughts and perspectives. Uses reflection and questioning to unlock your potential.
It emerged from the intersection of areas as diverse as philosophy, consultancy, management, cognitive behavioral therapy... And Yoga!
About coaching
Often mistaken, coaching is a method that provokes deep reflection in the coachee. Focuses on the present and the future. When dealing the present, the goal is to bring awareness to blockages and self-sabotage, reshaping ways of thinking. While discussing the future, encourages you to form strategies and action plans to manifest your new awareness and achieve the goals you set for yourself.
In MAMADEVI's practices and resources you will often find questions for self-reflection. May they inspire you and guide you towards the change you desire!
What is not coaching
Mentoring
Both mentoring and coaching are primarily concerned with present and future achievements. However, in a mentoring relationship, someone who is taken as more knowledgeable and experienced gives advice and provides a role model. A mentor is a sponsor.
Training / Teaching
Process of getting knowledge skills or abilities by study, experience or teaching. The trainer by definition is the expert, and the training course is likely to be targeted on specific skills for immediate results. Training is also likely to be one to many rather than one to one. The trainer / teacher knows something the client does not. The opposite is true in coaching. The client is the expert and the client has the answers, not the coach.
Consultancy
A consultant provides expertise and solves business problems, or develops a business as a whole. A consultant deals with the overall organisation or specific parts of it and not individuals within it. Consultants only indirectly affect individuals.
Therapy
Working with the patient who seeks relief from psychological or physical symptoms, emotional healing and relief from mental pain. Therapy deals with the patient’s mental health. Coaching deals with the client’s mental growth. The client’s motive for entering therapy or counselling is usually to get away from pain or discomfort, rather than moving towards desired goals. Coaching is not remedial, it is generative. Both therapy and counselling are more likely to involve understanding and working with past experience than coaching.
Counselling
Counselling is working with a client who feels uncomfortable, or dissatisfied with their life. They are seeking guidance and advice. A counsellor works remedially on a client’s problem.
References
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International Coaching Federation, https://internationalcoachingcommunity.com/what-is-coaching Accessed on 8th October, 2024.