What is a Christian Life Coach
A discussion on what makes up a Christian Life Coach
Contents at a Glance
Overview
Christian life coaching is a practice with the stated aim of helping clients determine and achieve personal goals. Christian life coaches use multiple methods, often based on Christian doctrine and / or taken directly from the teachings of Jesus Christ, in order to help clients with the process of setting and reaching goals. Christian life coaching is not targeted at psychological illness, and coaches are not therapists nor consultants.
Coaching vs Therapy
Experts in the field of life coaching say that even though coaching and therapy have similarities, they are not the same thing.
Coaching and therapy both focus on helping clients discover their own solutions. Some types of therapy are more similar to life coaching than others. Some therapies are problem-focused, like treatment of a phobia or addiction. Most coaches are solution-focused. On example of a solution focused coach is James Bird, Christian life coach , at His Way Of Change.
However, coaching is unlike therapy because it does not focus on examining nor diagnosing the past. Instead coaching focuses on effecting change in a client's current and future behavior by working with values and beliefs.
Coaches often tend to specialize in one or more of several areas: career coaching, transition coaching, life or personal coaching, health and wellness coaching, parenting coaching, and executive coaching, among a great many others. But all of these areas are covered by Christian life coaches
Coaching and therapy both focus on helping clients discover their own solutions. Some types of therapy are more similar to life coaching than others. Some therapies are problem-focused, like treatment of a phobia or addiction. Most coaches are solution-focused. On example of a solution focused coach is James Bird, Christian life coach , at His Way Of Change.
However, coaching is unlike therapy because it does not focus on examining nor diagnosing the past. Instead coaching focuses on effecting change in a client's current and future behavior by working with values and beliefs.
Coaches often tend to specialize in one or more of several areas: career coaching, transition coaching, life or personal coaching, health and wellness coaching, parenting coaching, and executive coaching, among a great many others. But all of these areas are covered by Christian life coaches
Christian Coaching Links
- Christian Life Coaching
- Christian Life Coaching that teaches Christ's tools for inspirational Christian living. Allowing followers to move past the procrastination and live abundantly now.
- Ask a Christian Coach
- Ask a Christian coach a question and get a free answer.
- Christian Coaching on Squidoo
- An overview of what a Christian Coach and Christian Life Coaching is. Benefits and stories of change are also included.
Governing Bodies
The International Coach Federation is the largest worldwide not-for-profit professional association of coaches. They regulate the coaching industry, and have developed a system of credentialing coaches that includes a specified number of hours of coach-specific training, number of hours of coaching experience, and proof of ability to coach at or above defined standards. It always good to have a coach who is affiliated with the ICF
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