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Accredited Diploma in Life Coaching Course
The 21 Life Coaching Course Modules
- What does coaching involve?
- How did life coaching start?
- Why be a life coach?
- Growth of stress
- How coaching compares with therapy
- Coaches don’t provide answers
- The different types of coaching
- Telephone coaching
- Email coaching
- Understand yourself
- How to get started
- Using a telephone and answerphone
- A life coach’s equipment
- Transport
- A place to work
- Face to face coaching – where to practice?
- Useful reading
- What skills do you need?
- How to assess your strengths and weaknesses
- Getting prepared
- Typical client concerns
- Concerns at different ages
- Barriers to change
- Understanding a client’s problem
- Methods of tackling clients’ concerns
- What is NLP?
- History of Neurolinguistic Programming
- Definitions of NLP
- Presuppositions of Neurolinguistic Programming
- Ethics of NLP
- Four principles of Neurolinguistic Programming
- Rapport, developing it
- Goals: POSERS or SMART
- Filters: VAK(OG)
- Metaprograms
- Modelling/ Milton System
- TOTE
- Time Lines
- Frames
- Changing the client’s perceptions and values
- Step out of your comfort zone
- Self belief. Changing the client’s self image
- Negative thoughts
- Fatalism
- Fear of failure
- Self deception
- Preconceptions, Procrastination
- Strategies for change
- Visualisations
- Persistence
- Getting the client to take action
- Gap analysis
- SMART goals
- Format for setting goals and identifying achievements
- The client’s problem at work
- Getting it down on paper
- Questions to ask about work
- Understanding the client’s goal
- The clients attitude towards their present job
- Standing up to the boss
- Becoming independent
- Improving the relationship with the boss
- Time management
- Finding success away from work
- Money troubles
- Questions coaches can ask about money
- Money troubles among couples
- Discussing money matters
- Overspending
- Setting a budget
- Setting an allowance
- If the money won’t stretch
- Making a contribution to others
- Steps the client should take
- The extent of the problem
- The coach’s attitude towards drugs
- Food addicts
- Smoking – Smoking and the coach
- Drinking
- Gambling
- Tranquillisers
- Amphetamines
- Cannabis
- Dealing with the addict
- Clients who aren’t in a long term relationship
- Clients who are in a long term relationship
- Attitudes towards the relationship
- Problems in the relationship
- Adultery
- Loss of libido (sex drive)
- Infertility
- Sexual difficulty
- Homosexuality
- Age 0-3
- Toy choices
- Dealing with fears
- Discipline
- Age 4-8
- Choice of friends
- Sibling rivalry
- Learning disabilities
- Communication
- TV time and Homework
- Teaching appropriate values
- Age 9-13
- Puberty and Sex education
- Money
- Bullying
- Building confidence
- House rules
- Age 14-18
- Alcohol and drugs
- Dating
- Stress – getting the right level of stress
- Identifying stress
- Conquering stress
- Tension headaches
- Getting in control
- Physical changes
- Other ways the client can conquer stress
- Depression – Symptoms of stress
- Refuges
- Dealing with the depressed client
- Actions a client can take
- Self image
- Endogenous depression
- Anti depressants
- Getting more sleep
- How will you position yourself
- Sources of work
- Your website
- Making your website work
- Your e-book
- Networking
- Leaflet drop
- Seminars
- Using PR to get business
- Gaining referrals
- Advertising
- How to respond to an enquiry
- The cautious prospect
- Identify the client’s area of concern
- Listen for buying signals
- Move towards a sale
- Talk about payment
- Finishing the call
- Next steps for the unsure prospect
- Next steps for your new client
- Keeping track of your prospects
- The ‘Welcome’ letter to the client
- Brochure
- Checklist
- ‘Life Satisfaction Check’ Form
- ‘My commitment to you’ Form
- ‘What I need from you’ Form
- Questionnaire
- Your own systems and paperwork
- A quick re-cap
- How coaching works
- The first call
- The first face to face meeting
- What coaching isn’t
- Helping the client reach a conclusion
- A note about medical conditions
- When coaching fails
- Listening skills
- Don’t use jargon
- The presenting problem
- Challenging the client
- Emotional or sexual involvement
- The right attributes for a client
- How much should you charge?
- Putting up your charges
- Discounts
- Payment
- Terminating the sessions
- Competition
- The coaching business
- Keeping clients and the bank manager happy
- Client files
- Handling clients you don’t like
- The ‘form of business’
- Your business name
- Keeping the books
- Your accountant
- Paying tax
- Liasing with other professionals
- Using Transactional Analysis
- Getting into a company
- Watching for signs of stress
- Helping people become more successful at work
- The client’s body language
- Your body language
- Eight ways to make the right impression
- Four ways to use body language
- What is spirituality?
- Different types of spirituality
- A framework for spiritual life coaching
- First, discuss the client’s belief system with them
- Knowing which approach to take with a client
- Introducing spirituality into a client’s life
- Spiritual techniques to choose from
- Leisure activities that help in attaining spirituality
- Understanding the effect of different cultures on the client’s spiritual life
- How spiritual communities affect the client’s behaviour
- Becoming a small business coach
- Typical coaching failings
- Helping your client secure a loan
- Your client’s cost control
- Improving your client’s marketing
- Your client’s relationship with their customers
- How your client can keep abreast of new developments
- Helping your client lead and delegate authority
- How can your client improve operations
- Recruitment
- Motivating the team
- Innovate or perish – generating creativity
- Helping your client pick a suitable business structure
- Helping your client build a strong partnership
- Statistics and facts to consider on retirement
- Eight areas where retirees need coaching
- Life purpose
- Personal relationships
- Parenting and grand-parenting
- Money issues
- Staying healthy
- Leisure activities
- Time management
- Other areas to consider
- What is Platinum Coaching?
- Why it’s relevant to you, the coach.
- How it works for your clients.
- Feature of a platinum coaching programme.
- What kinds of coaching can you offer.
- How to attract clients to a platinum coaching programme.
- Positioning your platinum programme
- Examples of platinum coaching programmes.
- Pricing. Duration. Numbers of clients.
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