|  Content is less important than process. A
coach is an expert in coaching and works with process and structure.
Coaching means having someone to encourage and believe
in you, help you to see things from new perspectives and offer you an
opportunity to tap into the wealth of knowledge and experience that your coach
brings to the relationship.
Clients do tend to share some pretty personal stuff,
even if they hadn't planned on it. Please feel safe and secure in the knowledge
that whatever you mention will be 100% confidential and dealt with sensitively
and honourably.
We have a professional relationship that's very
personal, but not a personal friendship. A coach is 100% for your success and
goals, perhaps even more so that your friends and family on occasion, but in
that professional role as a coach.
As time goes on, you will begin to ask yourself the
same kinds of questions that your coach does. In this way, the process of
coaching helps you to become independent of your coach but take the coaching
relationship with you as you embark on your new life.
Some coaches will work on a 'retainer' after the intitial contract so that you
can make contact on an 'as needed' basis.
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