What is the difference between coaching, and counselling?
One significant difference between coaching and counselling is that in coaching, we deal almost entirely with where you are now: the present and where you want to go in the future. Counselling involves discussion and exploration of past events and how they are influencing the present. Coaching is more likely to require you to complete assignments between meetings. Integral Coaching is based on the premise that building new capacity in the client is needed to sustain changes and keep getting results.
What is different about Integral Coaching, compared to other coaching schools?
There are a number of coaching schools and sources of training for coaches. Integral Coaching is a structured and very broad-based way of understanding human beings and their growth.
As a certified Integral Coach, I will approach understanding you and your topic from the inside (how you think, feel, make decisions); and the outside (what actions you take); how you relate to the people in your world and the larger systems and environment. As well our work together will be designed explicitly to develop and increase your awareness and capacity in ways that will support you to your goal. For more information, please see integralcoachingcanada.com
How is the coaching structured?
Free introductory session: You and I meet to clarify what you want to work on, and whether coaching is what will best serve you; we will also get a sense of each other and how we could work together.
Setting the program:
We will have one intake and assessment session followed by a subsequent session in which I will put forward a program together and, once agreed upon, sessions are generally two weeks apart. Between each one-hour session, you are working on specifically designed tasks or practices to develop your new competencies, usually taking 20-30 minutes each day. We can re-contract at any point as new circumstances emerge.
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Karen Kristjanson MSc. MA Certified Integral Coach™
White Rock. British Columbia
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