What is a professional life coach?
A professional life coach can help you realize and maximize your potential. Together, you develop a personal and close relationship that provides a supportive and non-judgmental space to help you strategize and achieve your goals.
Coaching involves steps to help you identify and reframe your thoughts and attitudes. It also helps break negative habits, acquire new identification methods, and take action to achieve maximum potential.
For what purpose do people hire a life coach?
Professional life coaches are hired by people of all ages to assist them in a variety of facets of their lives; including relationships, career, finance, health, and more. Life coaches work best for those who want to take initiative in their own lives, and for those who want to develop clarity in setting & achieving goals to achieve an intended result. People who seek out a life coach are committed to cultivating a lifestyle of greater fulfillment, meaning, and purpose; and are willing to prioritize their time to do the necessary work to fulfill their goals..
How will life coaching help?
The results from your coaching sessions will vary depending on the goals you set in the beginning. Getting a life coach to help you professionally can help you make your current job &/or relationships more gratifying & harmonious, focus better on managing your work tasks each day, deal more effectively with problems that arise, and market yourself more effectively.
When you need support with your personal life, a life coach can help you enhance your relationships, let go of unhealthy behaviors, improve overall mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health, growth, and maturity. With life coaching, you can live a more focused, meaningful, & balanced life and realize your dreams can truly become your reality.
What happens in a life coaching session?
Life coaching sessions are designed to meet every client’s needs. It begins with determining what you want to accomplish and formulating a plan to achieve your goals, completing practical assignments to move toward your goals, and identifying appropriate gauges to track your progress.
We will work together to acknowledge obstacles, explore alternate perspectives, and celebrate successes. After each session, we will revisit your goals and evaluate the next steps needed to achieve your desired results.
Do I really need a personal coach? Can I just do it by myself?
Life coaching can take you above and beyond your limitations. People sometimes don’t even realize what stands in their way when trying to reach their greatest potential. A personal coach can offer an unbiased and objective perspective and help you to gently recognize your patterns and habits and provide the tools & education necessary to improve & refine your character for maximum success.
Also, as most people experience, they are more efficient when working with a professional life coach, as the process allows them to better realize their potential. Life coaching can make your dreams attainable while giving you the necessary support and encouragement along the way.
How is coaching different from therapy?
While the life coaching or pastoral counseling we provide can be therapeutic, it is not therapy. Coaching is distinct from traditional therapy because it is not designed to diagnose psychological issues & conditions. Emotional issues may arise during sessions, but the primary focus of life coaching is to help identify goals, achieve them, and transform and/or develop constructive habits and skills. Little emphasis is placed on the past as we help clients focus on developing what they want now and in the future.
What is your cancellation policy?
We require a 24-hour notice for the cancellation of all sessions. Please contact us when you cannot attend your scheduled appointment to avoid being charged for the session.
How long do people generally work with a life coach?
To gauge the effectiveness of a life coaching program, we recommend clients make an initial three-month commitment. At the end of the said duration, we will evaluate progress in meeting stated objectives and discuss options for setting new objectives and continuing coaching towards client's goals.
Is personal life coaching confidential?
What we discuss during sessions will be held in confidence and not shared with others. However, our discussions are not privileged for legal purposes. The privilege of confidentiality for clergy, therapists, and attorneys is not granted to coaching professionals. That said, life coaching is a confidential endeavor, and your personal information will always be protected.
Do you take insurance?
GGP International does not accept insurance; we are a private pay provider. We are a non-profit 508c1a are subsidized by donations from foundations, trusts, corporations, and private individual contributors.
Will you be able to testify in court?
Rest assured that our client sessions remain confidential, but if subpoenaed, we can be required to submit relevant information. However, our stated policy of GGP International is that we will not testify on any client’s behalf. GGP coaches hold this position so as to facilitate a safe forum for healing & recovery for our clients.