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Find the answers to the questions most often asked by those interested in life coaching or pursuing an education in coaching.
What is life coaching?
The International Coaching Federation defines life coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. In a beneficial coaching relationship, the client is honored as the expert of their life and work and it is believed that every client is creative, resourceful, and whole. The role of a life coach is to provide support to enhance the resources, skills, and creativity that the client already has within.
What is the International Coaching Federation (ICF)?
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is a non-profit organization with over 40,000 members, known as a coach training hub for individuals and organizations. Because of its long-standing presence and advocacy for coaching as a notable profession, ICF grows significantly each year and continues to expand as a global staple in the coaching community. The credentials provided by ICF are respected by coaches everywhere. Since 1995, coaches have been training and partnering with this global organization to educate themselves and grow their practices.
What is an Accredited Coach Training Program (ACTP)?
An ACTP is an Accredited Coach Training Program which is a thorough, comprehensive coach training experience that adheres to the International Coach Federation’s standards and requirements for certifying coaches. Coach Training EDU offers three ACTPs; each program includes three courses. To complete the ACTP, all three courses are required.
Programs:
Executive Coach Training
Academic Coach Training
Wellness Coach Training
Courses:
1.0 Specified
2.0 Training
3.0 Group Mentoring
Do I need a certification to become a life coach?
Receiving a life coach credential (ACC, PCC, or MCC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) verifies your credibility as a life coach by confirming that you're aware of the theoretical and practical components of professional coaching. Certification also serves as an effective marketing tool while establishing your coaching practice or advancing your career within an organization.
Globally Certified Life Coaches
16,898 Associate Certified Coaches (ACC)
11,946 Professional Certified Coaches (PCC)
1,235 Master Certified Coaches (MCC)
= 41,537 ICF-certified coaches in 147 countries
For more reasons to become a certified coach, view the 2020 ICF Fact Sheet.
Can I make a living as a coach?
Coaches who commit to continuing their education, growing their clientele, and actively advancing their careers believe life coaching is a promising and profitable career. Life coaching is a multi-billion dollar industry. In 2020, coaches in the United States averaged an annual income of $62,500*. More than 70% of CTEDU graduates earn coaching-related income.
Coaching Q&A
You’ll find literally hundreds of questions here to help you better understand various coaching concepts, explore ideas and suggestions, find inspiration and a wealth of knowledge to supplement your coach training arsenal, or to help you grow your coaching business for years to come. Get all your coaching questions answered in the following videos.
What if clients require some consulting? How do you blend coaching into the session?
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How do you separate your personal identity/value from the things outside yourself such as your job or a project?
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How Do You Manage A Talkative Client?
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What would you say is the most important part of a coaching session?
How Do You Get Comfortable Charging For Your Coaching Services?
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What should someone look for when selecting a coach?
What are the powerful questions?
How do you make sure that giving a nudge isn't trying to solve their problem?
What Do You Do With An Over Confident Coach?
How do you address clients that don't follow through across multiple sessions?
What is the difference between therapy and coaching?
How Can I Set Myself Apart As A Coach?
What can you tell us about the new National Health Board Certification?
What has coaching taught me about people in general?
How do I utilize Hope Theory in my own coaching practice?
What pitfalls surprised you in starting your coaching practice?
What are some tips for cultivating a healthy mindset?
How would you help a new coach dealing with feelings of imposter syndrome?
How do you handle clients who are being hard on themselves?
What are your thoughts about a client setting resolutions in a coaching session?
What are the benefits of coaching to build successful leaders?
What are some tips to achieving flow?
Can academic coaching help my students deal with the difficult social aspects?
What's your favorite part of Positive Psychology?
What's the Positive Psychology concept you find yourself using most in your life?
What advice would you give to coaches who will go through the advanced program?
What do you hope coaches get out of this updated version of the course?
How did you grow your coaching business from start to a steady stream of clients?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of having a coaching business?
What is the opposite voice to the inner critic?
Can you offer some strategies to stop rumination?
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How do you deal with clients having difficulty within the coaching process?
How do you manage clients lacking self awareness?
What does ‘breaking the bias’ mean in coaching?
What’s the difference for you in coaching men versus women?
How does coaching differ from counseling or therapy?
How do you go deep with someone who is resistant or not used to looking deep within?
I’m 16 and want to become a coach Are there any age restrictions?
The single greatest point of failure or mistake that new coaches make in business?
What does it mean to live more authentically and how do I know what it means to me?
What is one coaching perspective one could apply to their lives this week?
What do you think causes this feeling of being stuck, and how do we overcome that?
What tips do you have for maintaining relationships through controversial times?
What are things I can do to make my next coaching session more impactful?
What does a “coaching movement” mean to you?
What about the levels of listening can I implement immediately?
Any words of wisdom for holding space with all that is going on in the world?
How do you manage when a client says something disagreeable or morally incongruent with your beliefs in a coaching session?
What tips do you have for networking with other coaches?
What is the difference between solitude and loneliness?
What are some of the benefits of coaching?
How would you describe coaching's impact on a person's ability to be self aware?
What do you feel is important for clients in building resilience?
How do you manage distractions or disruptions during a coaching session?
What advice do you have for new coaches dealing with discomfort?
What advice you would give when starting to build a coaching business?
How can we change our morning inner narrative to set us up for a successful day?
What are some factors that impact coaching salaries?
I hear coaches use the word agency a lot. What exactly is agency?
Recommendations for coaches wanting to better understand Agency and Hope Theory?
Why would someone become an executive coach?
What are the benefits of hiring an executive coach?
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Should clients see life coaching as a long-term investment?
What is the differentiator between holding good coaching space, listening & therapy?
How do you think coaching can support wellness?
What are Coaching Pods (the CTEDU Coaching Pod Program)?
What is the CTEDU Practice Client List?
As a student coach how can I get feedback before submitting my coaching overviews?
Tips for developing a mission & vision to attract the clients I want to work with?
I’m a pessimist. How can I change my outlook?
What are some coach Zoom etiquette tips to keep in mind?
What are some tips for finding your first executive coaching clients?
How can new coaches best deal with rejection when seeking new clients?
What recommendations do you have for life-long learners in the coaching industry?
What are some ways the fear of success masks itself?
Can you tell us about the CTEDU Practice Client Directory?
Do coaches need some type of professional liability insurance?
My life is far from perfect. Can I still become a life coach?
Can life coaching help me become a better parent?
Should coaches pay more attention to their client’s learning styles?
How does a coach lead a client through the future-self coaching tool?
How does one begin to develop a healthy money mindset?
How is Academic Life Coaching being brought into the University setting and describe the difference between advising and coaching?
In the University setting, can you marry advising and coaching and if so, how do you make that work?
What is a writing coach and what do writing coaches do?
What is relationship coaching and what do relationship coaches do?
My coaching style has been described as “prickly”. The Goggle definition does not bode well. Can you tell me what that means?
What are some recommended self-care practices for busy people?
What are some of the most creative coaching niches you’ve heard of?
What advice do you have for coaches when they feel overwhelmed?
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What was your biggest coaching fail, and how did that impact you as a coach?
What should someone look for when selecting a coach?
How do you describe life coaching?
What would you share with new coaches afraid to sell the value of coaching?
What is the International Coaching Federation?
What themes have been coming up around coaching this week?
What is the value of getting certified as a life coach?
Is it possible to make a living as a coach?
How do you choose a coaching niche?
Why is niche selection important?
What are some of your favorite coaching books?
What is your favorite coaching tool?
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