Frequently Asked Questions

What are some typical reasons someone might work with a relationship coach? An individual, couple or team might work with a relationship coach for many reasons, including, but not limited to:

• Their relationships are out of balance creating unwanted consequences
• Something in their relationships is urgent, compelling, or exciting is at stake (a goal, opportunity, or challenge)
• A gap exists in relationship knowledge, skills, confidence and/or resources
• There is a lack of clarity with relationship choices that need to be made
• Strengths need to be identified along with how best to leverage them

How long does a coach typically work with an individual, couple, or team?

• The length of the coaching partnership varies depending on the individual, couple, or team’s needs and preferences. For certain types of relationship coaching, two to four months of working together may be enough. Some people may find it beneficial to work with a relationship coach for a longer period. Factors that may impact the length of time needed include the types of goals they want to accomplish, the way an individual, couple, or team prefers to work, the frequency of the coaching meetings, and the financial resources available to support the coaching.

How can relationship coaching assist the LGBT community?

Frequently Ask Questions• Provides a safe environment to the client allowing the LGBT individual/couple the opportunity to be completely open, honest, and communicative
• Encourages the client’s intention to be proactive in setting and achieving relationship goals
• Supplies pertinent resources specific to the LGBT individual/couple

Within the partnership what does the relationship coach do?

• Listens closely to fully understand the individual, couple, or team’s relationship circumstances
• Provides objective awareness and observations that foster the individual, couple, or team’s self-awareness and the awareness of others
• Acts as a sounding board in exploring successful possibilities and implementing thoughtful planning and decision making
• Fosters shifts in thinking that reveal fresh perspectives
• Challenges blind spots to illuminate new possibilities and support the creating of alternative scenarios
• Champions and encourages success by building on strengths and reaching relationship goals
• Maintains professional boundaries in the coaching relationship, including confidentiality and adheres to the coaching profession’s code of ethics.

Within the partnership what does the relationship client do?

• To be successful, relationship coaching asks certain things, all of which begin with the client’s intention and determination
• They will explore one’s self, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors, ask the tough questions, look at the hard truths, and examine one’s successes
• Observe non-judgmentally the communications and behaviors of others
• Challenge existing attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that do not serve yourself or anyone else, and develop new ones that serve one’s goals in a more productive way
• Show compassion for one’s self while learning new behaviors and experiencing setbacks, and show compassion for others as they do the same
• Commit to not take one’s self so seriously, using humor to lighten and brighten any situation
• Leverage personal strengths and seek to overcome limitations to develop a winning style
• Take decisive actions, however uncomfortable and in spite of insecurities, to reach for your goals
• And then have the courage to reach for even more success while engaging in self-examination without fear

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