Life-Coaching

Life-Coaching provides professional one-to-one support if you wish to make positive changes in your life or move forward. It involves helping you to improve the quality of your life, whether this includes your work, personal-life, relationships, life-style, sense of purpose, spirituality, life/work balance or any other aspects of your life. Consultations take place in person or by email or phone, so you can proceed at your own pace and in your own time, to fit around other commitments. Life-Coaching Methods Your Life-Coach acts as a 'friendly supporter', guiding you towards your goals, breaking them down into steps and helping you with any blocks you come across along the way. As a qualified Counsellor, additionally trained in life-coaching methods, Alison is in an ideal position to recognise the kind of approach to best suit your needs. She is trained in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), personality types, Image-work, Reality Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy. She draws on a wide range of exercises and methods to suit each individual. These include problem-solving and insight-generating tools, pen and paper exercises to encourage exploration and reflection, visualisations, cognitive exercises to discover repeating patterns and many more personal-growth coaching techniques. How Life-Coaching is different to Counselling Life-Coaching often examines practical problems such as managing finances, balancing life-style, developing assertiveness or planning for a new career. Counselling on the other hand, often concentrates on emotional problems and recurring issues. This is not to say that Life-Coaching would ignore any patterns which were holding you back, but coaching spends more time searching for solutions in the here and now, rather than exploring deep emotional problems from the past. Life-Coaching can be helpful for people who: Want to make some positive changes Are feeling stuck in a rut Feel they are on a tread-mill Have lost direction in life Feel held back by low self-esteem Feel their life is out of balance Want a life-review to get back on track What we do in Life-Coaching Whether you choose telephone, email or face-to-face sessions, we will explore your situation and assess the aspects of your life you wish to improve. We will then put together an agreed action-plan  based on a realistic vision of how you would like your life to be. Then we will clarify stages in your plan and explore the factors which might hinder you (such as limiting self-beliefs) and those which could enhance your progress (such as positive habits). There will also be work-sheets to help you to reflect on the kind of person you are, the skills you might have over-looked, the choices you have and so on. Appointments Fee: £45 for one hour For a 'face to face' appointment, please call 02380 436 456 or email: alison@awaines.fsnet.co.uk Email or Phone Coaching  For people who cannot travel or fit personal appointments into their schedule, email or phone coaching is an excellent way of receiving support and guidance. Fees are £45 per one-hour phone-call, or for one-hour of emailing time.   To book or for more detailed information or answers to specific queries, please contact Alison.