Becoming a Professional Life Coach, Patrick Williams
Becoming a Professional Life Coach, Patrick Williams
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Becoming a Professional Life Coach
Lessons from the Institute of Life Coach Training, 2nd Edition

Author: Patrick Williams, Diane S. Menendez

Narrator: Chloe Cannon

Unabridged: 13 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/13/2019


Synopsis

An updated version of the bestselling therapist-to-coach transition text

With his bestselling Therapist as Life Coach, Patrick Williams introduced the therapeutic community to the career of life coach, and in Becoming a Professional Life Coach he and Diane Menendez covered all the basic principles and strategies for effective coaching. Now Williams, founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT), and Menendez, former faculty at ILCT—both master certified coaches—bring back the book that has taught thousands of coaches, with all-new information on coaching competencies, ethics, somatic coaching, wellness coaching, and how positive psychology and neuroscience are informing the profession today.

Moving seamlessly from coaching fundamentals—listening skills, effective language, session preparation—to more advanced ideas such as helping clients to identify life purpose, recognize and combat obstacles, align values and actions, maintain a positive mind-set, and live with integrity, this new edition is one-stop-shopping for beginner and advanced coaches alike. Beginning with a brief history of the foundations of coaching and its future trajectory, Becoming a Professional Life Coach takes listeners step-by-step through the coaching process, covering all the crucial ideas and techniques for being a successful life coach.

About Patrick Williams

Patrick Williams is founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training, the first-of-its-kind institute for training psychotherapists, psychologists, counselors, and helping professionals to build a successful coaching practice. He was a licensed psychologist for twenty-five years and began executive coaching in 1990 with Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Kodak, and is coauthor of the highly acclaimed Therapist as Life Coach, Total Life Coaching, and Law and Ethics of Coaching.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shawn Harvey on January 26, 2021

This book was on Michael Hyatt's current reading and I thought since I was in the field I would give it a try. Although I am still reading this book, I have found that my brain is at saturation point with the topic and I might need to put this down until I have a bit more distance from my schooling.......more

Goodreads review by Rat on September 07, 2013

Excellent resource for every coach to have on their shelf. This book is easy to read and was written with abundence in mind (i.e., full sharing of information). In addition to other coaching information, this book provides a great framework for "personal values" coaching, which is a need for many pe......more

Goodreads review by Angela on August 30, 2015

Great Overall View of Life Coaching This is the first book I read on Life Coaching, and I found it to be very helpful. It was written by Pat Williams, the founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT), and Diane Menendez, a senior trainer at ILCT. I recognize all of the techniques covered b......more

Goodreads review by Dennis on December 15, 2015

Williams and Menendez’ approach to coaching is qualitative academic research, logical connections, transcripts of coaching sessions, and many practical exercises. The writers offer a good number of psychological theories. They describe each area of coaching logically and consistently. They exemplify......more

Goodreads review by Christina on February 18, 2015

Great book to spend time reading and you will want to refer to this time and time again. Worth the investment of a purchase.......more