Life coaching
Life coaching is a collaborative and goal-oriented process where a trained professional, known as a life coach, helps individuals identify and achieve their personal and professional aspirations.
Life coaches support and encourage people to make informed decisions in their working, professional and personal lives. Life coaches use both personal experience and professional training to help their clients work towards future goals a vision for their future with personal accountability and action planning.
Training
You don't need to have specific qualifications to become a life coach by law, however to ensure your employer and/or clients know you're a certified coach, it's recommended that you undertake training with a provider that has been accredited by a professional coaching association. The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is considered the gold standard of professional coaching.
Regulation
As life coaching isn't a regulated profession, there is no essential registration within this field but it's recommended you train on a course that is accredited by one of the following professional associations.
Professional bodies
These organisations currently offer membership and professional recognition for hypnotherapy practitioners:
- Association for Coaching (AC)
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
- European Mentoring and Coaching Council UK (EMCC UK)
- International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- International Authority for Professional Coaching and Mentoring (IAPC&M)
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Latest news and articles
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