Life Coaching BPS305

 

We are excited to announce that the ACS course Life Coaching is the only course in Australia to be recognised by the Association for Coaching (UK), and that ACS Distance Education is the FIRST DISTANCE LEARNING ORGANISATION to be awarded course recognition status by the Association for Coaching (UK). For more information about the Association for Coaching, visit www.associationforcoaching.com 

Life coaching is a process that begins with identification of a need for change and takes the client through the micro-processes of planning, achieving and evaluating change to fulfill established goals. Although clients come to a life coach seeking to change their present circumstances or their feelings about their lives, many clients are very reluctant to actively and purposefully engage in the processes of change, and might expect the life coach to somehow bring about the changes without any real growth or development on their (the client’s) part.

Therefore, life coaching not only involves planning and engaging in processes to bring about change, it can also involve the life coach in motivating the client to accept the need for inner change in order to bring about outer change. In the end, the processes of recognising a need for change and for managing change may be even more valuable and contribute more to the personal growth of the client than the outcomes.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The course is divided into ten lessons as follows:

1. Introduction: Nature & scope of life coaching
2. Individual perceptions
3. A well-balanced life
4. Coaching processes
5. Coaching skills
6. Coaching & physical well-being
7. Coaching & psychological well-being
8. Coaching success
9. Goal-setting
10. Review and adjustment

AIMS

• Define life coaching and differentiate it from other professions such as psychotherapist, counsellor, personal trainer and so on.
• Understand that people perceive the world in different ways, and identify ways to help clients change counter-productive perceptions without excessive discomfort.
• Define a well-rounded individual and well-rounded life.
• Define different coaching skills including listening, analysing, planning and focusing.
• Identify ways in which life coaching can contribute to physical well-being.
• Identify ways in which life coaching can contribute to psychological well-being.
• Identify the areas in which successful life coaching can benefit a client.
• Understand the importance enabling clients to develop aims, plans and goals.
• Recognise the importance of reviewing and adjusting the life-coaching processes.

Examples: WHAT YOU MAY DO IN THIS COURSE

• Interview a life-coach (or someone who offers life-coaching service as part of their professional counselling repertoire) for information on the nature of life-coaching.       
• Identify principles that differentiate life coaching from other helping professions.
• Consider pros and cons of different approaches to life coaching.                
• Conduct case studies to reflect on and/or observe the effects of different life-coaching  approaches on improving a person’s quality of life.
• Design and administer a questionnaire to research some effects of negative aspects of self-perception.
• Discuss the importance of balancing a client’s limitations and encouraging  to step outside their comfort zones
• Identify means of monitoring an individual’s self-perceptions.
• Examine the relationship and interaction between mental/psychological and physical health and wellbeing.
• Consider how to deal with clients with special needs such as disabilities.
• Identify the processes involved in life coaching and describe what each can contribute to a client's personal growth and development.
• Discuss ways individuals might resist life changes and ways to facilitate change.
• Discuss the pros and cons of assertiveness training.
• Identify reasons that individuals are unable to make decisions.
• Identify different life coaching skills and when they are required.
• Explain the importance of listening to the client and how to do it.
• Consider factors that might make a life coach’s personal skill repertoire ineffectual.
• Discuss the role and risks of physical life coaching in the life-coaching process.
• Research factors that must be considered when setting out a life coaching plan to promote physical health, and psychological health.
• Identify crucial information to be included in the development of a client’s plan.
• Discuss ways to nurture a client's goal setting, planning and self-monitoring skills .
• Research how much life-coaches use/do not use individualised client plans.
• How can the life-coach monitor the effectiveness of his/her program for a client?
• Create and evaluate an action plan for a real person/client, including monitoring.

 

Other Options

If you are interested in this course, you may also be interested in -

Sports Psychology http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/Sports-Psychology-292.aspx

Certificate in Life Coaching

http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/Certificate-In-Life-Coaching-224.aspx

Counselling Skills I http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/Counselling-Skills-L-340.aspx

Careers Counselling http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/Careers-Counselling-344.aspx

Stress Management http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/Stress-Management-295.aspx

Diploma in Psychology and Counselling http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/Diploma-In-Counselling-Psychology-334.aspx

Certificate in Counselling (Care Professionals) http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/Certificate-In-Counselling-Care-Professionals-391.aspx

Or if you are not sure if psychology is for you, why not try our Introduction to Psychology - http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=359

If you would like to see our range of psychology books, please visit - http://www.acsbookshop.com/books_productcategory.aspx?id=14

For more information on the range of careers available in psychology, have a look at - http://www.thecareersguide.com/articles.aspx?category=14

We have some interesting articles on psychology and counseling at - http://www.acs.edu.au/psychol/

At some point in their lives, everybody seeks advice from friends, family or professionals to help them make decisions or decide how to handle a particular situation or event. The life coach makes available the kind of consistent assistance and support that may be lacking in a person’s life or difficult to obtain when consulting family or friends who may have quite different perspectives.

A life coach can become a confidante, helping the client determine what is important, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and ascertain where they want to be in six months, a year, ten years. Life coaching involves assisting the client set personal and professional goals and establishing a workable strategy to attain them within a given time frame. For clients, a life coach can provide a life-changing experience, an invaluable opportunity to take control over their lives and fulfil their dreams.

This course will enable people in health, fitness, counselling, social work etc to help others set and achieve life goals. Develop an appreciation of how different perceptions of the world can be just as critical as knowledge, skill and opportunity in a person's success or failure. The course also covers such things as coaching processes, coaching skills and goal setting; and is equally relevant to developing both physical and psychological well being in the client.

ACS is now an organisational member (OMAC) of the Association for Coaching (UK)

Approximate duration: 100 hours

Cost: $759.00 inc GST

Enrolment: Click here to enrol in this course