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At Power
One, what approaches do you use with
clients? We use
three different but related models for
working with clients depending on
their specific needs. These are
either Coaching, Counselling or NLP.
Who chooses the methods
used? In most
cases, the client comes to us with
some idea of what they want to
achieve as their medium and long
term goals. Based on their goals, it
is a fairly straight forward
decision on which methods to use.
What is NLP?
Neuro-Linguistic
Programming is a powerful body of
information about how the human mind
works and
provides more
understanding how people think,
behave and change.
What is Life
Coaching?
Coaching is a partnering process
that helps you to unlock your full
potential allowing you to achieve
what you want. It is also an
empowering process that allows you
to bridges the gap between where you
are today and where you would like
to be.
How is NLP used?
NLP has a wide range of practical
applications in business (e.g.
management, personnel, sales,
consulting), training
and development, education,
dyslexia, the helping professions,
health, relationships, writing and
the arts, sports, parenting, hobbies
and personal development - anywhere
communicating and excelling are
important.
How is Coaching used?
Skilled coaches clearly show you how
to discover what you truly want,
learn what is really stopping you
get what you want,
remove your blocks and problems and
finally to create action and take
the steps required to achieve the
reaction that you want for yourself
- your goal.
When you suddenly see a business
take off, or somebody you know
become more focused and start making
changes that lead to successes, they
have found a coach.
What is Coaching?
Being
coached is a fundamentally positive
experience for the coachee and the
coach. In a session you look at your
strengths rather than your
weaknesses. By using your strengths
in an unpleasant or burdensome
situation you can change your
perspective on it so you can see a
solution or a way out of it.
The
coach will ask you a lot of
questions to help you clarify your
situation, to establish what is
important to you and what your
values are. The coach does not give
advice or answers – you yourself
already have the answers but are
(not yet) aware if them. The coach
gives you support to create an ideal
life for yourself. It is up to you
if you take big steps to find a new
direction in your life or start with
a few smaller ones to ‘test the
waters’. You decide what you want to
talk about in each session. You get
support in developing new ideas and
using the coach as a sounding board.
The
coach is alongside you in this
process of positive change, not
above you giving advice or behind
you pushing. Coaching is oriented
towards goal setting and encourages
you to move forward. Coaching looks
to the future, the past does not
play into forward planning.
Coaching can be done in a
face-to-face meeting or via the
telephone if you travel or have a
busy schedule.
What is Counselling?
In
the context of mental health,
"counselling" is generally used to
denote a relatively brief treatment
that mainly focuses upon behaviour.
It often targets a particular
symptom or problematic situation and
offers suggestions and advice for
dealing with it.
With
us, counselling takes on the form of
educational and professional
guidance or advising. The territory
the counsellor covers is more
specialized, i.e., school guidance
counselling or addiction program
counselling, to name but a couple of
examples. Our work with clients
often encompasses educational
interaction and a defined structure.
The counsellor will assist the
client in his or her recovery and
this will be the main focus of the
intervention. Marital issues,
depression or anxiety may or may not
be addressed, but they are not the
focus of the intervention.
Counsellors can help with most
problems faced in everyday life -
relationships with family, friends,
spouse, partner; challenges at
school or the workplace; personal
choices; personal growth; religious
and spiritual questions.
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