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Gina Friedrich | Your Business, Career & Life Coach in Düsseldorf.
WHAT IS A COACH?
Coaching stands for "help for self-help". A coach uses selected methods, techniques and questions to help clients to
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see their situation with different eyes,
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sort their thoughts,
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gain clarity about their own needs and goals and
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develop new perspectives.
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The coaching concerns of clients can be of professional or personal nature (more on typical coaching topics under "What is coaching?").
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However, a coach does not provide the answers to questions arising in a coaching session. The role of a coach is to design the process while the client remains an expert on her / his own topic. Throughout the coaching process, they work together to come up with solutions that exactly fit the individual concern and need.
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Coaching is a temporary process support in vocational and private phases of change in which the coach helps his clients to gain new insights and to develop individual action alternatives. Thus, a good coach accompanies his clients as a reflection and sparring partner, resource (re)activator, development or clarification helper, motivator, feedback provider and an attentive listener.
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(Click here to learn about coaching and the distinction between coaching and psychotherapy, counseling, training and mentorship.)
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"Coach" is an unprotected job title - pay attention to certification
In theory, anybody can call themselves a "coach," but they can practice quite differently to what you find described above. A professionally trained coach, however, has learned his "craft" through an intensive longer-term training at a training center certified by a coaching association - and can account for it by a certification. As a customer, set a high value on the latter - it's about you!
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In order to convey a comprehensible picture of professional coaching and to ensure a uniform quality standard for it, the most important coaching associations have organized themselves in the "Roundtable of Coaching Associations" (RTC).
Voting associations in the RTC are:
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Professional Association Dt. Psychologists (BDP),
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German Federal Association Coaching e.V. (DBVC),
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Professional Association for Trainers, Consultants and Coaches e.V. (BDVT),
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German Coaching Association e.V. (DCV),
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German Association for Coaching e.V. (DGfC),
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German Society for Systemic Therapy, Counseling and Family Therapy (DGSF)
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German Society for Supervision e.V. (DGSv),
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German Association for Coaching and Training e.V. (dvct),
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European Association for Supervision and Coaching e.V. (EASC),
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European Mentoring & Coaching Council Germany e.V. (EMCC),
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International Coach Federation Germany e.V. (ICF),
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Quality Ring Coaching and Consulting e.V. (QRC),
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Systemic society e. V. (SG).
Source: www.coachfederation.de/professionalisierung/roundtable-der-coachingverbaende.html
YOUR COACH IN DÜSSELDORF
I am Gina Friedrich and as a professional coach I support people who don’t want to leave their own path to coincidence (any longer).
I help them explore their choices, make conscious decisions and shape their future proactively.
I am Gina Friedrich and as a professional coach I support people who don’t want to leave their own path to coincidence (any longer). I help them explore their choices, make conscious decisions and shape their future proactively.
Use the opportunity to book your free initial consultation to find out how I could support you as your coach in Düsseldorf & surroundings.
I'm looking forward to your e-mail or call on +49 151 64 66 44 01.