Life Coach

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I help people solve issues in their relationships, with parenting, anxiety, stress and more

Biggest thing people come to me for is to get over trauma. My technique doesn't require you to relive the past or talk about the details of what happened in order to get over it.

Go for it. I'll try and answer as much as I can.

Did you anticipate there’d be quite so many qualified therapists / MH professionals / trauma specialists on MN this evening? Or were you hoping to sound well-qualified and knowledgable to a bunch of naïfs?

Oh gosh wasn't expecting this many questions.

My methods are similar to mind remapping. Specifically talking about past trauma here and not ongoing trauma. I bring the people I work with into the reality of their present life, where their trauma no longer exists and teach them methods to stay in the present while working towards goals.

You are correct that at the moment life coaching is unregulated on a national level. Yes, anyone can call themselves a life coach.

But I've had only amazing feedback from clients and I love watching their lives flourish.

I did a 1 year psychology course online before I started working with people. I don't have a professional body. The effectiveness of my work is something only my clients can attest to. But I will say that my business is 90% word of mouth. So I'm extremely confident in my methods.

You are correct that at the moment life coaching is unregulated on a national level. Yes, anyone can call themselves a life coach.

So you’re not qualified…

How do you ‘bring people into the reality of their present life’? What does this mean please?

One year online course - yep that will definitely qualify you to mess about with vulnerable people's lives

What is a 1-year psychology course online?

Do you mean an actual MSc Psych?

As well as you 1-year psychology course have you actually studied coaching? Got a qualification in life-coaching?

Do you feel your time spent online looking into psychology gives you the qualifications to coach traumatised people?

Would you say that what you lack in knowledge, qualifications or skills you make up for in your ‘extreme confidence’ into your transformative skills and efficacy?

how did you land your first clients? How much do you charge? What is your workalike balance like?

I worry about vulnerable people falling for this claptrap.
Please (if in the UK) only consider therapists/ counsellors who are registered with the hcpc.

I think mental health practitioners are bloody amazing!! They are extremely strong, knowledgeable and there are definitely not enough to go around. I do not pretend to do the work that they do. There are things that I absolutely will not take on and I always refer mental health care straight off the bat whenever I see that is needed.

As I mentioned already life coaching is not regulated. I do not pretend to be something I am not. I am always upfront to any client questions and I always make sure my clients know that I am not a therapist and what I do is not therapy.

Charges are based on needs.

Yes I actually did want to train as a clinical psychologist but due to a number of reasons, my physical health being one of them. I wasn't able to. Life coaching was my way of being able to still offer people help, should they be interested in my version of it.

As its not a clinical role. I don't have clinical supervision.

Hear hear. Or BACP.

Depends what you mean by that i guess. But, yes I have a life that happy with now, while working towards the things that i still want.

Why not train as an actual accredited counsellor, then you’d be actually doing the things you said in your OP that you do, and you’d be trained for it accordingly, plus regulated. It didn’t have to be Clinical Psychologist or Snake Oil Saleswoman… did you not consider a middle ground?

Did you get into this to avoid having to do a proper day’s work?

Yes my course was online. Not sure what you mean by Instagram based. I have an Instagram account. But I don't do business on Instagram. Most of my clients I get are word of mouth.

Recruiting in what type of way? Do you mean recruiting more coaches? If so, that's not something I do.

Wow the vipers are out! I've thought about hiring a life coach before. I feel that although I'm (on the surface) successful and manage things well, I'm very aware that I have a lot of unprocessed trauma. I've also never enquired about how much this kind of thing costs, but I know I have given countless hours to friends and acquaintances when they were in need, and wondered if I should charge for being that kind of ear and voice of reason! Don't let the responses put you off; I would hate to end up under the "care" of some of those in here who allude to being more qualified/better than you. I know my trauma affects my efficiency at home and work, and that is something I would love to explore.

It's just word salad, par for the course with these types

I wouldn't recommend anything. It's completely your choice how you wish to work.

Please if you have unprocessed trauma access trauma therapy. Proper, actual, trauma therapy.

Please do NOT pay an unqualified, untrained, unregulated random to guide and advise you in how to bring yourself into the moment from your trauma (or whatever else may sound appealing).

Please look up NHS Talking Therapies, or visit your GP for a referral, or go private with a trauma focussed CBT or EMDR therapist or integrative counsellor…. All via BACP website .

as per everyone else asking questions about training, supervision, regulation etc. Do you really think people 'solve' their issues after seeing you, and 'get over' trauma?
'Go for it' - tell us all about your skills in sorting everyone out.

Not much of a life coach then?! (Sorry, couldn’t resist). 🤣

It's not a regulated role. I did a psychology course first.

Oh ye of little faith….Course she can sort everyone’s trauma out - she did a 1-year online ‘psychology course’ . That definitely would be sufficient to work with the traumatised people I’ve seen in my clinic today. The sexually abused ones, the human trafficked ones, the grew-up-in-care ones, the raped-as-toddlers ones, the methadone-using ones, the self-harming ones….. all I needed to do was ‘bring them into their present lives’ !

What qualifications do you have? Did you do A'levels and did you do a degree?

I don't think it's ethical to treat people for trauma if you've only done a 1 year online course. 🫤. Your clients may give you good feedback but who knows how meaningful that is. Thankfully, proper professionals are assessed and regulated.

Which course was it and how much do you generally charge for an hour session?