An updated version of the bestselling therapist-to-coach transition text

Along with his bestselling Therapist as Life Coach, Patrick Williams introduced the therapeutic community to the career of life coach, and in Learning to be a Professional Life Coach he and Diane Menendez covered all of the basic principles and approaches for effective coaching. Now Williams, founder from the Institute forever Coach Teaching (ILCT), and Menendez, former faculty at ILCT-both get good at certified coaches-bring back the book about Learning to be a Professional Life Trainer: Lessons through the Institute of Existence Coach Schooling, 2nd Edition which has taught thousands of coaches, with all-new details on coaching competencies, ethics, somatic coaching, wellness coaching, and how positive psychology and neuroscience are informing the career today.

Moving seamlessly from training fundamentals-listening skills, effective language, session preparation-to more complex ideas such as helping clients to recognize life purpose, understand and overcome obstacles, align values and actions, maintain an optimistic mind-set, and live with integrity, this fresh edition is certainly one-stop-shopping for beginner and advanced coaches alike. Beginning with a brief history from the foundations of coaching and its potential trajectory, Learning to be a Professional Existence Coach will take listeners step-by-step through the training process, covering all of the essential ideas and techniques for being a effective life coach.