Becoming a Life Coach: A Complete Workbook for Therapists

by David Skibbins

More than just fixing what ails them, many therapists today seek to help clients achieve personal and professional goals and navigate life changes successfully-a variety of practice called life coaching. This book offers a complete strategy professionals can use to incorporate life coaching into their practices. Becoming a Life Coach compares the role of the therapist to that of the life coach; the role of the patient to that of the client; the service of the mentally ill to that of the mentally healthy; treatment to collaboration; and finally the differences in professional standing between these two endeavors. Using real coaching exercises, the book teaches therapists everything they need to know to start and maintain a successful coaching practice. It includes information about necessary skills, tips on integrating coaching and therapy, business models, marketing advice, and more.

Genres: Business

160 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

About the author

David Skibbins won the St. Martin’s Minotaur/Malice Domestic Competition for Best First Traditional Mystery Novel with Eight of Swords. He is a certified life coach and lives on the Pacific Coast in California with his brilliant wife and his goofy Portuguese water dog.

Reviews

[Melvin Marsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book I read when I was down at a friend's house. I found some of the parts so informative that I purchased a copy for myself to remind me what I needed to do in the future when I set that part of my practice up.

[Jade · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were some pretty Brody assumptions about therapists

[Dawn Serra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though this book is specifically for therapists looking to add life coaching to their services, the book is full of fantastic, practical tools and exercises that are designed to help coaches yield the most powerful results from coaching sessions.

I’ve recommended this book to several coaches I know. The book heavily relies on the International Coaching Federation (ICF) standards and guidelines, so anyone familiar with ICF will recognize many of the ethical and confidentiality suggestions.

A great resource for any coach to have in their library.

[Alessandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read p prior to any business planning

Wish I had read this prior to doing all the marketing and admin preprocessor for my business.
As a psychologist my initial approach to coaching was, in hindsight, still too close to therapy. this was a great book to help shift perspectives and get a better idea of how I actually want to run my coaching business.

[Samantha Lomeli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good material!