{"id":3490,"date":"2012-07-20T06:03:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T06:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2022-09-18T15:29:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T15:29:45","slug":"grief-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/grief-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Grief Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a client is experiencing grief, how does a coach ensure they are coaching instead of providing mental health services?\u00a0 One of the challenges the coaching industry faces as a whole is ensuring coaching is not mental health.\u00a0 The mental health professions do require specific education and licensure.\u00a0 What is the difference?\u00a0 A mental health professional works with a client to understand the past and process problems.\u00a0 A mental health professional diagnoses and gives advice.\u00a0 A coach focuses forward, does not diagnose, and does not give advice.<\/p>\n

When a client is dealing with grief, a coach listens, demonstrates understanding by rephrasing and reflecting, and asks questions.\u00a0 The coach<\/a> works with the client on moving forward.<\/p>\n

In the coaching<\/a> process, one example is the coach asking the client how the person they lost would want them to feel, what they would want them to do, and what they would want for their future.\u00a0 The coach then asks the coaching client how they do want to feel, how they want to do, and what they want moving forward.<\/p>\n

As a coach, choosing grief coaching as a niche area does require empathy, experience, and focus on the coaching process.\u00a0 The benefits to coaching clients include emotional peace, clarity, and direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a client is experiencing grief, how does a coach ensure they are coaching instead of providing mental health services?\u00a0 One of the challenges the … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16],"tags":[70,52,77,85,45,50,54,67,55,81,49,88,87,79,76],"class_list":["post-3490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-coaching-stories","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-build","tag-client","tag-coach-training","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-business","tag-coaching-niche","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-code-of-ethics","tag-effective-coaching","tag-professional-coach","tag-skills","tag-understand","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n