So a life coach needs to be a good listener, take plenty of notes, organizer, be an excellent communicator, understand sociology and psychiatry. You should have a friendly disposition and be able to separate your personal life from the needs of the client. Patience would be a requirement as well when dealing with people that have little if no will power to motivate themselves.
As I stated earlier this is a growing business, there has been reports of over 1 Billion dollars spent last year in this and closely related fields. Many institutes are available to teach you the basics of being a life coach. With little time and effort you can be a certified Life Coach. In fact you can be a Life Coach today if you wanted to. Being a Life Coach is a non regulated profession in the United States. It falls into the field of Psychics and tarot readers. You are only as good as the way that you present yourself and sell yourself.
Doctors have to pass a series of tests to be a licensed and practice medicine in the US. Lawyer's have to pass the Bar exam. Many professions require a college degree in the field of employment. And some professions just need you to have an advanced education to do the work that you seek. A good doctor has spent 8 years in college before he is allowed to perform serious medical procedures
You can go online an find many 'institutes" that are willing to teach you how to be a Life coach and other holistic style professions. I checked out the Spencer institute and I was in shock about what I found. They have several of these 'new age' profession set-ups. I saw prices from $150.oo to $197.oo for this training. And you are thinking that wow that is cheap, upon reading more about this class offering, you will find out why. They say how long it should take to finish this training package. They said the average person can finish it in 40 hours. That means that I can in one week devote 8 hours a day to learning this and finish the course. I then take a test and earn my certification that is valid for 2 years. Then I would have to go back and get further training and recertification.
But I know what you are thinking... they are an accredited institute. Yes they are accredited by the American Association of drugfree Practioners.. or AADP. this group was formed in 1990, making it only 24 years old. It is also listed as a fake accrediting agency. http://www.geteducated.com Because this is an unregulated industry, I can get a couple of friends together and create an accrediting agency and then give accreditation to an institute that I built myself. And while it would be a very unethical thing to do, it would be legal. Thus in a couple of months I can create the institute and accrediting agency and sell various holistic classes to others. And isn't that a quite scary concept.
I have seen this happen recently. And I am very upset about it. I know many pagan ladies that will be upset with this. Flora Petersen has a class that she is currently selling for people to be "Certified Professional Psychics".
Flora Peterson has called herself a Life Coach. I wonder what special training she gives people. Here is the link for you to check it out yourself. FloraSage Therapies Institute But the numbers speak for themselves 18+ hours of training on prerecorded formats. As I read it the only one on one time you get with her is the certification process. In which you will read the tarot cards for her. And anyone can give a general interpretation of the cards and can't be called wrong. That is what make Tarot card reading awesome there is really no right or wrong answers, it is about making a vague result to satisfy the client. This is no Legal Bar Exam. But look at the highlighted part of this next image.
" At the institute Flora teaches Psychic Development courses and personally trains and certifies Spiritual Empowerment Coaches as well as a host of other programs and classes for people from all walks of life." And what is the name of this Institute called ... "FloraSage Therapies Institute". And you were probably calling me nuts when I mentioned I could create my own institute and accrediting agency, and that it would be legal.
I already give people advice and help others through life's troubles. Recently at work, I offered my services to a lady that is a lesbian. I told her that if she couldn't find a minister to get married because they were objecting to it, that I would perform her marriage ceremony. I am an Ordained minister. I love helping people that are new to paganism, showing them some of the things I have learned over the years. I give advice to the young men that I work with about how to live a better life and avoid the pain that comes through opening new doors of life. I have read many books about relationships and social issues. I am just not getting paid for any of it. Well that is about to change, today I am becoming a Life Coach....
As I was saying earlier, life coaches don't have any required training and with certification being just a fancy piece of paper, could you allow someone without proper training give you mental assessments? If they are fully trained psychiatric medical personal, why are they not working in the regulated medical industry? There are probably some wonderful people out there that can help out a great number of people, however you are gambling that the person you pick is worthy of your trust and money. If you got the money to waste , just grab Joe Schmoo off the streets and get his advice,
that is the risk that you would be taking.
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