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In 2006, U.S. News and World Report listed coaching as one of the 10 top growing professions. The first edition of Therapist as Life Coach, published in 2002, anticipated this trend, and since its publication it has become a standard for therapists who wish to transition or expand their practices into life coaching. Pat Williams and Deborah C. Davis have finally revised their classic practice-building book for today's therapists and future coaches. Every chapter in this second edition has been updated and rewritten, reflecting the growth of the coaching field and its increasing appeal to not only therapists, but all helping professionals.

The book begins by exploring the history of the coaching movement and shows how society is hungry for life coaches. The second part of the book explains in detail the differences and similarities between coaching and therapy, discusses the coaching relationship, and considers some of the skills therapists will need to learn and unlearn in order to reclaim their joyfulness about their work. Professional transition tools such as developing and marketing your practice and honing your coaching skills are discussed at length in Part Three. The final section moves beyond basic life coaching to introduce coaching specialties such as corporate coaching, offers self-care strategies for life coaches, and peeks into the future of life coaching. There is new material throughout, including an overview of recent coaching developments, updated liability concerns, new business opportunities, and a new section on the research about coaching.

Coaching gives practitioners the opportunity to break free of managed care and excessive reliance on the insurance industry and to work with a wide range of clients—specifically, those who are not suffering from mental illness but, rather, seeking to maximize their life potential. This book will help you enter this lucrative and personally enriching world with the skills and knowledge you need to build a successful coaching practice.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101470 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 264 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780393705225
• Condition: NEW
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Review
An important contibution to the life coaching profession. . .has equal value for coaches from a non-therapeutic and therapeutic background. (Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal) REVIEW: One-stop-shopping for the therapist wishing to explore the coaching field. (Family Therapy)

Review
One-stop-shopping for the therapist wishing to explore the coaching field.

About the Author
Deborah C. Davis, Ed.D., is a licensed family therapist, a life coach, and a teacher and professor (emerita). She is the CEO of Human Dynamics.

Patrick Williams, Ed.D., a pioneer of the coaching profession, began executive coaching in 1990. In 1998 he founded the Institute for Life Coach Training, an ICF Accredited Coach Training Program. He speaks worldwide on living purposefully, coaching for global change, wellness coaching, and the coach approach in leadership. He has written dozens of articles and taken part in numerous television and radio interviews. He is also the author of Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons from the Institute for Life Coach Training and Total Life Coaching: 50+ Life Lessons, Skills, and Techniques to Enhance Your Practice… and Your Life.

Customer Reviews

Therapist as Life Coach
I had been working as a psychotherapist for years and really loved my work. Yet, I wanted to be able to work with patients beyond just helping them move from dysfunctional to functional. I picked up "Therapist as Life Coach" and couldn't put it down! As I thumb through it to write this review I realize I highlighted nearly the entire book! This book opened up a whole new world to me. From discussing the roots of coaching with terms familiar to therapists and counselors to exploring the similarities and differences between therapy and coaching, this book helped clearly define coaching for me. The author covers life coaching and the myriad of applications of the skills so you can customize your practice. He also provides great ideas for building and marketing your business. "Therapist as Life Coach" gave me a tremendous start in my transition from therapist to coach. I think it's great for anyone wanting to add coaching skills to their current practice to enhance their skills or who want to move into coaching as their primary career.

Excellent resource!
I found this book to be very insightful but more importantly, very usable. At first, I was skeptical because I was not a therapist going into coaching. I wasn't sure that it would be relevant to me. I was happy to be proven wrong. There are very practical things you can use immediately. As a corporate coach, this is a book that I refer to often.

Helpful Resource for New Coaches
THERAPIST AS LIFE COACH, Revised and Expanded

If you are starting a coaching business or are a therapist wanting to expand your practice to include coaching, this book is a helpful tool. It provides information on what coaching is and how it differs from therapy. It gives a framework of how the coaching works for both the client and coach. Included are sample questions coaches ask, forms that can be included in a Welcome Packet, and an expanded list of marketing strategies.