Coaching Agreement with Charity Helvie
Please review the terms and conditions below before scheduling your first coaching session.
How We Will Meet
We will meet in person, by telephone, or Zoom. I am also available as often as you need me for email coaching between sessions. I’ll ask you to email me your coaching agenda and prep form prior to our session. This will give you time to clarify what you most want to focus on and make the best use of our time together.
Initial Coaching Period
The benefits of coaching build over time. In order to make this experience as valuable as possible, I have created a minimum coaching period of three months (typically scheduled in one hour biweekly sessions with a weekly option) with all of my clients. I recommend six to twelve months to establish longer-term support as you make major transitions and changes in your personal and professional life. After the initial three month period, you may extend as long and as often as you like.
Confidentiality
It is essential to our coaching relationship that you can be open and share honestly. Our conversations are entirely confidential, unless the release of information is otherwise authorized or requested by you, or required by law.
Coaching Credentials and Education
I am a Certified Personal and Executive Coach certified through The Coaching and Positive Psychology Institute and have earned the credential of Associate Certified Coach (ACC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). I have a degree in Business from The University of Phoenix and am Level One Enneagram Certified through Empathy Architects.
Coaching vs. Counseling
It is important to me that you have clarity about the difference between coaching and other types of professional services such as therapy or counseling, consulting, and mentoring. Coaching focuses on where you are presently and where you are headed, with a goal of helping you gain clarity about your vision, eliminate obstacles to your success, accelerate the pace of personal growth, and achieve results that empower you to live your best life – professionally and personally. We can focus on any area of your life: Relationships, Finances, Spiritual Life, Work and Business, or Physical Health and Environments. While coaching is forward-focused, counseling tends to deal more with past issues in which you may find yourself stuck and struggling. We may occasionally discuss something that has occurred in the past, for the purpose of clarifying the present, but your coaching will not focus on resolving the past. A simple rule of thumb to know whether you should be coaching or counseling: If your past is an issue, counseling is your best option. If your past is simply a fact (regardless of whether the circumstances were difficult or negative), you are probably ready for coaching. If it appears that there is an issue for which you may need counseling, I will suggest it. With the support of a counselor or therapist, some individuals choose to engage in coaching and counseling simultaneously, but with a focus on different areas of life for each service.
Coaching vs. Consulting
A coach focuses on helping you walk your unique path to success. As the client, you are responsible for the results you receive as a result of coaching. I help you discover how to become more of who you need to be to achieve those results and identify what you may need to do differently. A consultant takes responsibility for a specific project, acting as a specialist, providing specific deliverables and knowledge. I believe in your ability to fully experience your potential and will provide a safe, consistent space for you to develop your potential.
Coaching vs. Mentoring
As a coach, I focus on the development of people in general, and the development of your unique path in particular. A mentor guides you towards a specific path of development. I am more interested in helping you onto the unique and divinely-ordained path that is meant for you – which may be quite different than the path I have taken, even though the purpose of our paths may be very similar. My job as your coach is not to tell you what to do, but rather to help you uncover the answers that lie within you. Consider me a catalyst for your success.
Thank you!
It is a joy and a pleasure to serve as your coach. Thank you for entrusting me with the opportunity to support you in this unique way as you take on new challenges, changes and developments on your path.