NLP Coaching

"Coaching is a professional, confidential relationship between two people based upon openness, honesty and integrity, with the intention of assisting the client in living a congruent and fulfilling life based upon their values, goals and outcomes." - John Overdurf & Julie Silverthorn.

In other words, coaching is a great way to enrich your life in many ways. It works because it keeps you motivated  and focused on what you want and because your coach can help you overcome any obstacles that you think might be in the way. And that gives you a real edge in life.

What is HNLP Coaching?
HNLP stands for Humanistic NLP and is a branch of coaching developed by John Overdurf and Julie Silverthorn.  It is simply the application of NLP to the coaching process. 

Traditional coaching relies on a process of listening to and clarifying the client's issues. The coach asks for and gets commitment from the client and generally sets tasks for the clients to fulfill. Traditional coaching thus emphasises conscious approaches to problem solving. 

An HNLP coach, in contrast, uses basic NLP techniques to clarify the client's goals, discover what's stopping the client from achieving those goals, and helps the client access  the internal  states required to overcome any obstacles to achieve his or her outcome. By using NLP, the HNLP coach enlists the support of the client's unconscious as well as conscious mind to achieve the desired goal. When you think of it, all problems are unconscious (otherwise they would easily be solved by making a conscious decision to change it). So enlisting the support of your unconscious really speeds up the process of getting what you want.

What's the difference between coaching and therapy? 

Coaching is a relationship of equals, a partnership that utilizes directed questioning to assist a client in moving towards their goals. It's a generative process with a moving toward orientation and is outcome and action oriented. 

In therapy, by contrast, the therapist is often responsible for diagnosing and relieving symptoms or illness and helping the client overcome past-oriented problems and can thus have a moving away orientation. It is corrective rather than enhancing.

Contact Richard to ask about or arrange coaching sessions.

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