How to find the right coach?

You’re thinking about working with a coach and are not sure where to start? Let me help you try to figure it out.

I have been working as a coach in helping women at crossroads in their lives and careers for a couple of years. When I meet someone new and I tell them I am a coach, the first question I get is “what kind?”. A simple, yet not so easy to answer, question.

Indeed, nowadays, there are coaches for everything. There are so many labels, it’s hard to understand who’s going to be really able to help.

To make matters worse, coaching is not a regulated profession, which means that anyone can wake up one morning and call themselves a coach.

So how do you find the right coach for you? Let me share with you some insights that will help you navigate through your options.

The latter point is actually the easiest to solve: check the credentials for the coach to make sure they have a proper coaching training, this will give you proof that they are well equipped to do their job well and to support you in a safe and healthy way.

An easy way to do that is to check if they are accredited by a recognised professional body, such as the Internal Coaching Federation (ICF). Accredited coaches will have gone through an extensive background check on their qualifications, skills and…