What kind of credentials does a life coach have?
Coaching is a relatively new and unlicensed field. Buyer Beware! Psychological services can take us from feeling bad to feeling OK, and health insurance pays for these most valuable services, but not for personal growth. Fulfilling your life dreams, becoming the best you can be is not a covered health care benefit. Thus many helping individuals created coaching services. Some focus on specific types of people: executives, retirees or those looking for relationships. Others focus on business development and organizations. Some coaches have joined The International Coaching Federation, but there are other organizations and, to date, they offer no licensing. Now some universities and leadership programs are offering coaching programs. Be cautious. You could get a coach with only a high school diploma, an attorney who thinks he has people skills, a mother who sets herself up as a child expert, an engineer who feels he’s a relationship expert, or a religious person who thinks she knows the
