APPENDIX C

A CONTRACTING SCRIPT

Introduction to coaching in general ...

Once I’ve done this introduction and we’ve agreed the contract of how we will work together, our ‘rules of engagement’, coaching is mainly about you talking and me asking you questions. It’s about getting clear about the issues you want to work on and goals you want to achieve, then about me asking you questions to direct your attention on the steps you may need to take to achieve those outcomes. Coaching is not something I do to you; it is both of us working as equals in a team, working together to enable you to achieve or resolve whatever you bring to a session. It is a ‘designed alliance’: you as the client take responsibility and ownership for your own progress and ...

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