Life Coach Quiz | Life Coach Certification Institute

Actions

Styles

Relationships

Words

Unnecessary

A lot of work

Repetitive with what they’re saying

Revealing of a deeper level of client communication

A coach and a psychotherapist are the same thing

Coaches deal with mental illness, psychotherapists do not

Psychotherapists focus on mental illness, coaches do not

Coaches dislike psychotherapy

Helps build trust

Helps coaches get more business

It helps the coach listen better

It reproduces relationships from the client’s past

Their family

Their work

Their areas for growth

Their childhood

Long term goals only

Specific goals that the client brings to each session only

A balance between long term goals and session specific goals

The coach should not focus on goals

Personal stories

In depth explanations

Metaphors and analogies

Fables and fairytales

The coach has most expertise in

That the client would like to start with

That seems like it would be easiest to solve

That the coach had just read an article about

A coaching agreement

Review of the relevant research

A summary of what should be accomplished that day

Recognition of the client’s issues and their accomplishments

To question their integrity

To point out their laziness

To explore a client’s commitment and willingness to change

To explore how a client has failed in the past

Practice Exam

1. Coaches should help clients experiment with ________ to push the boundaries of what they thought was possible in their lives.

2. Paying attention to body language, tone, pitch, and volume in coaching is ________.

3. What is the difference between a coach and psychotherapist?

4. Why is genuine concern about a client important?

5. Coaches need to help clients explore both their successes and_____?

6. Coaches should focus on what type of goals?

7. _________________ help clients understand concepts with greater depth and sophistication?

8. When a client brings in many different issues to the table, the coach should pick the topic that ________________.

9. Every coaching session should include ______________.

10. Why would you ask a client “what’s stopped you from making these changes in the past?”