{"id":15101,"date":"2022-03-19T16:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T16:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.relationshipcoachinginstitute.com\/?p=15101"},"modified":"2022-03-19T16:04:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T16:04:43","slug":"why-do-i-need-relationship-coach-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vhhtesting.com\/xyypro3\/why-do-i-need-relationship-coach-training\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: Why do I need relationship coach training?"},"content":{"rendered":"

People who think they already know a lot about dating and relationships ask “Why do I need relationship coach training?”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The short answer is that \u201cCoaching\u201d is a serious profession.<\/p>\n

The problem is that “coaching” is a common word in the English language that can mean many things and few outside of the coaching profession understand exactly what coaching is.<\/p>\n

A profession is commonly defined as an occupation requiring specialized education and\/or training<\/strong><\/em>. Therefore, a professional coach is someone who has specialized education and\/or training in coaching.<\/p>\n

Coaching is widely misunderstood by the public and other helping professionals. Coaching is very different from therapy, counseling, consulting, and education, yet many practitioners of those professions call their service “coaching.”<\/p>\n

A sex therapist might call himself a “sex coach,” a nutritionist might call herself a “wellness coach,” a business consultant might call himself a “business coach,” a financial planner or investment advisor might call himself a “financial coach,” a family therapist, lawyer, or mediator might call himself a “divorce coach,” and so on.<\/p>\n

Here is a billboard spotted in Washington D.C. of Target stores referring to their pharmacy clerks as “Nose Coach” (coaching has hit the mainstream!).<\/p>\n

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Even more concerning, individuals with no professional training or qualifications are calling themselves “coach” and marketing their “services” to an unwitting public.<\/p>\n

I suppose those of us in the coaching profession should be flattered that so many other professionals, non-professionals, and even department stores, want to use the label “coach,” however, this creates much confusion amongst the public about coaching.<\/p>\n

What is an UN-Professional Coach?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coaching is currently an unregulated profession and anyone can call themself a coach. Broadly, an unprofessional coach is someone who is behaving unprofessionally by violating professional coaching ethics, standards, morals, even breaking laws through fraud, plagiarism, copyright and trademark violations, etc. As the coaching profession grows, a consequence of being unregulated is that increasing numbers of individuals see coaching as a way to make a fast buck and market themself as a “Coach” without coaching training, which I define as “unprofessional.”<\/p>\n

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How Are UN-Professional Coaches Harmful?<\/strong><\/p>\n