If we look at coaching, it is a fast growing area, and people from varied area of work and specialties are attracted to work in this field. It is recommended that people who are willing to work in this filed should earn proper certifications from the accredited institutes through prescribed course, however there is no official restriction claiming to be a coach, not having this.
Despite prominent accreditation bodies like ICF or EMCC, requiring coaches to demonstrate fair amount of competency in working with emotions, many coaches believes that working with emotions shifts coaching towards therapy.
It is said and believed that emotions conveys the important information about the coachee and the situation, which help coaches to make their decisions. Still, it is a subject of debate whether coach should notice about the emotions but don’t have to speak about them or getting engaged with emotions and allowing coachee to experience their emotions fully to express themselves more freely.
Some coaches prefer to disengage themselves from the emotions and avoid any kind of emotional situation as they believe emotion shifts coaching towards therapy, and coaching is not a therapy.
I still of the opinion that coaches need education and training on how emotions influence an individual.
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