Total Life Coaching: 50+ Life Lessons, Skills, and Techniques to Enhance Your Practice . . . and Your Life

by Patrick Williams and Patrick Williams

Book Overview

It is an interactive experience in which you will find recipes for living your life more authentically, as well as master time-honored lessons that you can bring to your coaching clients. Regardless... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393704343
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

ESSENTIAL COACHING PRIMER

Great primer! Total Coaching is very through in scope and meticulous in its presentation of 52 of the most common issues in life coaching. Beginning and advanced coaches as well as non-coaches including therapists and consultants will find this book valuable. Co-authors Patrick Williams and Lloyd J. Thomas brilliantly present a myriad of theories, examples and exercises in each chapter. Written in easy to digest style, this book provides a content rich enviorment that helps the reader learn and appreciate many fundamental coaching principles. Total Coaching is essential primer for anyone building a coaching library. A treasure trove of information it will no doubt become a widely used tome for teaching. Drs. Williams and Thomas should be commended for contributing such a substantial body of knowledge to the profession.

A Must for the Professional's Library

Patrick Williams has emerged as a leader in the professional coaching field and his background in psychology has helped build a lot of credibility for this newer, distinct profession. His latest book, Total Life Coaching, is a comprehensive tome for anyone interested in improving their counseling skills, or even their own relationships. He has made the material very accessible by breaking the points down into life lessons. From scripts, to powerful questions to insights you may not have been privy to before, this resource guide is a must for every professional's library. Be sure to keep it in reach! Kudos to Patrick and his co-author.

Total Life Coaching is a Fearless book!

This book dares to explore and examine every possible realm of human life so that the reader can discover his or her own true authenticity. Whether you are a coach who longs to have the skills, tools and life lessons to help others on their life journey, or if you are that person who dares tackle you own life transformation, you can tuck this book under your arm and be confident that it is the resource you need. Total Life Coaching is such an easy read and an accessible resource that you will find it to be a book you will interact with time and time again. Thanks to Drs. Patrick Williams and Lloyd J Thomas for sharing their extraordinary messages, tip sheets, assessments, coaching conversations, quotes, and most of all their life lessons. It is a Life 101 essential.

A "must-have"

Total life coaching truly is a compendium of resources. If you are a personal professional coach, interested in coaching or a highly motivated nonprofessional, this is a "must-have." Drs Patrick Williams and Lloyd J. Thomas have not only provided the resources promised, but allow you to witness the coaching process in a unique way. They reveal the underlying strategy used by the coach and point out potential pitfalls in terms of specific clients. These experienced coaches have created a book that spands all dimensions of coaching. It will broaden your perspectives and give you deeper insight into effective coaching processes.