Liz Larsen Coaching Agreement

My job as a coach is to help you identify and refine your goals, eliminate the barriers that stand in your way, and help you take the action to make those dreams your realities. I’ll be keeping an eye on both your long-term goals as well as the weekly and monthly steps that will help you get what you want. This agreement outlines our responsibilities.

Your Contact Info

Write a little bit about what you hope to accomplish in coaching. This can include scope, expectations of yourself and of me, and how we will evaluate our work. We’ll use this in our first few sessions to explore your objectives together.

GUARANTEES 

In our work together, you can count on me to be professional, genuine and present as I work with you to make changes. Your results will depend on your own progress toward your goal and outside influences.

CANCELLATIONS 

Please text me ASAP if you need to cancel our session together. My cell number is 206-228-2132. For cancellations less than 24 hours in advance, I’ll make a good faith effort to fill the time, and/or I’ll find out if you and I can reschedule within a day or two. Otherwise, I may have to count the time missed as a session and charge you. If you don’t show up for a scheduled time, I’ll call you. (We can always meet by phone if necessary.) And if I fail to show up for one of our meetings, the next one’s on me. I exclude late cancellations due to illness or family emergencies from this policy.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE

As your coach, I will do all in my power to keep confidential all communications between you and me. Communication by e-mail and cell phones may not be secure. By signing below, you acknowledge and agree that the use of electronic communication is acceptable. I conduct some sessions in groups, including online groups. If you decide to participate, I ask that you agree to maintain the confidentiality of all information communicated to you by other members of the group or team.  Bottom line, I will be rigorous about The International Coach Federation Code of Ethics.

THERAPY VERSUS COACHING

While there are some similarities between coaching and therapy, therapy is a health care service and is often reimbursable through health insurance policies. This is not true for coaching. Both coaching and therapy utilize knowledge of human behavior, motivation and behavioral change and interactive counseling techniques, but the focus of coaching is the development and implementation of strategies that will help people to reach their identified goals of enhanced performance and personal satisfaction. The relationship between the Coach and Coachee is specifically designed to avoid the power differentials that occur in the therapy relationship. As your coach, I will be both direct and challenging. If our conversations indicate that there are subjects that require the expertise of a therapist, such as depression, I will ask that you engage a therapist before continuing our sessions.

RESOLVING DIFFERENCES

I want you to be really satisfied with our work together. If, at any time, you feel that your needs are not being addressed, or you are not getting what you want out of our work together, I’ll trust you to tell me so we can work towards a solution. We will discuss your needs and concerns, make appropriate adjustments, and continue to work on the goals you define unless you are ready to stop, which we will do whenever you ask.