To effectively support clients seeking relationship guidance, life coaches should consider pursuing a certification in this field. High-quality training and certification programs provide excellent core training, experience, and skills. However, if coaching clients in their relationships is where your heart is as a coach, a specialization would better equip you to genuinely serve your clients. Asking for guidance in relationships is a significant hurdle for most people. Whether based on shame, embarrassment, disbelief, or ego, this is one area of life coaching that is the most difficult for people to seek. All of life’s ups and downs shape who we are, and creating a safe place for clients to grow and evolve in their relationships is incredibly rewarding for coach and client!

Reasons Clients Seek Coaching in Relationships

Life coaches who focus on relational coaching with their clients have a powerful platform to help individuals find fulfilling relationships that can directly impact their personal lives, complicated family ties, and careers. The number one reason people seek relational coaches is because of the value they place on relationships in their lives. The quality of life is directly correlated to the relationships they have, and they relate success to the health and sustainability of working and personal relationships. Other reasons include a commitment to success in a partnership, marriage, family, community, and business settings. Anyone seeking a life coach in this area wants results, which is why having the training, certification, and experience matters. Individuals working with a life coach are open to learning and using their life coach’s tools and expertise to achieve their relationship goals.

The great thing about people who are reaching out to find a relationship coach is that they are ready for action. They recognize a disconnect between what they seek and what hurdles are stopping them. Clients want to be authentic, have balance, and are willing to go beyond what they consider comfortable. Much of coaching is getting the support, tools, and accountability to make real change in one’s life. Whether a client has tried other methods on their own, or maybe with another coach that wasn’t able to help them, when they get in front of you, they want help and are ready to work for it – no convincing needed!

Flipping the Script with a Relational Life Coach

As mentioned before, life coaching is a unique platform for helping clients achieve significant, meaningful changes in their lives. Life coaching can flip the script, change the game, and genuinely help someone struggling with boundaries, goals, and other relational hurdles. Some clients may be bringing abuse and trust issues to the table, but quality life coaches have the certifications that equip them with the skills, experience, and resources to help them move into their future.

A key difference between a therapist and a life coach is that therapists use the past to help explain behaviors, fears, or hurdles. A caring life coach helps clients examine their current situation and the future and helps them successfully plan and set goals. A life coach is a partner, but also needs to know when they have to refer a client to a professional trauma therapist. A skilled life coach must set their own boundaries and goals to ensure they are best serving their clients. Strong support from your certification provider is pivotal in coaching success.

The trust built in relational coaching sessions can be a strong bond that evolves, and clients may continue to seek guidance in the long term. A skilled coach helps clients set goals and boundaries, whether in their personal or professional lives. Life coaches can genuinely change the trajectory of their clients’ lives, and this is a huge responsibility that should be navigated with care.

Life Purpose Institute and Relationship Coaching

At Life Purpose Institute, we have witnessed many of our certified life coaches continue their training with a Relationship Coaching certification through the International Coaching Federation. There is no better way to prepare to help clients build and sustain healthy and fulfilling relationships. Life Purpose Institute partners with each coach, connecting and giving access to the best resources available to help individual clients achieve their relationship goals. As humans, we are designed with a desire to be in relationship with others, and meaningful life coaching helps clients achieve just this. Whether in the workplace, personal, or family life, coaching takes training, experience, and a fantastic support team, which we offer! Contact Life Purpose Institute today at 858-484-3400, or click here for more information on our Relationship Coaching approach and certification program.