Ethical Issues for Coaches

By Lyn Kelley

New, updated edition 2023. Increase your ethics, success, clientele and income all in one book! Written by Lyn Kelley, Ph.D., LMFT, Certified Professional Coach, this book provides a concise ethical guideline for Life, Personal, Career, Business Coaches and Consultants. How to protect yourself from liability issues, answers to all your most frequently asked questions, specific coaching competencies from ICF and IAC, sample intake and informed consent forms, sample contracts. What you MUST know about providing coaching by phone and Internet.
How mental health professionals can protect themselves from liability, especially if they combine therapy and coaching. Here's what you'll learn:

• Protect yourself from unforeseen liability issues
• 25 most frequently asked questions (and answers)
• Specific coaching competencies from ICF and IAC
• Sample "Informed Consent" forms for therapy and coaching
• Everything you need to know about confidentiality
• What your professional liability insurance will cover and not cover
• Vital issues to know when doing therapy or coaching by phone or Internet

"This book is very informative, concise and comprehensive. It covers all the necessary ethics for coaching and starting a coaching practice. It also includes all the basic competencies and masteries of coaching and gives you a great head-start in coaching. I especially appreciated the sample intake forms and contracts!" -- Marilyn (eBook Review)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lyn Kelley
• Release date: Jun 17, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452341408

Lyn Kelley

As a Motivational Coach and Speaker, my goal is "to empower people move to the next level of success in their lives." Many people have asked for more information about me and why I am qualified to motivate others. So here's a little bit about me and how I got here. It all started back in Fresno, CA where I was born and raised. As a child I knew I had a calling to help people be happier and live better lives. I knew this because I was keenly observant of people. I observed people and how they lived their lives. At age 10 a friend's family invited me to a musical show called "Up With People!" This show had a major impact on me, and brought up my passion to help people be happier. Although my parents didn't care about my grades, I received all A's in school except I always failed Oral English. I couldn't get up in front of the class and speak. What kept me going in school was my desire for a career in the helping/teaching profession, so I could help others become more successful. The females in my family were discouraged from going to college, so higher education became my way of rebelling. I earned my B.A. in Education from CSU Fresno. During college I had some wonderful professors who took me under their wing and encouraged me to speak in class. I learned that I enjoyed teaching and actually had a gift that had previously been repressed. I went on to get my teaching credential and taught Jr. and Sr. High School for 7 years. I went from a shy little girl who couldn't speak in front of the class to a big girl who couldn't STOP speaking in front of the class! Teaching adolescents was an amazing experience! I found that I wanted to work with them more one-on-one, so I went back to college to become a counselor. I received my M.S. in Counseling/Psychology from the University of Miami and became licensed as a Marriage & Family Therapist. Initially I set out to get a wide range of experience. I worked in a children's psych hospital in dual diagnosis, managed a residential treatment program for severely emotionally disturbed teenage girls, conducted biofeedback therapy for a pain management center, and worked in social services in the areas of foster care, child abuse and family reunification. Once I became licensed I worked in a private counseling practice for 7 years. I specialized in relationship counseling. During this time I realized that coaching, writing and teaching were what I really loved to do, s...

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Author, Lyn Kelley, Ph.D., CPC

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Dear Lyn, I found your workshop so inspirational! It has taken me to another level in my consciousness about the work we do as therapists and it has further inspired me to continue my pursuits in the realm of Organizational Development and Transformation. Your being is quite a catalyst. I appreciate what you are doing very much and feel honored to have been able to experience your work and its profound effect, first-hand.

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Ethical Issues for Coaches

By Lyn Kelley, Ph.D., MFT, CPC

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The 7 Self-Sabotages: Why People Sabotage Themselves and How to Stop It

How to Become Your Own Life Coach in 12 Easy Steps

How to Motivate Yourself: Secrets of the Motivational Superstars

Online Marketing for Non-Techies: How to Turn Your Website Into a Sales Machine

7 Secrets of Highly Successful Coaches

How to Motivate Your Clients to Change

How to Collect Your Money

Thousands of Angels: Your Path to Spiritual Empowerment, Healing and Abundance

How to Become a Life Coach

How to Become a Corporate/Business Coach

How to Become a Virtual Coach

Ethics for Coaching

How to Get a Raise from Managed Care Plans

How to Promote Your Practice to a Well-Pay, Self-Pay Clientele

Practice Angels: How to Build a Full Practice from Good Referrals Alone

The Magic of Detachment: How to Let Go of Other People and their Problems

One Day She Woke Up and Decided to Be Brave: A Woman’s Journey from Fear to Courage

She Said She Would Be Rich and They Believed Her: Mastering the Prosperity Mindset

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Bad Dick, Good Jane

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The Magic of Detachment

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Controlling and Manipulative Men

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Emotionally Unavailable Men

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Self Centered & Narcissistic Men

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Ethical Issues for Coaches

By Lyn Kelley, Ph.D., MFT, CPC

Certified Professional Coach

For Life/Personal Coaches, Corporate/Business Coaches, Consultants and Counselors

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Most Frequently Asked Questions

Success Motivation Coaching

Coaching is in Demand

How I Became a Coach Trainer

What is coaching?

How is coaching different from psychotherapy?

What type of clients are best suited for coaching?

Am I required to be certified to do coaching?

Will there be certification requirements in the future?

If it’s not required, why should I become certified?

What are the ethical & legal guidelines for coaching?

What makes me competent to do coaching?

Can I do coaching over the phone or Internet?

Can I do coaching and/or consulting for businesses and corporations?

Will my professional liability insurance cover me as a coach?

Chapter Two: Coaching Ethics

Sleep Well At Night With a Good Informed Consent

IAC Ethical Principles

ICF Code of Ethics

Chapter Three: Coaching Competencies

IAC 15 Coaching Proficiencies

ICF Coaching Core Competencies

Chapter Four: Confidentiality

Your Best Protection Against Liability

State Boards and Professional Associations Guidelines

How to Ensure Phone Confidentiality

How to Ensure Online Confidentiality

Coaching vs Psychotherapy

Pros and Cons of Virtual Coaching

Informed Consent and HIPAA

Chapter Five: Informed Consent

Why do I need it in writing?

When should I d