Life Coach Quiz | Life Coach Certification Institute

Appropriate and respectful

Outrageous and attention grabbing

Extreme and bold

Limited and simple

A coach and a psychotherapist are the same thing

Coaches deal with mental illness, psychotherapists do not

Psychotherapists focus on mental illness, coaches do not

Coaches dislike psychotherapy

Setting up a coaching agreement before sessions

No sexual relationships with clients

Keep client information confidential

Refuse service to people you don’t like

Paraphrasing

Retelling

Reiteration

Rephrasing

Did you have a good week?

Tell me more about what’s been going on for you this week?

How are you today?

I can’t believe how hard you’ve had it lately, can you?

Actions

Styles

Relationships

Words

Confront them about how the words and the behavior don’t match

Ask them what their problem is

Tell them that they should be more excited

Change the subject to something more interesting

Their breathing

Their appearance

Their facial expression

What underlies the words

Exploring client’s history

Exploring client’s beliefs

Exploring client’s perspectives

Exploring client’s thoughts

Be open about it and discuss it with their client

Take notes about the conflict of interest

Discuss the conflict with their spouse

Stop seeing the client immediately

Practice Exam

1. ________________ type of language should be used with clients.

2. What is the difference between a coach and psychotherapist?

3. Which of the following is NOT an ethical principle important to coaching?

4. What of the following is NOT a listening technique?

5. Which is an example of an open-ended question?

6. Coaches should help clients experiment with ________ to push the boundaries of what they thought was possible in their lives.

7. A client comes into a session with a coach and is telling the coach how excited they are about their new job. But their voice is quiet and sad sounding and their word choice doesn’t sound excited. What should the coach do?

8. It’s important not to get caught up in the “content” of what clients communicate, but instead to focus on what?

9. Which of the following are NOT important in increasing awareness?

10. When the coach recognizes that there is a conflict of interest in the coaching relationship they should _______________.