Life Coach Quiz | Life Coach Certification Institute

1. A client comes to you who normally feels very positively about his career. He stated that his job is about to change and he is no longer going to be involved in pursuing his passions. The client states that he’s feeling really low and sad but stated that he wishes to talk about his work during today’s session. What’s the best way for you to proceed as the coach?

Ask the client to tell you all about his day

Tell the client what you agreed to work on a specific goal in the last session and that this is inflexible

Discuss with the client what they’d like to get out of today’s session so that you’re both clear going forward

Give the client a lecture about the importance of passion in one’s career

2. It’s important for a coach to have _____to give a client space to express themselves.

Doubt and questioning

Confrontation and debate

Empathy and acceptance

Excitement and laughter

3. What role should a coach take with a client when setting and prioritizing goals?

Co-creating goals with the client and facilitating the client’s self-discovery of goals

Critiquing client goals

Being hands off when the client establishes what they want to work on

Being the boss and telling the client what their goals should be

4. Coaches need to help clients explore both their successes and_____?

Their family

Their work

Their areas for growth

Their childhood

5. Why is respect of a client’s perspective important?

Helps the client know they’re speaking to a professional

Helps the client know that the coach is worth the money

Helps the client feel heart, understood, and empathized with

Helps the client feel as though their perspective on life is right

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

Paraphrasing

Retelling

Reiteration

Rephrasing

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

Their breathing

Their appearance

Their facial expression

What underlies the words

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

Appropriate and respectful

Outrageous and attention grabbing

Extreme and bold

Limited and simple

9. 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?

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

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

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

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