Life coaching, also referred to as personal coaching, empowerment training, performance training, and life improvement coaching (among others) provides assistance to goal-oriented individuals who want to achieve increased success in specific areas of their life or who simply want to improve the overall quality of their life.

Life coaching is different from counseling in that counseling generally assists individuals who are in crisis or who are experiencing emotional or behavioral problems. Counselors promote growth and healing through the development of insight and the resolution of past issues; whereas, coaches are generally more concerned with motivation and change in the present and future. The primary functions of a coach are to assist their client in identifying a goal and creating an action plan while monitoring their progress in a structured, supportive environment. A proficient coach not only helps their client achieve their immediate goals and ambitions, but teaches them skills that will enable them to continue to experience success long after coaching ends.

At Leon Springs Counseling & Life Coaching, Christine Hefel, Professional Life Coach, offers an interactive, motivational program designed to aid clients in identifying core life desires, authentic talents and inner strengths. Clients are taught ways of developing positive patterns of thought, feelings & behavior that bring success, balance & fulfillment into their lives. Obstacles that may have impeded past successes are identified and extinguished.

Some of the more popular applications for coaching include:

• Academic Success
• Diet and Weight Control
• Promotions/Career Advancement
• Couples and Marital
• Child Behavioral Problems
• Child School/Learning Problems
• Adolescent Problems
• Improved Communication
• Life Fulfillment

• Weight Loss
• Sex Therapy
• Sports and Fitness
• Parenting Coaching
• Disease Management
• Multi-cultural Couples
• Multi-ethnic Couples
• Pain Management
• Personal Growth

• Gay and Lesbian Issues
• Women's Menopause
• Midlife Issues
• Infertility and Adoption
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Motivational Training
• Step Parenting
• Blended Families
• Divorce Recovery