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Although the coach communicates Empathy to the coachee as
the basis of counselling, when appropriate they may also use
challenging skills with the coachee when particular and clearly
harmful irrational statements or destructive patterns etc keep
resurfacing, However any challenging must be congruent with
the maintenance of therapeutic Rapport and Empathy because
Empathy and Rapport provide the coachee with the warmth,
comfort and safety needed to facilitate effective positive change.

Egan's skilled helper model
This is a 3-stage model or framework offered by Egan as useful
in helping people solve problems and develop opportunities.
The goals of using the model are to help people 'to manage their
problems in living more effectively and develop unused
opportunities more fully', and to 'help people become better at
helping themselves in their everyday lives.' (Egan G., 'The
Skilled Helper', 1998, p7-8).
Thus there is an emphasis on empowerment. Also the person s
own agenda is central, and the model seeks to move the person
towards action leading to outcomes which they choose and
value.
This model is not based on a particular theory of personality
development, nor on a theory of the ways difficulties develop. It
is a framework for conceptualising the helping process, and is
best used in working on issues in the recent past and the
present. As with any model, it provides a map, which can be
used in exploring, but which is not the territory itself.
The Egan model and mentoring are not synonymous; the model
can be used in many kinds of helping relationships, and
mentoring/co-mentoring can be done using other models, (or
none!).

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