How to Coach Yourself and Others Techniques For Coaching

would ask the client to think of others in the client's life who could begin to be a confidant in a very small manner. 3. How does it help the client? It catapults the client from a problem saturated context into a visionary context where he/she has a moment of freedom, to step out of the problem story and into a story where they are more problem free. But, more importantly, it helps the therapist to know exactly what the client wants from therapy...and this is what makes Solution Focused Therapy so efficient and brief. 4. What makes the Miracle Question a cool intervention? It helps the therapist see where the client wants to go. Too often, therapists assume that a client needs to grieve, leave their spouse, quit their job, after the client describes why he/she has come to therapy. The Miracle Question helps the client and therapist to address exactly what the client wants, not what the therapist thinks is best. Follow up Questions: FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS TO THE MIRACLE QUESTION THAT HELP THE CLIENT DEVELOP WELL-FORMED GOALS  How will you know the miracle happened?  What will be the first thing you notice that would tell you that a miracle happened; that things are different?  What else would tell you that things are different/better?  What might others (mother, father, spouse, partner, siblings, friends, work associates, teachers, and etcetera) notice about you that would tell them that the miracle has happened, that things are different or better? 

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