{"id":13778,"date":"2013-03-18T06:03:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T14:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=13778"},"modified":"2013-03-13T02:19:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T10:19:27","slug":"what-is-emotional-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/what-is-emotional-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Emotional Coaching?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emotional coaching<\/a><\/strong> is one of the keys to raising happy, adaptable, and well-adjusted children in an often sad, intractable, and irrational world. According to John Gottman, author of Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, his research shows that it is not enough to be an engaged and loving parent. Parents also need to be emotional coaches to their kids yo help them understand and effectively manage the wide range of emotions and feelings they will experience.<\/p>\n

The first step in emotional coaching<\/span> is to recognize your child’s emotions and feelings. Parents are often caught up in their own adult world or only see the results of these emotions: bad behavior, acting out, crying, or other negative behaviors. Parents need to learn to see each child as a whole person with a wide range of emotions.<\/p>\n

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The next step in the emotional coaching<\/strong> of children is for the parents to be empathetic. Parents should ask them about their emotions and feelings and then discuss their own emotions and feelings. Parents should make sure to listen to what their children say and not just instruct, admonish, or punish them.<\/p>\n

From the moment children begin to talk, parents should be using words for each type of emotion. Using words such as sad, happy, miserable, ecstatic, disappointed, content, lonely, and delighted are not only a great way to improve their vocabulary, but also works to give them a way to convey their emotions to their parents.<\/p>\n

Can Emotional Coaching be a Niche?<\/h3>\n

Parents need to use this type of coaching in child rearing, but can emotional coaching<\/span> be a viable niche in the coaching profession? Is there room for the coaching of emotions in the industry?<\/p>\n

Those individuals that reach the top of their professions get there through a combination of hard work, luck, persistence, and the ability to think outside the box and to take chances. Moving your established coaching business into emotional counseling and coaching would be taking a risk and thinking outside the box. Look on the Internet \u2013 how many websites or ads for emotional coaches come up when you do a search? There are a few, but not many. Most of the results refer to parenting. It is a niche that is wide open and just waiting for a outside-the-box thinking entrepreneur like yourself to come along and make you name in a brand new field.<\/p>\n

What Would a Emotional Coach Do?<\/h3>\n