Relationship Coaching: the best tools for relationships

When we face issues in our relationships, who are the first people we turn to for help? Is that useful or might they make things worse? 

On the right hand side, you'll find a handout for you to start reflecting on how generally we deal with our relationship issues. That gives you an opportunity to reflect on who are the people that tend to help us through those problems, and what they are trying to achieve by doing so.

Now that we've established that non-professional advice can be quite detrimental for relationships, let's discover what you can bring into the space. 

We also look at the difference between coaching and therapy, and on the right hand side, in the downloads section, you can find a summary of the main key points. 

In this video we'll explore who are the people who seek our help and what kind of issues they are facing.

We are exploring here what are the common pitfalls you need to be aware of in coaching 1-2-1 clients on relationship topics and how to address them. 

In this video we explore the main issues clients bring into 1-2-1 sessions about their relationships and how we can help with them. 

In the download section on the right, you will find the hierarchy of needs we discussed during this lesson. Enjoy!

In this video we are exploring issues single people need coaching on, such as coping with the modern dating scene, why they remain single, and why they keep attracting the wrong partners among others. 

In this section, we will explore the difference between couple coaching and couple counselling

We are exploring here how the coach position themselves in relation to the couple, and how different the dynamic is compared to a one-to-one session.

Working with couple is a very different dynamic than in a one-to-one session. One of the most important thing is to have very clear ground rules and boundaries. This is what we explore in this video. 

A short introduction to communication skills with a little task for you to complete before watching the next video! 

In this video, we are going to explore what are the most common problems in communication and what creates arguments. We will then discover in the following video how to improve instantly our communication with some very concrete tips.

In this video we explore a few simple tips that can instantly improve your communication in relationships.

In this video, an introduction to love languages, we are going to explore what loves mean, why it is important for us as human beings, but also the difference between being "in love" and "loving" someone. 

We are going to talk about the 5 love languages and understand how and why some people feel unloved. This very useful skill will then help us improve our communication for more harmonious relationships.

In the download section, you will find a summary and explanation of the 5 love languages as we explored during this video. 

There are also many online tests you can take with or without a partner to determine your own love language, such as http://www.5lovelanguages.com/profile/ or https://365tests.com/personality-tests/what-is-your-love-language

NLP is a fantastic multi-level tool. But one of the first thing it brings into people's life is an improved and better communication. So let's explore here the basics of NLP - called the NLP presuppositions - and how you can use them to improve your interactions with others. You will find a summary of them in the download section. 

This section is about understanding more in depth where our issues in relationships come from. A lot of the time, relationships are a mirror of some unconscious unresolved issues we carry from childhood. Unless we are able to unravel those patterns and bring them to consciousness, we are likely to repeat old scenario from the past and damage our current relationships.