Yes, there has to be a very balanced approach. The coach is not a psychatrist. He is ther to rovide the right balance of performance coaching and behaviorial improvement.

At best, the coach can recommend certain improvement areas on weel being.

Professional coaches and mentors undertake a rigorous process of self-reflection and interrogation to ensure they understand themselves, their biases and values intimately. The reason for this is so that they display non-judgement and hold the space for the coachee when coaching. Coaches also have supporting peer-to-peer professional circles and supervisors so that they can discuss their responses and emotions to coaching discussions (the coachee content and details are never disclosed). Again this is to ensure we explore what we might be inadvertently bringing into a coaching discussion that is not fit for purpose and to reflect on how best to move forward. It is also important to be aware that part of our training is to understand when to ‘hand-off’ to other professionals, when the coaching has moved into a different space bejond the remit of the coaching contract.