What is Coaching?

Coaching is a practice designed to promote personal development, efficiency and learning. It helps individuals to identify their desires, talents and dreams, and provides them with the guidance, motivation and support needed to fulfill them.
A professional Coach is someone who will help you to:
- Define your goals and objectives;
- Outline, develop and put into practice your plans, projects and dreams;  
- Break away from limiting or negative mental patterns;
- Maintain a vision of success and fulfillment and help you make it come true.
Coaching emerged in the 80’s, in the United States, as a method for helping individuals to increase their performance in different areas of their lives. The practice also soon found itself used in business environments and corporations. It was later introduced in Europe, and at the beginning of 21st century it made its way to Spain. It is currently considered to be a powerful tool for personal and professional development.

What types of Coaching are there?

There are various types of Coaching, which encompass many aspects of human life and experience. In Hestia, we offer the following modules:
- Personal or “Life Coaching”: For those who seek positive change and success in their lives. Any aspect of one’s life could be the starting point for this process. Personal Coaching will help you to explore and identify your goals, and will provide you with guidance and on-going support in order to achieve them.
- Professional Coaching: This type of coaching will facilitate your professional development, strategically supporting you on vital points of your professional project.[More information]
- Corporate Coaching: An organizational approach to Coaching, that aims to promote constructive change and development for individuals or teams, within professional contexts. We use a “Systems Approach” to this type of work.
- Performance Coaching: This focuses on optimizing performance and efficiency within a work or sports environment.
- Professional Orientation or “Career Coaching”: This addresses issues related to choosing a career or profession. It increases clarity and self-confidence, and facilitates decision-making, in relation to different professional or career options.

How does it work?

The process is facilitated by a Coach, who is a trained and highly qualified professional both in Coaching and other health or work related areas. Coaches are much more than personal trainers, as they not only provide guidance and support; they are also there to bring out the best in each person. The Coach and client work together and collaborate throughout the process. The Coach is always there to guide, give support, set accessible goals, plan out strategies, motivate, monitor the process - and of course to celebrate successes!
The sessions last approximately one hour, and take place once every week or two weeks -depending on the type of objectives set by each client.  Follow-up sessions may also be done via telephone or internet, when appropriate. At the beginning of each process the Coach and client define the aims, the frequency of the sessions and the length of the process. The strategies and steps to be taken are also agreed upon. Clients will sometimes receive material that will support and stimulate this process, which will be unique, specific, and exclusively designed for them.

Who is it for?

Coaching is for everybody who would like to get more out of their life: It is for people who would like to change jobs, try a different profession or get a promotion; for those who want to write a book, find a partner, overcome a bad habit or build up their self-esteem. It is also recommended for people who want to achieve a greater balance between their personal and professional lives, who want to build their own business, expand an already existing one, or do well at exams. Whichever the desired change, Coaching can help. We only exclude the types of problems that would be worked better within a psychotherapeutic process. Nevertheless, Coaching may form part of therapy, when appropiate.

Service offered in: English, Spanish/Castellano, Catalan, French, Portuguese, German, Polish, Greek, Swedish, Italian, Russian, Bulgarian

What should my next step be if I’m interested?

If you would like more information you should come for a free consultation with one of our specialists, who will be able to inform you in greater detail about Coaching, answer your questions and clarify any possible doubts.
To make an appointment, you can contact us via email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , phones: 93 459 2802, 608384682 or via our on-line form.