While coaching is about talking and helping a client generate options, there are a variety of techniques that the coach can borrow from various schools of therapy that can be brought into play. Here are some techniques that can be brought from Gestalt therapy which is more experiential than talk therapy.
Through experiments, the coach supports the client’s direct experience of something new, instead of merely talking about the possibility of something new. The coach creates an experience in which a client might learn something as part of their growth.
Examples might include: (1) Rather than talking about the client's boss, a coach might ask the client to imagine the boss is present, or that the coach is the boss, and talk to that boss directly; (2) If a client is struggling with how to be assertive, a coach could have the client say some assertive things to the coach or (3) A coach might notice something about the non-verbal behavior or tone of voice of the client; then the coach might have the client exaggerate the non-verbal behavior and pay attention to that experience; (4) A coach therapist might work with the breathing or posture of the client, and direct awareness to changes that might happen when the client talks about different content. With all these experiments the coach is working with process rather than content, the How rather than the What.
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