Client relationships are the foundation of your coaching business. Whether you work for a coaching firm or are opening your own private practice, the principles are the same. It's all about building rapport, communicating effectively, and establishing trust.

In this course, you’ll learn how to position yourself during the consultation, create a connection, and set the foundation for a healthy relationship in a truly save space.

Coaching is all about the client, and your discovery call session should be too.

This training will teach you:

-What an effective discovery call session should look like

- What it should include or be about

- What you need to accomplish during the discovery call session including:

• Establishing a working alliance with client (kick start rapport and connection

• Connection (creating a bond)

• Motivation (Establishing the clients agenda for change)

• Presentation (What you do and why you do it)

• Getting Clear (What it looks like to work with you)

• Information (Filling in details – helping them decide)

• Decision (The deciding factors for clients - Tackling their questions - Understanding your value)

It also offers:

- Suggestions to consider

- Exercises:

• Discovery call session with your assigned clients in the circle

• Create your own customized pre-session discovery call session form

And includes:

- Example of a pre-session discovery call session form

As a coach, your most valuable asset is your ability to coach. This is why during every coaching session, you will need to be able to read the room, manage expectations and ensure that your client feels extremely comfortable and trusting in your ability to help them unpack their pain, create new awareness and implement fresh discoveries.

In this course, we’ll touch on:

- Intuitive & Empathetic Listening

- Effective Communication

You’ll learn:

- How to tap into the energy of a client

- About recapping session to session → celebrating with clients

- What to do if you get stuck during a session

- About thought provoking, challenging questions.

- About questions that will effectively allow you to:

• Encourage your clients to dig deep

• Create a coaching chain, keeping the session and client on track.

• Ask for permission and make observations

• Check in with client → encouraging voice and choice.

• Close a session on the client’s terms → leave them feeling empowered with a new sense for life.

This Coaching Circle is a structured, supportive space for trauma recovery coaching professionals who want to deepen their practice while working alongside other trained coaches. It’s designed for thoughtful engagement, personal and professional reflection, and continued learning with peers who understand the responsibility and nuance of trauma-informed work.

Through shared professional presence, participants have space to refine skills, stay grounded in ethical practice, and remain connected to the heart of why they do this work. If you value depth, integrity, and learning in the presence of other trauma-informed professionals, this Circle offers a steady place to grow.