Coaching Contract with John Utter

4411 Clar Mar Lane SE, Olympia, WA 98501
360-481-5456, john@totheheart.net

This agreement between Coach: John Utter and Client: ___________________________ will begin on Date:________ and will continue for a minimum of three more sessions. payable monthly in advance.

The Nature of Coaching

The services to be provided by Coach to the Client are face-to-face coaching or telecoaching as designed jointly with the client, supplemented as needed and agreed upon by both parties with email communication.

Coaching, which is not advice, therapy, or counseling, may address specific personal projects, goals, issues of life balance, business successes, or general conditions in the client's life or profession. Other coaching services or activities may include values clarification, brainstorming, personal strategic planning, and work on perspective in order to broaden the client's understanding of the choices the client faces. Coaching may involve all areas of a client's personal and professional life.

Coaching clients are assumed to be, and treated as, mentally fit individuals interested in creating well-being beyond the social norm. Coaching clients will be encouraged to take responsibility for their thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Coaching does not involve either the diagnosis of mental illness or it's treatment. It is not a substitute for professional counseling, psychotherapy, treatment for addiction issues, or marital and family therapy.

Obligations of the Coach

Throughout our working relationship our conversations will be direct and personal. You can count on me to be honest and straightforward, ask clarifying questions, make empowering requests, and suggest creative, useful homework. The purpose of our interaction is to hold your focus on your desired outcome and to coach you to stay clear, focused, and in action.

As your coach, I, John Utter, promise you that all information shared with me will be kept strictly confidential, except as required by law. Sometimes information that you share with me may be specific and explicitly personal. Your willingness to be truthful will be treated with the ultimate respect, as a special confidence. At the conclusion of our work together, all written records of our work will be destroyed to preserve your privacy.

Guarantees

If a client is unsatisfied with a session for any reason the coach will issue a refund for that session during the first three months of the relationship and for a maximum of two non-billed sessions. This does not include sessions that the client misses. The three months starts at the free introductory session. The coach will ask to discuss the reason for dissatisfaction in order to examine if there is a way services can be improved. The client, of course, is free to decline the discussion.

Obligations of Client

By signing below, the Coach and the Client agree to keep these agreements and appointments; the Client agrees to keep the Coach informed as to what is needed to keep the process moving forward. In the event that you, the Client, are dissatisfied, please discuss with me what you need.

Missed Sessions

The client is responsible for calling or showing up at the agreed upon location within 10 minutes of the appointed time. No-shows without 48 hours advance notice are considered a non-refundable missed session. In turn, if I need to reschedule without a 48 hour notice I will

Our signatures on this agreement indicate full understanding of and agreement with the information outlined above.

 

Coach__________________________________      Client________________________________________