Supporting Clients as a Creativity Coach
Support and accountability are two of the main services a creativity coach offers to his clients. Support feels like compassion and kindness. If a client has been struggling with out success then they will find it very difficult to support themselves and their self talk can be harsh and un-supportive.
A Creativity Coach is someone you can talk to about your work. You can speak with one about the problems of your fading dreams, about the gap between your dreams and reality. A creativity coach is there to say, “I think you can do it and I’m here to help you”
Support can mean different things to different people and the kind of support the coach offers is heavily dependent on the kind of creativity activity the Creativity Coaching Client may be involved in. It could be practical support like pointing a client in the direction of an arts website or it could be more psychological like for example working with negative self talk. It should also always be an attitude on the part of the coach.
One way a coach may offer practical support to Creative is by speaking with them about starting a new routine. For example writing in the morning before the emails are looked at.
Another way a coach offers help to a client is by getting them to face there creative anxiety. Something that many clients are not even aware of. Creative anxiety is the anxiety that comes of all the decisions that a person has to take when they create.
Support can take many other forms like asking them to think and reflect on a much deeper level. Asking a client to forgive himself Making sure they know they can do it and that it’s not too late to achieve there dreams.
