Sometimes young people can feel like they're stuck on a never-ending rollercoaster. The expectations they have for themselves, as well as the pressures of fitting in, growing up and planning a future, can make it hard for them to cope.

Individual coaching and mentoring is for young people who might feel overwhelmed by the stresses and anxieties of school, college, the world of work and home life. Coaching empathetic with the adventure of growing up that can impart valuable life skills and the kind of non judgemental support in times of change. we off support, development of wellbeing and resilience of young people.

what is a youth coach

A youth coach is a professionally trained adult coach that specialises in working with teenagers or young adults. They can work in a range of settings including schools, colleges, youth or community settings that provide coaching interventions to support young people gain a range of life skills, and develop personally or academically. In our case, we apply youth coaching to support young people to build wellbeing and resilience to prevent the onset of mental health problems.

How does a youth coach help young people be more successful?

One thing a coach does is see the young person through the vision of strengths and resourcefulness so they can see that they are already successful. Coaches then use this vision of strength as a foundation to help the young people to see themselves in this light and recognise what they are already successful at so they can build on it and do more. This is done through using coaching skills such as listening and asking questions, reflecting back and paraphrasing. 

A youth coach helps young people to improve their thinking and behaviour

When we're working with young people, as a youth coach, we are helping them to increase their thinking skills and self-awareness to realise what they perceive success to be and what makes them successful, and how they became successful in those situations.

This builds their confidence and self-efficacy to be successful or perceive they are successful in certain situations.

The idea is that the young person can identify what they did and how they felt in those situations they were successful in so they can take that learning and apply it in other areas of their life and situations.

Through working with their youth coach, young people gain the ability to recognise what they are good at, and use strengths they have within themselves. This really helps them to be more successful and in doing so builds their wellbeing and ability to be more resilient in challenging situations.