Lydia Boschetti: "Coaching unleashes all the client's talent"

Psychology and Mind: Good morning Lydia, nice to greet you and ask you some questions about interesting questions about your work as a coach. Tell us some details about your academic and professional career.

L.B.: Hello! I currently have a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico and a Master's degree in Professional Counseling Specialized in Mental Health from the University of Phoenix, being licensed by the Department of Health of Puerto Rico.

Interview with Lydia Boschetti

What does the job of a coach consist of?

A coach is a professional who accompanies a "coachee" (client) in a process of self-discovery so that he can seek solutions and strategies to resolve his conflicts or achieve his goals. The coachee is responsible for his actions and developing his own strategy according to his "world map" and his needs. The coach does not give solutions, the coach uses questions so that the "coachee" can discover the answers that are inside her and identify resources that he will use to achieve his goal. The coachee is the expert in his life, that is why it is he who develops this action plan accompanied by his coach.

What are the benefits of coaching for the client requesting this type of service?

Through coaching the client can achieve their goals much easier and faster than trying it alone since the coach is trained to use techniques that help him to release all those talents and resources that the client has in his inside.

Coaching has no official regulation so anyone can be a coach. How can we differentiate a professional coach? What skills or abilities does a good coach have to have?

It is true, coaching is not regulated, however there are many organizations that certify people who wish to be a coach. This is a profession that is based on great moral worth. Continuing education, commitment to excellence and passion for their work are essential elements within the qualities that every coach must have. You must develop excellent communication skills, empathy, unconditional acceptance and an attitude positive, seeing their clients with possibilities and being committed to the process generating harmony and affinity. The coach must be in harmony with his inner self, knowing that he will work with people who need an emotionally stable and self-motivated professional.

What set of techniques do you usually apply for each client? Are there different techniques depending on the specific concern of the client?

Yes, there are multiple techniques to use depending on each case and each client. For example, I work with neurolinguistic programming and use visualization, Ericksonian hypnosis, questions, kinesiology, identify beliefs, metamodels and confront them, use the Milton model, anchors, presuppositions of the NLP, among other powerful techniques.

What advice would you give to someone who is starting in the world of coaching?

That they are educated with certified professionals, that they belong to the associations related to coaching and that they become in professionals who put the name and reputation of coaching high by having an insatiable desire for education and excellence.

Another of your specialties, as you have been commenting, is NLP. Tell us, what fundamental pillars does Neuro-Linguistic Programming have?

NLP has four fundamental pillars: Compensation or Rapport, Sensory Awareness, Thinking about Results and Behavioral Flexibility.

The Rapport It is that good relationship that develops with other people and with ourselves. That good relationship implies trust, understanding, security and respect. It is part of the skills that a good coach must master.

Sensory awareness is that ability to be able to perceive, through the senses, that information that is being sent through verbal and non-verbal language. They are sensory perceptions that must be decoded and interpreted correctly.

Thinking about results is executing all our actions taking into account the final product. For this it is necessary to define where we want to go, by then, develop a route, a plan of action that leads us to that final product in the most efficient and effective way possible, in the least weather.

Behavioral flexibility can be summed up as follows: Do you want different results? You must do different things... Through behavioral flexibility, we have the freedom to do things in different ways until we obtain the desired result. As NLP says, failure does not exist, what do exist are results.

NLP is becoming very fashionable, why do you think it is becoming so popular?

Because NLP is a powerful technique for short-term results. In addition, it brings together techniques from other disciplines that makes it a complete and varied one.

Finally, lately we have seen that you spend part of your time recording videos for YouTube in which you talk about different experiences. When and why did you have the idea to record videos?

I have been recording videos for more than ten years. Thanks to YouTube and Facebook I have been able to reach more and more people. I understand that this medium is an easy, powerful and accessible one for many. It is an excellent way to be able to express thoughts and messages verbally and non-verbally. So people who see and hear can better understand the concepts and can save them for future reference. I love what I do, I understand that it is part of the purpose I have in this life and the result and the responses of the people fill me with great satisfaction.