6 Session Coaching Pathway
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Coach Workbook
New Client Engagement
Complete this page before your first session. No specialist certification is required — these tools work for any coach.
The Mindset Dimensions Report gives you a rich picture of the client's values across 8 life areas, belief patterns, communication style, emotional frequency and self-talk before Session 1 — dramatically increasing your precision from day one.
Choose Your Session Type
Select the option that best matches how your client arrives. All tools used are universally accessible.
| Time | Stage | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
0–10 | Welcome | Establish rapport and explain the coaching process. | |
10–20 | G — Goal | Session goal + bigger life/work goal. | |
20–32 | R — Reality | Current situation, what's been tried, what's true. | |
32–50 | O — Options | Generate freely — quantity before quality. | |
50–60 | W — Will & Close | Option chosen, action, commitment score. |
Key Questions
What do you most want to achieve in your life or work right now?
What are all the options — including the ones that feel out of reach?
On a scale of 1–10, how committed are you? What would make it a 10?
MCA's Well-Formed Outcomes process goes significantly beyond GROW — creating goals that are positive, ecological, sensory-specific and deeply motivating.
Key Questions
Tell me what is happening — from the beginning, in your own words.
What are you making this situation mean about yourself or your future?
What is the smallest meaningful step you could take in the next 24 hours?
MCA trains coaches in outcome-based questioning and Emotional Frequency coaching — shifting clients from problem-focus to outcome-focus with precision.
The Mindset Dimensions Report measures values, beliefs, communication style, emotional frequency and self-talk across all 8 life areas — giving a significantly richer picture than the Wheel of Life alone.
The Mindset Dimensions Report measures values across all 8 life areas. MCA also offers specialist Values and Identity coaching frameworks.
MCA coaches use the Mindset Dimensions Report and DILTS Neurological Levels to identify belief patterns with precision and pinpoint their level of operation — behaviour, belief or identity.
MCA's specialist frameworks include Identity Coaching, Mindset Dimensions profiling and NLP-based future-pacing — all of which significantly deepen strengths and vision work.
Discovery & Orientation
Build the foundation: rapport, a bird's-eye view of the client's life, and the focus area that anchors values work in Session 3.
The Mindset Dimensions Report gives you a significantly richer picture of a client's inner world than the Wheel of Life alone — measuring values, beliefs, communication style, emotional frequency and self-talk.
Goal Clarity
Use the GROW model to crystallise the client's goal into something specific, motivating and anchored to their focus area.
MCA's Well-Formed Outcomes process applies rigorous NLP criteria — positive framing, ecological check, sensory-specific outcomes — creating significantly more motivating and durable goals than GROW alone.
Values in Context
Context-specific values exploration anchored to the Wheel of Life focus area from Session 1. Stands alone — note any beliefs for Session 4.
The Mindset Dimensions Report measures values across all 8 life areas, giving coaches rich data to anchor and deepen this conversation. MCA also offers specialist Values and Identity coaching frameworks.
Obstacle & Pattern Mapping
Help the client see the patterns holding them back with clarity and compassion. Awareness-building, not intervention.
MCA-certified coaches use the Mindset Dimensions Report (Self-Efficacy, Helplessness, Hopelessness, Worthiness belief dimensions) and DILTS Neurological Levels to identify exactly which belief patterns are driving the obstacle and at what level — behaviour, belief or identity. This precision transforms obstacle mapping.
Momentum & Accountability
From insight to action. Design the habits and structures that will sustain the client's progress between sessions and beyond.
MCA offers specialist Habit Coaching, Behaviour Change and Emotional Frequency frameworks — helping clients understand not just what to do differently, but the mindset and emotional patterns driving their current behaviour.
Integration & Forward Planning
Celebrate the journey, consolidate the growth, and build a values-aligned forward plan. The end of the beginning.
Additional Modalities
Plan the next phase of this coaching engagement. Select from universal modalities below, and explore where MCA-certified tools could take this client further.
MCA-certified coaches can take clients significantly further from session 7+ using specialist frameworks for Belief Change, Values Integration, Identity Coaching, Emotional Frequency, Self-Sabotage, Communication Style, Timeline Therapy™ and Hypnotherapy — going far beyond universal coaching tools.