Work with a coach

Curious? Here’s how to get started.

  1. Review the roster of coaches in the link below and reach out to a coach you’d like to work with via their scheduling link or email. Please only reach out to one coach at a time. Any communication you have with a coach, whether just reaching out or having ongoing sessions, is confidential between you and the coach.
  2. The coach will set up an initial no-obligation conversation to provide you with more information about the support they can provide and learn more about your goals. The two of you will decide whether to proceed with one or more coaching sessions after this initial exploratory conversation.
  3. If that coach is not the right match for you, you may then set up an initial conversation with another coach until you find the right fit.

I had my first coaching experience in the months leading up to my Ph.D. defence, a day I approached with a lot of apprehension… My coach helped me explore the origins of my apprehension, thereby disarming it, and assisted me in building a step-by-step game plan to prepare for this big life event, as well as suggesting invaluable practical tips for the defence itself. My coach provided a wide array of tools from which I could choose based on what resonated most–coaching is highly individualized.

Testimonial from UBC PhD student

Important details for participants

  • Coaching is offered for up to six sessions at no cost. In exchange, you provide 5 minutes of your verbal feedback at the end of each session.
  • All coaches operate in alignment with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Code of Ethics, which includes commitments to confidentiality and privacy.
  • Your coach will provide you with an agreement for you to review, sign, and return prior to first session.
  • You must provide 24-hour notice in order to cancel or re-schedule a session.
  • At the end of your sessions, your coach will ask you to share information with us through a voluntary and confidential survey that will ask you to provide us with valuable participation data and evidence of the impact of coaching for enhancing student success. Your responses will be anonymous and no personal details requested. The information you provide is very valuable to us in assessing this pilot project.

If you have any questions, please email both Brian Taguchi brian.taguchi@ubc.ca and Richard Price richard.price@ubc.ca so we can address it promptly.