What is Goal Setting Coaching?
Goal setting coaching is a structured coaching process that helps you clarify exactly what you want to achieve, develop a concrete and actionable plan to achieve it, identify and address the blocks preventing progress, and maintain momentum through regular review and accountability. Our approach combines evidence-based goal-setting frameworks (SMART goals, GROW, implementation intentions) with CBT-informed coaching to address the psychological barriers to progress — including fear of failure, perfectionism, avoidance, and low self-efficacy.
Key Benefits of Goal Setting Coaching
- Clarity about what you actually want to achieve
- A concrete, realistic action plan with clear milestones
- Accountability that maintains momentum between sessions
- Tools to manage procrastination and avoidance
- Strategies for sustaining motivation when progress slows
- Ability to break overwhelming goals into manageable steps
- Resilience in the face of setbacks
- Progress on goals that have been stalled for months or years
How Goal Setting Coaching Works
Goal setting coaching combines structured goal clarification (what exactly do you want, and why?) with action planning (what steps will get you there?) and accountability (what will ensure you actually take them?). Our clinically-trained coaches also address the psychological dimension — the fears, doubts, and avoidance patterns that so commonly derail goal pursuit.
The Coaching Process
- 1Goal Clarification
What exactly do you want to achieve? Why? Is it genuinely your goal or someone else's expectation? Developing truly meaningful, motivating goals.
- 2Reality Assessment
Where are you now relative to your goal? What resources do you have? What are the real obstacles?
- 3Action Planning
Breaking the goal down into concrete, sequential steps. Building a realistic timeline with milestones.
- 4Barrier Analysis
Identifying the internal (fear, self-doubt, perfectionism) and external (time, resources, circumstances) barriers to progress.
- 5Accountability Structure
Building in review checkpoints and accountability mechanisms that maintain momentum.
- 6Progress Review & Adaptation
Regular review of progress. Celebrating what has been achieved. Adjusting the plan when obstacles arise.
Who Benefits from Goal Setting Coaching
- People with goals they've been pursuing without success
- Those who know what they want but can't seem to take action
- People with procrastination patterns affecting progress
- Those who start projects but rarely finish them
- People with multiple competing priorities needing clarity
- Anyone who wants structured support and accountability
Sessions and Format
Goal setting coaching sessions are 60 minutes, weekly or fortnightly. Most programmes run 6–10 sessions. Evening and Saturday appointments available.
All coaching sessions are 60 minutes, delivered via secure Zoom or telephone. Evening and Saturday appointments are available. First appointments typically within 5–10 working days. No GP referral needed.
Outcomes and What You Can Expect
Goal setting coaching produces tangible, measurable outcomes — progress toward goals that were previously stalled, clearer direction, reduced procrastination, and a sustainable system for continued achievement after coaching ends.
Goal Setting Coaching in East Kilbride — Our Approach
At Mindful Talk Therapy Scotland, goal setting coaching benefits from our clinical insight into procrastination, avoidance, perfectionism, and fear of failure — common psychological barriers to goal pursuit. This allows us to address both the practical strategy and the psychological dimension, which is what separates our coaching from generic goal-setting advice.
Frequently Asked Questions — Goal Setting Coaching in East Kilbride
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