Be the coachee, first day

Today was my turn to be coach by another student, Astrid. 

I started to explain her what was  coaching for me.I  emphasis on the points which were the most important for me: The coach never gives the answer but shows the tools to find the right answer. The coach must not be from your friend of professional background, otherwise a judgment still exist. A relationship based on confidence is required. Coach is listening as well the body language, which sometimes express the contrary of the voice. 

After, Astrid asked me two interesting questions to learn more about my point of view: What difference do I make between psychology, psychoanalysis and coaching? How are we going to continue the coaching together if having a coach from my friend or my professional background is not appropriate? 

Actually I’m waiting for the next step of this course. I can’t really see how you can coach someone by using that subject. Shall we choose our subject? In that case, are we ready to open ourselves to a stranger?   If the coachee doesn’t feel the need to be coach on a specific subject, how could it work? 

For our first interview we did not speak about our personal life, because we already knew each other. But maybe working on more personal subject would lead to others questions and give us the opportunity to get to know more.