Create a Relationship Coaching Programme

Design a complete relationship coaching programme for the following:

Client situation: [single and wanting a relationship / in relationship with challenges / recovering from breakup / improving communication with partner / family relationships / professional relationships]
Specific focus: [dating confidence / communication patterns / conflict resolution / intimacy / trust rebuilding / boundary setting / other]
Client's key presenting issue: [describe in their words]
Underlying dynamic: [describe the pattern you see beneath the surface issue]
Programme length: [6 / 8 / 10 sessions]
Format: [individual coaching / couples coaching / group]
Coach's approach: [attachment-informed / communication-focused / CBT-adjacent / strengths-based]

IMPORTANT: Relationship coaching is distinct from couples therapy. If clients have trauma histories, mental health needs, or deep relational wounds, refer to a licensed therapist. Coaching focuses on skill-building and goal achievement.

Design the complete programme:

RELATIONSHIP COACHING FRAMEWORK:
- What coaching can and cannot address
- Referral criteria and ethics
- The relationship coaching model for this situation
- How individual growth creates relational change

ASSESSMENT TOOLS:
- Attachment style awareness exercise (coaching version)
- Relationship values clarification
- Communication patterns audit
- Needs inventory exercise
- Relationship timeline and patterns mapping

SESSION-BY-SESSION PLAN:
For each session:
- Theme and objective
- Check-in on previous week
- Core coaching topic
- Key questions
- Exercise or tool
- Skill practice or experiment for the week

COMMUNICATION SKILLS MODULE:
- Listening to understand vs listening to respond
- Expressing needs without blame
- Receiving feedback without defensiveness
- The repair conversation template
- Difficult conversation preparation tool

BOUNDARY WORK:
- Identifying where boundaries are needed
- Communicating boundaries clearly
- Holding boundaries under pressure
- The difference between walls and healthy limits

PATTERN INTERRUPTION:
- Identifying recurring relationship patterns
- The trigger-response cycle
- Creating a pause between trigger and response
- New response scripts

FOR COUPLES COACHING:
- Session structure for both partners together
- How to stay neutral as a coach
- Managing imbalance when one partner is more engaged
- The shared vision exercise for couples

PROGRAMME CLOSE:
- Relationship vision for the future
- Commitments to themselves and each other
- Self-coaching tools for after coaching ends
- When to return to coaching