Reframing Flashcards
(14 cards)
What is the core purpose of reframing in coaching?
To help clients shift unhelpful or limiting perspectives and open up new, more empowering ways of viewing their challenges or goals.
How does reframing help a stuck client?
It allows them to challenge fixed assumptions and see the situation from multiple angles, creating space for new insights and actions.
What are the typical steps in the reframing process in coaching?
- Listen for limiting beliefs or narratives.
- Reflect them back to the client.
- Offer or co-create alternative frames.
- Explore the impact of the new frame.
Give an example of reframing a belief about failure.
From ‘I’m a failure’ to ‘Failure is feedback on what didn’t work this time.’
How might reframing help in conflict situations?
It might help a client see the conflict not as personal attack but as a clash of needs or values, enabling more constructive responses.
What does reframing help clients see?
New possibilities and alternatives where they previously felt stuck.
What is the first step in the reframing process?
Listening to the client’s language, beliefs, or stories.
What type of frames does reframing identify?
Limiting, fixed, or negative frames (often unconscious).
What is the purpose of testing the new frame’s usefulness?
To determine if it feels more empowering and creates movement.
Fill in the blank: Reframing enhances flexibility in thinking, leading to more _______.
[creative problem solving and action planning]
What might a client say when feeling overwhelmed by tasks?
‘I have to do everything perfectly.’
What is a possible reframed perspective for a client anxious about change?
‘Uncertainty means I have room to experiment and learn.’
True or False: Reframing can help clients adopt more empowering narratives.
True
What is one way reframing challenges assumptions?
By offering an alternative frame that opens new meaning, insight, or energy.
