Communication is an integral part of a client-trainer relationship. Successful fitness trainers not only help their clients achieve health and fitness goals, they are also supposed to possess great communication skills to be the person of trust and support most clients usually look for. There are a lot of fitness professionals who excel in exercise science and implementing training principles but lack skills that are essential in building great communication relationships with their clients. Although knowledge is power for all fitness trainers, establishing positive and productive relationships with the help of communication is crucial.
The success of any personal trainer starts from learning the four stages of the client-trainer relationship: rapport, investigation, planning and action (ACE, 2010). Each of the stages requires different communication skills on the part of the trainer, which may seem challenging first, but acquiring these skills and being able to use them in face-to-face daily interactions will help the trainer demonstrate excellent communication techniques throughout the stages.
The rapport stage is the foundation for the entire relationship between the trainer and the client. The word rapport is derived from the French verb “rapporter”, which means “to carry something back”. It conveys a sharing of values, ideas and beliefs, and results in a strong and influential relationship (Prince, 2012). Rapport is also defined as a relationship of mutual trust and understanding. “Building rapport is a critical component of successful client-trainer relationships, as this process promotes open communication, develops trust, and fosters the client’s desire to participate in an exercise program” (Link, 2012).
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This essay has shown that Heron’s model can help professionals like Paul to have the flexibility in the range of interventions they can use in the communication and interpersonal skills. The model is a useful framework that informed me on different ways of communication, analysing professional communication, deciding how to respond and what to say when helping a client. The model’s six basic professional’s intentions in verbal communication can help me to identify what a person intends to achieve by talking and by finding words to say. I can use the model to find the best possible ways to solve issues, plan interventions and select appropriate categories in order to organise ideas and words.
Miguel resides with his mother, father and grandmother. He is a 16 year-old male Latina of Mexican ethnicity. His parents are legal immigrants from Mexico but met and eventually, got married after they arrived in the United States. His mother is pregnant, which means that Miguel will soon have a sister. Miguel has been struggling academically even though he loves literature and writing. At home Miguel’s family speak Spanish but Miguel is fluent in both English and Spanish. He has been having challenges with his identity, which is the reason he identifies himself as “Chicano-American and not Latina.
Therapeutic professional communication requires specific, well defined professional skills. These communications take place between a person who has a specific need and a person who is skilled in techniques that can alleviate or diminish that problem (Tamparo & Lindh, 2008). The foundation of a competent therapist is built upon the ability to communicate effectively. They must be able to adjust to a variety of environments and individuals, while managing personal influences such as culture, economical status, and moral values. Human relations skills translate directly into social and therapeutic communications when there is contact with persons seeking attention (Tamparo & Lindh, 2008).
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...and the problems that surface. Rapport is an important tool that allows counselors to gain trust, which aid in breaking barriers that hinder the success of the students. The goal is to assist students with reaching their education and person aspirations.
In successful communication building rapport is one of the core second person skills. Rapport building is the establishment of a harmonic, comfortable work relationship between the counsellor and the client (Ramseyer & Tschacher, 2011). Rapport is the essential skill for a counsellor to build trust with the client. Hunt and Price (2002) suggest rapport should be additionally based on sincerity and respect and is never ending as it is a building stone to a productive long-term bond. Sharpley, Jeffrey and McMah (2006) state effective rapport building can be display through the counsellor’s interest and engagement with the client, but also the client’s involvement in the session and his or her enjoyment of sharing the experience and...
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Observer the leader of weight lifting session was a very good experience for the trainees. The training session was based on the weight lifting workout, which turned out to be a good active activity with much interest and learning for the trainees. The trainer who was training them was a very humble and gentle person who was training them in a way that I personally really admire. She had a very gentle and polite tone because she knew that the trainees were new to the session so they need some extra hard work to learn the skills effectively. At times I found her to be a little harsh in speech when some of other trainees were unable to person the exercise well. The best part, which I found about her, was that
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