Initial Coaching Agreement                                       

Coach: Natasha Rizopoulos    

Client and Coach acknowledge and agree that:

Coaching is

• A partnership (defined as an alliance, not a legal business partnership) between the Coach and the Client.

• Coaching services are designed to facilitate the creation/development of personal, professional, or career goals and to develop and carry out a strategy/plan for achieving those goals.

• Coaching includes no guarantees or warranties, expressed or implied, about any results to be achieved.

Coaching is not

• Coaching is not therapy, counseling or advice-giving and is not a substitute for psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, legal, medical, or other professional services.

• Coaching does not prevent, cure, or treat any mental disorder or medical disease and it is the Client’s responsibility to seek such independent professional guidance as needed.

Yoga includes physical movements as well as an opportunity for relaxation, stress re-education and relief of muscular tension. As is the case with any physical activity, the risk of injury, even serious or disabling, is always present and cannot be entirely eliminated. If I experience any pain or discomfort, I will listen to my body, adjust the posture and ask for support from the teacher. I will continue to breathe smoothly.

Yoga is not a substitute for medical attention, examination, diagnosis or treatment. Yoga is not recommended and is not safe under certain medical conditions. I affirm that I alone am responsible to decide whether to practice yoga. I hereby agree to irrevocably release and waive any claims that I have now or hereafter may have against Natasha Rizopoulos and/or Align Your Flow.

Responsibility

• Coach will maintain the ethics and standards of professional behavior established by the International Coach Federation (ICF).  The ICF Code of Ethics is available here: https://coachfederation.org/code-of-ethics.

• Client is responsible for personal, physical, mental, and emotional well-being and is solely responsible for decisions, choices, actions, and results.

• Client agrees to inform Coach of past or current mental health or substance abuse conditions, including concurrent treatment with other professionals.

• Coach is not and will not be liable or responsible for any actions or inaction, or for any direct or indirect result of any coaching services provided.

Confidentiality and exceptions to confidentiality

• Coach will keep all information and records confidential, to the extent defined by the laws of the state/country in which Coach and Client reside. 

• Coach will not disclose any information pertaining to the Client without the Client’s written consent.

• Coach will notify appropriate mental health professionals and/or authorities if Client represents a danger to self or others.

• Coach may be a mandated reporter of child and/or elder abuse.

• Coach may share topics with other coaching professionals for training, supervision, and mentoring for professional development purposes without divulging any identifying Client information.

• Coach and Client acknowledge that communications via text and email are not encrypted nor secure, and therefore may not be confidential. 

Scheduling and cancellation policy

• Coach and Client will collaborate to establish a schedule in which sessions consistently take place during a given time slot.

• Client will only select a time slot in which there is a strong likelihood they can be fully present and undistracted.

• Should Client need to reschedule, Client must give Coach 24-hrs notice or be charged for the session.

Payment

• Client will purchase an initial 4 sessions at the onset of the partnership and continue with 4-session packages throughout the duration of the partnership.

• Sessions are 50-60 minutes and $250 per session.

• Payment can be made via Apple Pay, Venmo or Zelle.

Agreement is entered by completing the Agreement form here.