Six-Direction Action Options

Use six-direction action options as an optional, client-owned reflection while preserving context, choice, and uncertainty.

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When to Use This Tool
A client wants to use Six-Direction Action Options as an optional reflection
A client wants to record context without inferring a cause, diagnosis, trait, or hidden motive
A client wants to prepare one question or optional next step
How to Introduce This Tool Plus

What did you notice, what remains uncertain, and which question or optional next step feels useful?

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Interactive Preview Worksheet · 30 min
Tool Classification
Domain
Life Coaching
Type
Worksheet
Phase
Action Review
Details
30 min Mid session As-needed
Topics
Habits Accountability

For the Coaching Practitioner

Plus
Coaching Scenarios Plus
1 Client considering Six-Direction Action Options for one current situation
Context

A client brings a situation related to Six-Direction Action Options and wants an optional coaching reflection. Confirm the client's words, context, goal, privacy needs, and preferred scope.

How to Introduce

Offer the tool as optional. Explain what it does, distinguish it from nearby tools, and confirm language, access needs, and consent.

What to Watch For

Keep observations client-owned. Do not infer a diagnosis, hidden motive, fixed trait, cause, treatment, measurement, or correct decision from an answer, blank, selection, or rating.

Debrief

Ask what the client noticed, what remains uncertain, and whether one small experiment, additional question, or qualified referral would be useful.

Flags

Not therapy, diagnosis, medical, legal, financial, or employment advice. Adapt or stop for distress or risk; use qualified or emergency support when appropriate.

2 Client adapting Six-Direction Action Options to their own language, access, and context
Context

A client brings a situation related to Six-Direction Action Options and wants an optional coaching reflection. Confirm the client's words, context, goal, privacy needs, and preferred scope.

How to Introduce

Offer the tool as optional. Explain what it does, distinguish it from nearby tools, and confirm language, access needs, and consent.

What to Watch For

Keep observations client-owned. Do not infer a diagnosis, hidden motive, fixed trait, cause, treatment, measurement, or correct decision from an answer, blank, selection, or rating.

Debrief

Ask what the client noticed, what remains uncertain, and whether one small experiment, additional question, or qualified referral would be useful.

Flags

Not therapy, diagnosis, medical, legal, financial, or employment advice. Adapt or stop for distress or risk; use qualified or emergency support when appropriate.

3 Client reviewing selected observations without drawing a fixed conclusion
Context

A client brings a situation related to Six-Direction Action Options and wants an optional coaching reflection. Confirm the client's words, context, goal, privacy needs, and preferred scope.

How to Introduce

Offer the tool as optional. Explain what it does, distinguish it from nearby tools, and confirm language, access needs, and consent.

What to Watch For

Keep observations client-owned. Do not infer a diagnosis, hidden motive, fixed trait, cause, treatment, measurement, or correct decision from an answer, blank, selection, or rating.

Debrief

Ask what the client noticed, what remains uncertain, and whether one small experiment, additional question, or qualified referral would be useful.

Flags

Not therapy, diagnosis, medical, legal, financial, or employment advice. Adapt or stop for distress or risk; use qualified or emergency support when appropriate.

Tool Flow Plus
Requires
  • None - standalone tool
Produces
  • client-owned observations
  • context and uncertainty notes
  • an optional question or next step

Pairs Well With

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