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Coaching is not about processing your emotional history or diagnosing and treating mental health issues. Coaching is action oriented with a focus on
your current life and plans for the future. Although therapy deals with
your current life, the focus is on the past and its healing process.
There can be overlap between coaching and therapy, and a well-trained, experienced coach
will know when a client needs therapy vs. coaching.
There is a need for growth other than what therapy provides.
In therapy, clients may talk about the changes they'd like to make in their lives, but the "how to" and the resources are often missing. Yet such information is
a critical key to your success.
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Quick Chart of Distinctions
Between Coaching and Therapy
· Coaching
tends to focus on the here and now; therapy focuses on the past.
· Coaching
= action; therapy = sharing.
· Coaching
= person improves; therapy = issues resolved.
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Coaching
expects/requires a lot from the client. Expecting/requiring a lot is
not the same as pressuring the client to perform. |