While coaches and therapists have different focuses and ways of working with clients, both have the goal to help clients gain insight, change their behavior, and set goals
Differences include
- Coaching avoids a life sentence of medication, consoling and diagnosis therapy may bring
- Coaches offer not just ways to manage day to day stress, but ways to overcome stress and the situations that bring it by providing support through "reframing" and "positive step" exercises
- Coaches can not diagnose or treat mental disorders, however do have the skills to identify symptoms and refer clients to therapists
- Coaches avoid placing labels found in clinical notes that overgeneralize challenges and struggles
- MOST IMPORTANTLY coaching sessions are completely personalized for YOU, putting your challenges in the past while avoiding generalized clinical scripts