WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES & SIMILARITIES BETWEEN COACHING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY?

• Coaches focus on the future. Therapists focus on the past.

• Coaches work with the conscious mind. Therapists work with the unconscious mind.

• Coaches’ work is often time-limited with specific desired behavioral outcomes. Therapists’ work is open-ended process driven.

• Coaching is short-term, therapy is long-term

• Both are concerned with making concrete changes in your emotional state and life.

• Both work to understand the self-limiting beliefs or behavior caused by thoughts and emotions that you may or may not be aware of.

• Both practices help you grow, change and master your emotions

HOW CAN COACHING AND THERAPY GO HAND IN HAND?

In therapy, individuals learn adaptive skills and ways of thinking to better handle life stressors, challenging relationships, and improve overall functioning. Coaching builds upon the foundation learned through therapy and provides more direct structure, accountability and support, and a framework to reach individuals’ goals. You can think of coaching as the next step where you feel like you have a stable emotional baseline and are wondering “now what?”. Through our free consultation, we can identify whether the barriers would best be worked through in therapy first and later transition to coaching.

HOW DO I KNOW IF COACHING OR THERAPY IS RIGHT FOR ME?

Coaching:

• If you have been feeling stuck in a particular goal or life area

• You need a strategy and accountability

• You have good coping skills and can handle stress and setbacks

• You are solution-focused

Therapy

• If you have gone through specific trauma

• If you are experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, or other mental illness that affect your functioning

• You have unprocessed painful memories that impact your overall functioning

• If you want to find ways to heal emotionally and mentally