What is Life Coaching Therapy?
Life Coaching is "partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and inspiring process that inspires them to maximize their personal potential."
- Goals and pace are determined by the client
- Work is towards optimizing overall vitality and mental well-being
- Relies on the client's self-assessment
- The coach-client relationship is a supportive peer-to-peer relationship
- May be fast-paced and action-oriented
Why I prefer to do Life Coaching over counseling therapy:
Being a Life Coach allows me to blend traditional psychological methods with innovative techniques. Many of these innovative techniques are remarkably effective but cannot be used by counselors because they do not have the reams of studies required by insurance companies. I believe that Life Coaching gives me the freedom to maximize a person's healing process with these types of techniques, as well as give that person healing tools they can carry with them for a lifetime.
Why you may prefer Life Coaching:
You may be functioning quite well but know you could be doing better. In short, you don't need "counseling" but would welcome a push in the right direction. Life Coaching could be just the thing for you! You may have been in counseling for some time and just aren't seeing the gains you expected, and you are ready to see what this whole "Body/Mind" thing is about. Life Coaching could be just the thing for you!
What Life Coaching is not:
- Life Coaching makes no claims of treating clinical disorders
- Life Coaches should not diagnose or prescribe
- Life Coaches should recommend more clinical settings for those clients who have issues or conditions outside of their scope of practice
