Counseling and psychotherapy are focused on analyzing or finding the reason behind a problem. Some therapists believe that in order to make life changes, the client must understand why they are behaving in a certain way. Coaching is focused on creating a future based on where the client stands in the present. It concentrates on tracking patterns of language and behavior. Coaches then work with those patterns so that the client can make useful changes in their lives.

Life coaching deals with the present and future. It does not examine the past but instead creates your future. Many of my clients have found the coaching I provide to be therapeutic, but it is not therapy. Counseling and psychotherapy usually deal with problems and healing. It entails working with the past as well as the present. Also, life coaching is not considered a mental health service per se and is therefore not covered by health insurance.

Therapy generally focuses on family-of-origin issues, and can help individuals understand the origins of dysfunction in their life. Negative behaviors, relationships, addictions and/or belief systems are often identified and analyzed to enhance an individual's mental and emotional health. Integral coaching does not generally dwell on family-of-origin issues.

Psychotherapy focuses on helping clients overcome past problems that impede their ability to function in a normal day to day manner. A therapist directs her clients to revisit the past events to discover and resolve conflicting issues that have burdened them. Therapists are not equal partners. Therapist and their clients frequently form a strong confidential bond. The life coaching process focuses on you, the client, achieving your chosen future coaching goals.

Coaching is NOT psychotherapy. Psychotherapy focuses on treating diagnosable psychological disorders. Because of the vulnerability of individuals who come to psychotherapy, this is a special relationship in the eyes of the law, with specific rules and protections. Psychotherapy is about healing, while coaching is about facilitating your growth from a place of health. Coaching assumes that you are emotionally healthy and able to participate equally in creating the future you desire.

Often people ask what makes pastoral counseling different than other therapy. One answer is that we encourage the whole person in our work: body, mind, and spirit. We do not operate only on the medical model of illness and pathology. Sometimes our problems and challenges are physical and often mental, but many times they are spiritual. Pastoral counseling is a unique form of psychotherapy which uses spiritual resources as well as psychological understanding for healing and growth.

Coaching assumes that the entrepreneur or business leader is an expert when it comes to their business. The coach's role is to help the client clarify what they really want and then develop strategies and skills - based on each client's unique personality and style - to achieve their goals, quickly. A consultant provides expert advice and knowledge on specific issues or situations.

Coaching is for people who are functioning well in life and who want to experience greater levels of fulfillment and success. Therapy tends to focus on the past and has a “something’s broken, let’s fix it” orientation. Coaching focuses on using your strengths to support you in accomplishing your goals. Achieving results and forward movement are an integral part of this.

Therapy for the most part delves into the psychology of the past and how a person got to be where they are today. Management consultants deliver "solutions" to problems that are predetermined based on their expertise. Coaching, in contrast, believes the client focuses on where the client is now and where the client wants to go. Solutions are created by the client.

Coaching works with clients who would like to improve their life, while focusing on the future. This is usually accomplished by designing a life plan, setting goals and redesigning the way you react to life's challenges. Therapy generally focuses on a specific issue in ones life, looking at the past to discover why the client feels the way they do. For in depth clarity, go to "Coach-Connect" where Dr. Jodi is currently a member of a professional team of Coaches!

First, let me say that coaching deals with whole people, and whole people have emotions. Emotional aspects of a person are witnessed, just as an athletic coach would surely be with the athelete who has experienced a setback. But the focus does not remain on the emotional experience; it moves back to the vision and goals, and the actions that will yield the desired results.

The differences, which can be substantial, are covered in Dr. Sanford's article, "Relationship Coaching or Counseling?" Our program is change. If change is what you want, you will definitely get it here. Expect to be trying out new behavior from the first coaching session. The program teaches essential skills and provides a vehicle for practicing them.

Counseling or psychotherapy is the process where someone seeks help for problems of an emotional nature from a trained professional in a confidential setting. By establishing a positive, trusting relationship, the therapist will work with you to learn how to cope with the problem by learning new skills and/or different ways of looking at situations. In the beginning stage of therapy, your therapist will ask about your concerns and goals to gain a deeper understanding of you.

Body-centered coaching employs a learning paradigm, which assumes your wholeness and ability to learn how to make your life, relationships and work more easeful and fulfilling right now. The therapy paradigm requires that you first identify a wound or something wrong with you before you can succeed. It often focuses on past events, which can keep you from moving forward with your life.

I do trancework. I am skilled at a variety of trance-based modalities such as Waking Dreams, Focused Trance Thoughtforms, Hypnosis, Guided Imagery, Meditation, Hyperempria, Creative Visualization, Neurolinguistic Programming, Active Imagination, and other approaches. I don't do counselling work per se nor do I do psychotherapy. What I do is more akin to coaching or mentoring utilizing focused trance.

Counseling helps people deal with particular problems in day-to-day living. The counselor works with you to identify problems, to set realistic goals, and to develop skills in problem solving, coping, and interpersonal relations. Psychotherapy is a more intensive process that promotes emotional awareness and psychological development. The process can strengthen one’s sense of confidence, self-acceptance, and responsibility in daily life.

Health insurance companies cause the biggest problems with confidentiality. When you authorize me to bill your health insurance company, you also authorize me to answer their questions, and most managed care companies ask many questions about mental health treatment. What happens to your privacy after the information gets to the insurance company is anybody's guess. Insurance companies routinely share information with each other, and many employers consider health records when hiring.

Coaching is a relatively new approach to resolving personal and emotional challenges. Because life coaches currently do not need to submit to oversight or licensing by any governing body, potential clients don't always know whether a coach is fully qualified to help them. Psychologists and psychotherapists must complete rigorous training and be licensed by their state in order to practice their professions.