| As Life Coaching becomes a more popular method of | | | | more fulfilled life that is focused on values-based |
| navigating life's complex paths, there are a lot of | | | | decisions. She holds her clients as creative, resourceful, |
| questions about whether or not it is traditional therapy, | | | | and whole from the very beginning of the relationship. |
| how it may relate to therapy, or if they are | | | | Traditional therapy and Life Coaching can complement |
| interchangeable. | | | | each other. However, if a therapist is using coaching |
| In therapy, the focus is on dealing with the past. | | | | techniques, it is best if the client knows that a coaching |
| Therapists lead their clients through the healing | | | | technique is being applied. The client is empowered in a |
| process, helping them develop coping skills that they | | | | much more holistic way whenever coaching |
| can eventually use on their own, once they have | | | | techniques are used to enhance the client's therapy |
| achieved wholeness. A skilled therapist can help clients | | | | experience. |
| reach the source of their fears - the obstacles that | | | | As a Life Coach, I am trained to listen for cues and to |
| typically prevent us from achieving our highest | | | | use my training, intuition, curiosity, experience, and |
| potential. | | | | resources. With all these "tools," I guide my clients |
| In Life Coaching, the focus is on the present and the | | | | down the paths that they themselves choose. In most |
| future. Coaching clients may have already experienced | | | | cases, my clients are not even aware of the paths |
| therapy and will therefore expect the same type of | | | | that they have already unconsciously chosen. That's |
| experience. However, as a Co-Active Coach®, I | | | | where my expertise as a Life Coach comes into play. |
| work hand-in-hand with my clients as they lead the | | | | We walk these paths together, discovering new |
| way. A skilled Life Coach helps clients manage their | | | | dreams, goals, and opportunities. The result is a more |
| fears, minimizing them so that they can live a healthy | | | | fulfilled, balanced life for each of my clients, and, in |
| life and achieve even higher goals. The Life Coach | | | | many cases, a new direction toward a dream |
| also helps clients uncover hidden passions, resulting in a | | | | previously unrealized. |