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Coaching
is a combination of counseling, mentoring, and consultation.
Coaching is a goal oriented, active process wherein a coach
partners with an individual to formulate goals, develop action plans or
strategies to achieve goals, help maintain focus and progress toward
goals, and help overcome obstacles to goal attainment.
Coaches also help develop techniques to maintain changes.
For individuals requiring help with motivation, goal
setting/attainment, and time management, coaching is an alternative to
therapy.
I
provide in office and tele-coaching to mental health professionals
starting private practices, to individuals feeling stuck in their
current career and seeking change, and to individuals needing support or
assistance to achieve a life goal. I also provide parent coaching
for parents of teenagers.
As
your coach, I
will support, encourage, teach, and help you maintain
progress towards your goals. I
will be honest, direct, and challenging to help you move forward.
You as the client establish the agenda for coaching, and the success of
coaching will depend on your willingness to define goals and
take risks, as well as try new approaches.
Although the roles of Coach and Therapist are frequently similar,
they often may conflict. So,
I
believe it is inappropriate for me to do therapy with coaching
clients. This means that if
issues were uncovered in coaching that would best be addressed in
therapy, than I will refer to the appropriate resource.
SOME
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COACHING AND THERAPY
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COACHING |
THERAPY |
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Client
motivated towards goal attainment
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Client
motivated to heal
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Client
seeking excellence or enhancement
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Client
seeking treatment
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Personal
Growth & Consultation Model
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Medical
Model
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Action
Oriented
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Insight
Oriented
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Solution
Focused
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Pain
Resolution Focused
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Future
Planning
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Past
Exploration
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Works
with Conscious Mind
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Frequently
Works with Unconscious Mind
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