06/27/2025
What’s the difference between therapy and coaching?
Although similar in nature, both help people improve their mental/emotional health and wellbeing, they defer in their process and outcomes.
Therapy focuses on helping people heal from psychological issues, past traumas and help them to better understand deep-rooted behavior patterns and emotional responses.
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Coaching focuses on helping people improve and enhance their life in the present and future. It can help a person reach a specific goal, improve communication within relationships, progress personally or professionally, create or change habits, or set boundaries and avoid conflict.
Therapist and coaches will sometimes work together to ensure their clients achieve success.
Not everyone will need to work with a therapist, but undoubtedly most people would benefit from working with a coach. Especially if you feel stuck, lost, overwhelmed, confused, or uncertain and need to find some clarity and direction.
I fell into coaching when I was experiencing ALL of the above emotions. My journal pages at that time were riddled with words of confusion, feeling lost and stuck, and uncertain of what I wanted.
It was not a fun time in my life.
After I found coaching my whole world changed. It was small at first, but there is a point in my journal writing where you can clearly see the shift.
It was the beginning of a whole life transformation. I still had a long ways to go, a lot of evolving, shedding old beliefs and thought processes, but I could see a small glimmer of hope.
Ten years later, I’m a completely different person. I’m happier, calmer, and less reactive. Communication within my relationships improved, I stopped drinking alcohol, I set and achieved big goals. In fact, just about every area of my life improved.
If any of this resonated with you, I want to let you know that you do not have to go through life feeling stuck or lost. Your life can have a whole different feeling to it.
I can help.
It can be as easy as one simple phone call.
