{"id":8611,"date":"2020-02-20T11:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T11:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=8611"},"modified":"2022-09-19T18:49:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:49:37","slug":"the-difference-between-therapy-and-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/the-difference-between-therapy-and-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference between Therapy and Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Beth Donovan – https:\/\/bethdonovan.com<\/a>\"Beth<\/p>\n

I have had clinical major depression turned bipolar depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder ever since childhood.\u00a0\u00a0I needed therapy to help me with such things because I required diagnosis and treatment.<\/p>\n

Treatment during my childhood included hospitalization and talk therapy.\u00a0\u00a0Later in life, cognitive-behavioral therapy helped more, where I became more aware and was actively working on my thinking according to past and present.\u00a0\u00a0Eventually, medication helped the very most.<\/p>\n

As I became more familiar with coaching, I discovered there were distinct differences. Coaching does not deal with a diagnosis or treatment; it simply creates awareness around where a person is and helps move them forward from where they are currently.\u00a0\u00a0Coaching is very positive and does not dwell in the pain of the past because\u00a0coaching is forward-focused.<\/p>\n

Coaching<\/a> views the client as an expert.\u00a0\u00a0Coaching is a conversation to bring out the client\u2019s absolute best self and inner expertise.\u00a0\u00a0The coach asks powerful questions to bring out the true brilliance of the client, provoke thought, self-discovery, and create change.<\/p>\n

Coaching focuses on self-awareness, growth, and development, strategy and action plan with a return on investment, while therapy focuses on\u00a0healing the inner conscious and subconscious mind.\u00a0\u00a0It is the difference between being able to see the results for your money in a measurable way.<\/p>\n

Coaching is more short term, while therapy is often long term.\u00a0\u00a0Often, therapy goes on for years due to digging up the past and analyzing, testing, medications, treatments, talk, and behavioral therapy.\u00a0\u00a0Coaching explores where you are, where you want to go, supports creating an action plan, establishing accountability, considering different perspectives, clarity and more.\u00a0 Coaching conversations move you forward.<\/p>\n

Whether you seek coaching or therapy depends on your objective.<\/p>\n