Coaching versus therapy and why it's right for you.
Therapy
Coaching
Focus
Therapy
Therapy analyses the past and gives you the chance to air your feelings. It allows your subconscious to relive past events and often can enhance self-limiting beliefs.
Coaching
Coaching focuses on the future and the actions needed to achieve your aspirations and goals. It helps you move forward to achieve the life you want to lead.
Time
Therapy
Often people find themselves in therapy for long periods of time, sometimes years, as they change therapy approach but still find themselves committing the same mistakes.
Coaching
Coaching is time boxed to give you the tools and mindset to take control of your own life without becoming reliant on another.
Sessions
Therapy
Therapy sessions usually last 1 hour with no contact in between.
Coaching
Coaching includes regular contact and support in between sessions, which vary in length from 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Homework
Therapy
Therapy usually does not insist on work in between sessions unless specified by the therapist.
Coaching
Coaching requires the client to do mindset exercises and take action in between the meetings.
How it works
Therapy
Therapy works to analyse feelings and for the client to work out the actions to take.
Coaching
Coaching works to re-programme the subconscious through mindset exercises and definitive action.
Measuring success
Therapy
Within therapy there are no measured goals, therefore it’s harder to determine progress.
Coaching
Coaching measures where the client is with regular checkpoints to ensure they are on track to meeting their goals.
Comfort levels
Therapy
Therapy talks about uncomfortable issues but the client decides whether to take action.
Coaching
Coaching pushes the client to step out of their comfort zone within a safe environment.
Outcome
Therapy
The outcome is determined by you and how you feel with no definitive conclusion.
Coaching
Coaching is focused on achieving the goal defined out at the outset, within an agreed time period.
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