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What
is the Difference between Coaching and Counselling?
A Coach and a Counsellor share a lot
of the same approaches in regards to the skills of empathy,
questioning, listening, reflection, and challenging,
but it is the intention behind them that is very different.
Most important, in Coaching, unlike Counselling, you
are not looking at processing emotional wounds from
the past. Counselling focuses on the past whilst Coaching
focuses on the present and the future.
Life Coaching can still help one to
heal but only through the process of moving them forward;
helping them to identify and remove obstacles; building
their self-esteem; and by helping them to formulate
a crystal-clear action plan.
It
is important to acknowledge that there are certain areas
that are inappropriate for Life Coaching, such as mental
or physical abuse, alcohol and drug dependency, and
deep-seated emotional trauma. These are subjects best
dealt with by a professional Counsellor or qualified
therapist. It is however, not the Life Coach’s job to
recommend a specific therapy to prospective Clients,
but rather to give them an overview of what exists and
to let them make their choice.
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