The Important Differences Between Coaching and Therapy
As our society becomes more aware of the benefits of self-development, coaching has emerged as a valuable resource that empowers individuals to take charge of their lives. It’s essential to distinguish between coaching and therapy to ensure you receive the support that is most appropriate for your needs.
In light of the current mental health crisis, it’s more crucial than ever to proactively address our attitudes and behaviors in order to thrive both personally and professionally. Let us explore the key differences between coaching and therapy.
What is the Difference Between Coaching and Therapy?
If you are looking to greatly enhance your life even in these challenging times, life coaching can be a valuable tool for you. Coaching can assist you in unlocking your strengths and skills to help you navigate obstacles standing between you and your goals. With coaching, you can attain guidance and support to help you recognize and develop your full potential.
Coaching and therapy, although different in their approach, are complementary and together can yield enhanced results.
Understanding the differences between them can help clarify your needs and determine the best option to support your journey.
We encourage you to explore the benefits of life coaching and prepare to take your career and life to new heights.
There Are 4 Main Differences
- Past vs. future orientation: A coach looks at your present to help you create the future you desire, while a therapist looks at your past to help you manage your present. If you have a past orientation you may consider support from a therapist.
- Diagnosis vs. co-creation: Therapists diagnose disorders and work with traumas, while in coaching, the solution is co-created between the coach and the coachee. The coach doesn’t tell the client what to do but asks questions and facilitates their thinking process to maximize their strengths and resources.
- Relationship patient vs. guide: In therapy, the relationship is between therapist or doctor and patient who needs to receive treatment, while in coaching, the coach is a guide, someone who has walked the path the coachee wants to travel and acts as a mirror for the coachee to better see what is holding them back from creating the life they want.
- Focus on understanding and healing vs. empowering to create solutions and action plans. Therapy is focused on understanding the past and healing traumas. The coach is focused on learning from experience and creating solutions, a trail map of small steps to thinking and acting in different ways and moving forward.
The Fierce Planet Adventures Approach
At Fierce Planet Adventures we offer integrated Mental Fitness coaching which incorporates present and future orientation across five key domains: physical, mental , emotional, intuitional and spiritual to support all aspects of your life.
Our integrated approach means each domain informs the other domains creating momentum for faster transformation and growth.
Mental Fitness Academy
Have you decided to pursue coaching?
We invite you to explore our premier coaching system; The Mental Fitness Academy.
Our Mental Fitness Academy leverages proven tools, training, and accountability to co-create a powerful coaching experience to help you develop a foundation that supports courageous action, an unbeatable mindset, and life-changing habits you need to thrive in today’s chaotic and stressful times.
The foundation of our mental fitness academy is built on a few simple tenets: a clear understanding of who you are, what you stand for, and where you’re going paired with daily win in your mind practices and habits that support your energy, focus, and well being.
That is exactly what you will get: the full-blown framework that we’ve used to transform our lives and help our clients get unstuck.
Whichever path you choose, coaching or therapy, we wish you a life filled with peace and happiness.