Is it Like Therapy?

Both coaching and therapy strive to create a trusting, supportive and confidential relationship based upon dialogue to enable the client to craft a more fulfilling life, but the roles are distinct.

Coaching is motivational and action-oriented, harnessing your passions and working on strategies for present and future goals.  Therapy is analytical, looking at “why” and aiming to heal symptoms through focus on the past.  Another fundamental difference is that the coach and client carry equal weight, working together towards a client-identified vision, whereas the relationship between therapist and client is that of doctor-patient rather than partnership.