What is the difference between counseling and coaching?
Counseling or therapy is targeting the area where a woman is hurting.
She may have difficultly in moving forward, therefore, it may be necessary to dive into specific areas of her life to address her past and pain in order to move toward wholeness. Counseling focuses on the past and how it impacts the present.
Coaching allows a woman to fully draw from the well of her own insight and ability.
Often the biggest obstacle to her dreams isn’t knowing what to do: it’s having the self-confidence to do it. Coaching focuses on the future in helping a woman get from one place to another. Over and over people who work with a great coach find they can reach higher and accomplish more than they ever thought they could on their own.
1. Coaches have mastered the art of believing in people.
2. Coaches know how to ask the questions to cause a person to see their “aha” or their problem area of what is holding them back.
(The term coaching today is being grabbed ahold of by many people that have never been trained as a coach, but are adding it to their talent inventory list without ever taking training on/or coaching courses. Be cautious with that!)
3. I believe coaching is a calling, just as your calling is in your specific vocation. You will take training and courses and classes in that area, as God is calling you into that market area.
4. If I am in therapy or counseling, can I be coached at the same time?
Yes, you can. I have had clients in therapy that have been coached at the same time. They tend to make tremendous progress.
Here are a few words from a woman that has experienced therapy and coaching at the same time:
“My therapist listens, discusses options, validates, encourages me to make healthy choices, and sometimes mentions a scripture verse. Primarily I do the talking. I see the difference between therapy and coaching as being a lot like exercising with a friend or having a trainer at the gym. With being coached, I have had to think about the questions you asked me and to be held accountable for my action plan. I was challenged. It is like you are “working out” with me to be certain that I am doing it safely and efficiently and stepping forward toward my dream and goal. You, Darlene, challenged me every moment we communicated.”
What about you, do you want to sample coaching?
Do you want to close the gap in your life to where you are today to where you want to be in one year?
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