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Dear Spirit Coach,
I am confused. I think I want to work with someone on parts of my
life, but I don't think I need therapy. How do I know if I need
therapy or coaching? Is there a difference? Jim
Dear Jim,
Thanks for asking this question. Yes, indeed, there is a difference
between therapy and coaching. At one point when I was discussing
this with a friend, I said that coaching is what people do after
they have completed therapy but still want the experience of having
a partner in working on their lives.
Many times in our lives, we are in our own
flow and our lives are moving beautifully. At other times, we run
into periods when we get stuck…when forward movement has ceased.
It is at these times that people are likely to reach out to a coach…when
they are ready to move to their own next level. Thomas Leonard,
the founder of Coach University where I received my training, describes
the difference between coaching and therapy as follows:
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