Coaching vs. Therapy

˜˜Wait! you might be thinking. ˜˜Youre talking about therapy, not coaching! Well, this is my kind of coaching. For me, coaching is a little faster than therapy. Its a little more direct. The coach is more likely to explain her view of whats happening than a therapist is. More than one client has said that having a coach is like having a philosophical therapist who understands the work environment. Others have described being coached as being subjected to philosophical scrutiny instead of therapeutic compassion. For many, I am simply a sounding board. But in all cases, I apply the Transcendence Model, because it is a proven guide for moving people to a better place.

As a coach, I try to get people to see the link between what they complain about and their fears and insecurities. I help clients to build that awareness so that they can begin to make different choices. I also help clients to process their emotions. Those two things, building an awareness of underlying feelings and processing feelings, elevate a persons ability to change.

I dont deal with certain problems that psychotherapists and other practitioners address. For example, I dont treat clinical depression, obsessive-compulsive behavior, or the experience of being haunted by an extremely traumatic event from the past. My focus is on the day-to-day problems of the average person in the workplace.

People come to me because they have challenging jobs and sometimes their behavior gets them into some kind of trouble, either in their own heads or in the opinions of other people. Worriers, for example, are personally tormented by their tendencies, yet their colleagues may not even know of their plight. Victims, on the other hand, usually frustrate other people with their tendency to deflect blame. They are often steered my way by their senior colleagues. Different still are attention-seekers . They dont come to me seeking help with their tendencies. They come for other reasons that happen to link to their tendencies, and they end up resolving both.