Counseling Vs Coaching

PSYCHOTHERAPY

Can work from an illness model and treats diagnosis

Work on Issues

Focuses on past, present, and future

Deals with emotional or behavioral problems and goal
is to bring the person to normal functioning

Past , Present and Future oriented

Provides a place for person to gain insight, work on
suppressed emotions, and reevaluate their defenses
Recognize irrational beliefs, and learn skills to
minimize symptoms and life healthier lives

The Therapeutic Relationship is essential. The relationship
can be used as a model for the person to use in other
relationships

Can only be practiced in the state the therapist and person
live in

COACHING

Does not treat diagnosis and works directly with the persons'
goals

Focuses on the present and the future

Works with people who looking to acheive higher potential
in their already well-functioning life

Moving beyond one's own comfort zone

Results Oriented

Through a process of inquiry and personal discovery. coach
and person work together to build clients' awareness and
responsibility while providing feedback, tools, support,
and structure to accomplish more

Coach and person receiving coaching services relationship
is not absolutely needed, however it is a partnership that
helps the person acheive fulfillment in their personal
and professional lives

There are no geographic boundaries. The person can live in
any state and receive coaching services.

To get more information about the coaching services
Best Life Counseling provides, you can go to the Life
Coaching page of this website or call our Office
Manager, Amanda at 727-546-6400 to set up
an appointment with our Life Coach, Attia Saeed, LMHC ,
Certified Life Coach.