What are the differences between psychotherapy and coaching? Which one do I need?
Coaching is a relatively new approach to resolving personal and emotional challenges. Because life coaches currently do not need to submit to oversight or licensing by any governing body, potential clients don’t always know whether a coach is fully qualified to help them. Psychologists and psychotherapists must complete rigorous training and be licensed by their state in order to practice their professions. In general, coaching is most effective when a client seeks skills-based help combined with some encouragement or accountability. Examples of this might be hiring a coach to help you lose weight, get in shape physically, or be better organized. For some clients, help from a knowledgeable expert might be all that’s needed for success. Other people, however, who may have tried to lose weight in the past, for example, discover that their lack of success had very little to do with a lack of information.
