What is the difference between psychotherapy, counselling and coaching?
• There is not much difference between psychotherapy and counseling in terms of what actually occurs in a session. Counselling tends to have more here-and-now focus, and can be quite brief, while psychotherapy tends to focus on deeper, historical problems. • Coaching is for people who no longer want to stay the same. Coaching begins with the present and assists clients in setting very clear, and specific goals that they want to achieve in the future. • While the past may be discussed on occasion, it is addressed only in the context of discovering what is blocking the client from moving forward. The focus is always on movement and taking action, not on insight or understanding.
