How is a Coach different from Therapist?
One of the basic questions therapists wrestle with as they think about coaching is, ‘How is it different from what I already do’? One of the difficulties in answering such a question is therapists do widely different things. (So do coaches, of course.)
If one compares coaching to psychodynamic models, for example, one might say that therapy focuses on issues of pathology, healing and unresolved psychological issues of the past. Coaching on the other hand, 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.
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