Comments on: The Difference Between Counseling And Life Coaching

By: TzongYih

TzongYih — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:18:47 +0000

Hi all,
I do not know much about life coaching in western country. But, in eastern country, when I told others I’m studying life coaching, they would think is it counseling or consulting?
Good luck my coaching friends, go ahead!

By: Respectable Reviews

Respectable Reviews — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:03:18 +0000

’ve seen life coaching sites and such, but never spent much time on any of them, figuring I knew what the gist was. Well, I spent some time here this afternoon and you shed a lot of light and opened a few doors for me.

By: hubbabubba

hubbabubba — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:44:46 +0000

As an ex-counselor and a current life coach, I can safely say: Counseling is about getting better and life coaching is about getting things accomplished! I greatly appreciated this article. I believe, as did some of the others who commented, that during the course of life coaching it is sometimes helpful for the life coach to explore the clients past issues in order to help them understand current hurdles which may be hindering them from meeting their intended goals. Personally I spend the first two life coaching sessions with my clients exploring their past issues and possible current hinderences before establishing distinct goals. Once I have obtained an understanding of where my client is coming from, where they may have had issues in the past, and what seems to motivate them then I am able to help them more realistically set goals that they are apt to actually work towards, accomplish and feel comfortable with. In my experience, clients have come to me saying things like “I want to improve my marriage” but have not provided a history of where they have had problems in their marriage. It is difficult to set realistic goals with such an individual if the goals they set are sabotaged by them because of some underlying pattern of behavior that they have not disclosed to the life coach. I make efforts not to direct the client into fixing those particular underlying causes but to enlighten the client on them, bring them to the clients awareness and at least mention them so that the client being coached can keep those things in mind as they set and work towards their specific goals.

By: Counseling

Counseling — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:35:11 +0000

This is by far the best piece on the Internet I stumbled upon discussing the difference between coaches and counselors. I have been an online counselor for ten years. I remember a psychological researcher of my online service that experienced me as a coach at times. This is mostly due to me not always following the expert or passive advice giving approach. I encourage constructive and active participation in counseling while moving between meaning and action.

By: Cwiggs

Cwiggs — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:39:45 +0000

I am currently a student pursuing a masters in mental health counseling and will be a licensed counselor next year. I find this debate about counseling vs. life coaching fascinating because counseling actually is based on a “wellness model”. Counselors can use a brief therapy or solution-based therapy to help individuals with negative beliefs and overcome patterns that prevent them from living the life that they want. Counselors do use coaching techniques however, life coaches need to be careful not to start “counseling” their clients since they are not trained to do so. In my opinion what life coaches do counselors do everyday in practice.

By: Life Coach

Life Coach — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:47:12 +0000

Sorry about the multiple posts I was trying to draw a quick visual of counselors vs coaches with characters on the keyboard but it isn't working. I'll try one more time. Feel free to delete the extras. Life Coachs last blog post..The U.S. Army’s 11 Leadership Principles

By: Life Coach

Life Coach — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:45:19 +0000

Oversimplification I know but… Life Coachs last blog post..The U.S. Army’s 11 Leadership Principles

By: Life Coach

Life Coach — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:43:45 +0000

Oversimplification I know but... Life Coachs last blog post..The U.S. Army’s 11 Leadership Principles