Personal coaching is life improvement according to your own values and goals. Coaching supports a natural alignment of values goals and actions. Coaching is a valuable opportunity to work with another trusted person to plan and implement new actions and strategies in your life. The focus of personal consulting* is life improvement, according to your own values and goals. We don’t ignore the influence of the past but we are not attempting to heal past emotional pain: we explore the present and the future.
Therapy is defined as treatment by a licensed practitioner for a physical or mental disorder. An example of therapy is a course of physical exercises for a walking disability, or a diagnosis of a disorder that is treated by a licensed psychotherapist.
Coaching is about improvement, often enhancement of life experience. Anyone working with deep trauma or other “disorders” may benefit from coaching, but only with additional assistance from a therapist who is well-versed in treatment of trauma.
A personal consultant brings experience, techniques, insights, strategies, and support to you and the situations you and your current life challenges and situations. Personal consultants are not state licensed and are not
* We use coaching and consulting interchangeably but we prefer consulting as it expresses more equality between participants, while retaining the element of learning and application.