GENERAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COACHING AND THERAPY:
| THERAPY | COACHING |
|---|---|
| Assumes the client needs healing | Assumes the client needs guidance |
| Roots in medicine, psychiatry | Roots in business and personal growth venues |
| Works with people to achieve self-understanding and emotional healing | Works to motivate people to a higher level of functioning |
| Focuses on feelings and past events; past-orientation | Focuses on actions and the future; goal-orientation |
| Explores the root of problems | Focuses on solving problems |
| Works to bring the unconscious into consciousness | Works with the conscious mind |
| Works for internal resolution of pain and to let go of old patterns | Works for solutions to overcome barriers, learn new skills and implement effective choices |