Counseling or Coaching?

Are you wondering how coaching differs from counseling? Let's clarify how counseling and coaching differs. Counseling generally addresses various  diagnoses, emotion disturbances or past unresolved events in a person's life. 

Coaching is forward focused and provides structure for clients to determine changes they would like to make to overcome challenges. A wellness client may want to lose weight and comes weekly to work on goals that lead to weight loss. A life coaching client may want to increase communication skills that lead to increased socialization. A career client may want to set goals that lead to promotion or work/life balance.