This page answers some of the most frequently asked questions about life and business coaching and consulting. If the information you need is not here, please go to the Contact page and email me or book a conference call. Thank you!
Family, friends, and mentors are frequently excellent resources, in part, because they have developed relationships with you over time, know you well, and have your best interests at heart.
The flipside to this positive is that the advice they give may not be impartial.
A coach is, usually, someone who you don't know who brings fresh eyes, ears, and perspectives to your issues. They have immediate access to information and tools you need to fix the problems, that would take a great deal of time and energy to amass on your own. Their #1 goal is to help you attain the outcomes you desire.
Just as musicians, visual artists, dancers and other areas of artistic endeavor participate in continuing education (lessons and masterclasses) with great artist and teachers, business people engage coaches and work with mentors for fresh perspectives and to gain new information which helps to prevent stagnation in their personal and professional growth.
Coaches work with healthy clients who are striving to improve their circumstances. They are not counselors or therapists.
Coach
A coach provides the tools, support, and accountability to assist the client in determining and achieving their goals.
Most highly qualified coaches have completed coach training in their areas of expertise.
Coaches help their clients understand how thought processes and feelings can affect their decision making, and they provide tools to help their clients overcome the disruptive issues to the process.
Counselor
Counselors work with persons needing help and hoping to identify dysfunction or trauma to heal and resolve old pain.
Therapist
A psychotherapist is someone who has completed a 4-5 year degree program in clinical psychology and have passed board regulated exams to obtain a license to practice. For more information on the differences between designations in psychology degrees, follow this link https://www.claritytherapynyc.com/what-is-psychotherapist-psychologist/
Coaches are not therapists and are NOT LICENSED to provide and diagnoses or treat any mental illnesses.
Coaching
Coaching helps people understand how thought processes and feelings can affect their decision-making and provides the tools, support, and accountability to assist clients in determining and achieving their goals by overcoming the disruptive issues to the process.
Consulting
Consulting gains an understanding of the client’s goals, objectives, and desired outcome through written reports, conversations and meetings. Based on this information, a personalized plan of action is designed, and ongoing implementation support may be provided to ensure the success of the plan. Therefore, they are paid at a higher price point.
