IS LIFE COACHING RIGHT FOR YOU?
Life Coaching Versus Psychotherapy
LIFE COACHING
Non-clinical and no diagnosis is needed.
Paid for by the client and NOT the insurance company.
Sessions occur as needed.
No governing body to penalize breech of confidentiality.
Services provided by trained or untrained practitioners.
Works to clarify goals, problem behaviors and then provides action steps that produce results.
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PSYCHOTHERAPY
Clinical Diagnosis (e.g. such as Clinical Depression or Clinical Anxiety, etc.) paid for by health insurance companies.
Use of Evidence Based Medicine to treat a Diagnosis.
Commitment to treatment through regular sessions for a specified period of time.
Services provided by highly trained practitioners with specialized experience governed by state/national law.
Confidentiality is enforced by law and threat of legal fines up to and including jail time.
Work through symptoms or problem behaviors that impair your ability to function in relationships, impair your medical health, create legal problems, contribute to family discord, threaten employment, finances or interfere with other areas of functioning.
STILL NOT SURE?
Start with a brief phone consultation with a psychotherapist.
Collaborate to determine next steps.