Therapy |
Coaching |
Assumes the client needs healing |
Assumes the client is whole |
Has roots in medicine and psychiatry |
Has roots in sports, business and personal growth venues |
Works with people to achieve self-understanding and emotional healing |
Works to move people to a higher level of functioning |
Focuses on feelings and past events |
Focuses on actions and the future |
Focuses on internal resolution of pain and to let go of old patterns |
Focuses on solving problems through internal and external resolution to release old patterns |
Works to bring the unconscious into consciousness |
Works mostly with the conscious mind |
Assumes the client is whole |
Works for solutions to overcome barriers, learn new skills and implement effective choices |