Common wrong beliefs: what coaching is not
Hi Hero 😊
Do you know which are the common wrong beliefs about coaching?
What if you’re one of the many people who have at least one of these wrong beliefs?
To be able to get the best from it, it’s important to get a clearer idea of what coaching is about.
First, let me explain to you what coaching is NOT:
1. COUNSELING
2. THERAPY
3. MENTORING
4. CONSULTING
Are you still confused? Let’s have a look more in detail then!
1. COUNSELING
WHAT IS IT
Counseling is a psychological specialty where psychologists focus on assets and strengths, person-environment interactions, educational and career development, brief interactions. It’s a helping approach that highlights the problem they have sought help for.
FOR WHO
Counseling clients are usually looking for advice and recommendations and have help-seeking attitudes and attachment style.
DIFFERENCES
Counseling:
• Past focused
• Problem-focused
• Works towards emotions
• Gives advice and recommendation
• Asks the question “Why should we change?”
• The counselor has the answers gives diagnosis and treatment
Coaching:
• Future-focused
• Solution-focused
• Works towards outcomes
• Does not give advice
• Asks the question “How can we change?”
• The client has the answers assisted to find their own solutions
2. THERAPY
WHAT IS IT
Therapy is the treatment of someone with mental or physical illness without the use of drugs or operations.
FOR WHO
Therapy clients are usually looking to deal with mental disorders like depression, anxiety, phobias, addiction, PTSD, ADHD, distress, support, and coping for a loss.
They want to know why they do what they do, why they feel what they feel, and determine how much control they have over those areas.
DIFFERENCES
Therapy:
• Long terms process diagnose and resolve problematics
• Focus on past traumas and issues
• Focuses on past issues and on introspection and analysis
Coaching:
• Short-term relationship, instead of regular sessions
• Clarification of goals and identification of obstacles and problematic behaviors
• Creation of action plans to achieve desired results
• Guides clients from the current starting point with an acceptable neutral view
• Learning to take control of life and take action
• Action-based
• Help stay accountable
3. MENTORING
WHAT IS IT
Mentoring is when a more experienced and knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced and knowledgeable person.
FOR WHO
Mentors clients are looking for advice from a more expert person that teaches them what they’ve learned and experienced already.
DIFFERENCES
Mentoring:
• Long term relationship
• Focus on creating an informal relationship
• Give advice
• Present and future-oriented
Coaching:
• Short term oriented
• Focus on specific skills
• Identifies and develops goals
• Chunk down goals into concrete tasks
• Tasks to complete in a specific period of time
• Clarifies goals priorities and vision
4. CONSULTING
WHAT IS IT
Consulting is giving expert advice in a particular area of expertise to a specific group of people.
FOR WHO
Consulting clients are looking to take advantage of a pool of skills and talents that they do not have yet, to identify problems clearly or from a different perspective, to lay the groundwork for successful launches of operations using specific and tested methods and to train when implementing changes to businesses.
DIFFERENCES
Consulting:
• Tells the client what to do
• Gives instructions
• Teaches
• Resolve a particular business challenge
• Subject matter expert
• Technical and professional advice
• Provide possibilities
Coaching:
• Pulls out answers from the client
• Strategies for uncovering your truth on your own
• Get tools that can support you in moving forward and executing
• Guides
• Assists on how to move forward in achieving goals and grow personally
So in a few words, none of them are better or wrong, they just have different approaches as long as coaching it’s more focused on certain things, and the other described professions on others.
Hopefully, you’ve got a clearer idea now!
Good job! I love your curiosity and now you’re aware of what coaching is NOT!
Now you can click here if you want to have your first free online coaching session with me!
Not convinced yet? Please click here if you want to discover more about coaching and what you can expect from this life-changing journey!
To your super-success,
Denise 😊💚
Founder & CEO @HEROES COACHING
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