Coaching appeared as a counterbalance to psychotherapy, focusing on working with healthy people — as with healthy people, without treatment.
The difference between coaching and psychotherapy is easily illustrated by the following metaphorical anecdote.
A client came to the coach and said, “I want a goat!” — “Fine,” the coach says, “let’s think over with you which goat is better for you to buy, where you put it and where to get money for all this?”
A client came to a psychotherapist and said, “I want a goat!” “Hmm,” says the psychotherapist, “why do you need a goat? What unmet needs is it designed to compensate for? And would it be eco-friendly for you given your family situation?”
The coach moves the client forward by forming perspectives, the therapist works with existing mental illnesses and keeps in mind that his client has problems ahead.
Psychological consultation
Psychological counseling occupies an intermediate position between psychotherapy and coaching. This is no longer psychotherapy, but not yet coaching. Those who come for a consultation are already overwhelmed, but they themselves are not ready to work seriously and do not want to. See →