Coaching and Counseling are Very Different
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Coach Claire Chapman and I have recently become friendly after meeting on Twitter. She is a coach with a similar philosophy and business to mine who lives and works in the UK and runs GrowAsACoach.com. After a nice phone conversation comparing our similarities and differences, we decided to write guest posts for each other’s blogs. If you missed Claire’s post here you can scroll down to find it or click here.
When Claire discovered that I came to coaching from my background as a counselor, she was excited to learn more about the differences between coaching and counseling. This is a question that clients often ask and it can be difficult for a coach who does not have a therapy or counseling background to answer. I have worked with so many beginnning coaches that I know it can also be a very hard question for those coaches who DO have that background too. In response to Claire’s request, I wrote my guest post for her blog on the distinctions between the two services. I hope you will take a moment to read the post and while you are there, check out the rest of Claire’s blog.
