Posted by Dinah on February 29, 2004, at 23:52:15
I'm glad to hear that you didn't intend to imply that therapy and having a life are mutually exclusive. In many cases, therapy is life enhancing. I rather wish my parents had got some many years ago. I get more than my fair share of therapy bashing from my parents and employers, and tend to be a bit defensive. So I'm sorry about that.
But speaking of curiosity, I am mildly curious. You must approve of coaching, since as I recall you are intending to become one. Yet I got the impression from your post that you might consider therapy to be yet another bad habit to fall into. What do you consider makes coaching a good thing in comparison to therapy, given the many different sorts of therapy. I don't see a huge amount of difference, other than the licensing and strict ethical requirements, and the fact that coaches don't claim to help emotional illnesses and thus are not eligible for insurance reimbursement. In fact, many coaches seem to be therapists seeking to expand their client base and get out from under managed care back to a private paying practice.
Do you see coaching as offering something superior to therapy? And if so, would that be true for everyone, or just those who aren't suffering from mental or emotional illness, in your eyes?
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