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Posted by Lonely on February 23, 2005, at 1:20:53
Has anyone used a coach to help them move more towards their goals?
I'm not talking so much about a personal coach although I'm curious about that too.
Right now the "in" thing in the business world is to have a corporate/business coach (some would say "executive coach" but I'm not near that level!) and I talked to one recently. Just in the one session I realized more fully how much several emotional issues are getting in the way of where I want to go. Therapists just don't do anything for me in that area - I feel that they're too accusatory and don't have enough business knowledge. I'm afraid to tell the coach that I'm seeing a therapist although I know the therapist will approve of the coach. Coaching is really more than I can afford so am trying to come up with some ways of paying for it. I must say it was very *intense*. I think it's what I need for a while at least.
I'd like to hear others' experiences with coaching and how they compare it to therapy.
Posted by Dinah on February 23, 2005, at 6:35:57
In reply to Coachs versus Therapists - Experiences, Anyone?, posted by Lonely on February 23, 2005, at 1:20:53
My therapist does coaching as well as therapy.
And he's done coaching stuff for me at my request.
The jury's out I think on how helpful it was. I think it gave me some strategies, but I don't seem to be able to implement them. I'm not sure if that's a topic for therapy, coaching, or something else entirely.
There's less regulation in coaching, so I suspect it's a lot more important to check out credentials. And I can tell from some of the professional magazines that it's being touted as a way of getting your full fee and not having to worry about reimbursement from insurance companies. But since it provides a needed service, I'm not sure that's a bad thing.
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