What is Coaching?

The International Coach Federation (ICF) defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”

Coaching is about empowering people to come up with their own answers. Someone comes to a life coach to achieve a goal or to change, enhance or improve some area of their life. Coaching takes the client from where they are to where they want to be.

Coaching is results-oriented and focuses on making changes in the present. The client develops a plan of action to move forward, and the coach holds the client accountable to follow through with that plan of action. During the process, common blocks and obstacles are addressed using techniques that are legally correct to do without a counseling license.

                                         Counseling Vs. Coaching


Counseling and psychotherapy are processes concerned with feeling, understanding and healing deep emotional issues. A counselor or psychotherapist explores the past and looks at family of origin or trauma issues.

Coaching is different from therapy in that we will address an any obstacles that keep you from achieving your goals, but we will not engage in therapy or any psychological area that requires training and licensing.