Coach vs Counselor
Coach
Counselor
Coach
- Coaches work with clients on current obstacles and other challenges. A coach’s main job is to help clients take results-oriented action, to move from the stuck in their lives so they’re more empowered and liberated.
- Coaches listen, empower through suggestion and support, and hold clients accountable when action steps are made.
- Coaches can help you navigate difficult relationships through understanding and communication tools.
- Coaches see self-sabotage and negative thoughts and provide skills to interrupt patterns and transform them into positive and productive actions.
Both
Counselor
Coach
- Both see the value in understanding your past, present, and the possibilities for your future.
- Both help their clients/patients, just in different ways.
- Both can direct you to where your next step might be.
- Both are able to see you simultaneously and work together in bettering your well-being, life, and future.
Counselor
Counselor
Counselor
- Counselors help their patients work through and resolve mental health, struggles, and past traumas.
- Counselors analyze, diagnose, and/or prescribe treatment for their patients.
- Counselors are there to get you out of harmful relationships and abusive (physical or emotional) situations that need immediate attention.
- Counselors know how to navigate a variety of addictions (alcohol, drug, porn, shopping, etc.) and self-mutilation issues (cutting, eating disorder, etc).
