What to
Expect

What to expect all depends on the client. It can be as simple as talking through solutions to one problem, perhaps even in a single session. It can also be much more long-term and complex, wrestling with several different or related problems. And the topics can include pretty much anything: family issues, other relationship dynamics, feeling stuck in your career, challenges in the workplace, or learning to manage your time and energy better.

 

It’s important to say that coaching is not therapy, although it sometimes can feel that way. But here’s the difference: therapists help people understand how the past impacts today. Coaches help people understand how today can be the springboard to a different future.

 

Likewise, coaching is not consulting. Consultants usually help people solve problems or manage projects, drawing on the consultant's years of experience or other skills, training, or expertise. Coaches, on the hand, help clients identify solutions through ongoing, focused dialogue that helps the client see their options and select the path forward that they know will be best for them.