There are a lot of choices and options that lead to change and feeling fulfilled in your life. Read more to learn which one is best for you.

Both psychotherapy and coaching use knowledge of human behavior, motivation, behavioral change, and interactive techniques focused on change. The major differences are in the goals, interventions, and level of professional responsibility.​​

• Psychotherapy explores where you are now in relation to current and past experiences and helps you work on resolving and healing from old stuff so you can get on with the business of being your best damn you® in the present and future.​

• Coaching, consultation, and mentoring services focus on current areas of concern and goals for change.

• In coaching, consultations, or mentoring, the work is very goal oriented and will have specific, measurable markers to indicate progress. 

• Psychotherapy is goal oriented, but the objectives will be more focused on developing deeper insights.

• Psychotherapy is often a longer term and deeper relationship - an ongoing dialogue and interventions, whereas coaching, consultation, and mentoring is typically shorter term and more goal oriented.

• Psychotherapy is a better fit for people that have anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, or other mental health concerns. Psychotherapy is able to treat these presenting concerns in ways that coaching, consulting, or mentoring cannot.

• Psychotherapists are also trained to help with the same issues as coaches; it isn't necessary to have a mental health problem to talk with a licensed therapist, but if you do have a mental health issue, a coach cannot help you with that.​

• If you do not have emotional or mental health challenges, but do have challenges overcoming obstacles, improving relationships, navigating challenging transitions (divorce, re-careering, dating),  increasing life-satisfaction, or excelling at a sport or vocation, a coach, consultant, or mentor may be perfect for your needs.

• Therapists are required to have advanced degrees, thousands of hours of closely supervised work, pass intense licensure exams, maintain dozens of annual continuing education hours, and be licensed to practice in whichever state(s) their clients reside.  While there are many great coaches out there, coaching is an unregulated field with no licensure or oversight regulations.

• You can verify a therapist's license with your state's licensing board. You can also talk with any potential therapist to inquire about their educational background, issues they work with, and special training or certifications they may have. Because the field of coaching is unregulated, it is not a profession with a minimum acceptable standard of ongoing education or training for its members.

What can you work with in coaching, consultation, or mentorship?

• Setting and achieving goals and objectives

• Planning 

• Crushing blocks and fears

• Work/life balance

• Decision making & strategizing

• Improving communication

• Refining relationships

• Healthy boundaries

• Using your voice

• Gaining vocational clarity

• Attracting the love relationship you want