Coaching vs. Mentoring vs. Therapy: What’s the Difference?

A process where we partner to help you find it within you to reach your goals or solve your problems
A solution-focused, action-oriented partnership that helps you create and experience the life of your choosing.
A method to help you identify your Core Values, challenge your belief systems, evaluate what is—or isn’t—serving you, and learn why you are (or aren’t!) doing certain things.
A method to challenge you to take the time to focus on what your really want, and help you discover and break through what is holding you back from success.
A process that challenges you to look at things differently, helps you discover what you truly want in life, and supports you with designing step-by-step action plans for achieving your goals.

Therapy which typically focuses on problems rooted in the past and why things happened. In the unlikely event it becomes apparent that a therapist is needed, I will tell you
Mentoring which focuses on giving advice based on prior experiences
Consulting which focuses on providing expert advice. Consultants will tell you what to do and how to do it, but don’t hold you accountable for getting things done.
Sports Coaching which focuses on helping athletes/teams win and perfect their form/game.
Completing work or telling you what to do
Checking up on you. You need to be accountable for your actions.

What Coaching Is ... What Coaching Is Not