What is coaching?

Coaching is an outcome-focused process that encourages autonomous learning through collaborative goal setting, brainstorming, and plan design (Greene & Grant, 2006) Coaching is a reflective process between the coach and the coachee that helps and facilitates positive change through ongoing dialogue in order to achieve professional and personal goals (Lai, 2014) According to the International Coach Federation, Coaching is a partnership in a creative thought process that inspires people to maximize their personal and professional potential. Coaching is a separate service that differs from psychotherapy, counseling, mentoring, and education. It has become an important science and practice that liberates and develops the abilities of people.

What is the difference between coaching and psychotherapy?

Coaching does not focus on the treatment of mental disorders and other behavioral problems that do not identify and do not act as a substitute for Psychotherapy. It is an approach of developing, changing, achieving goals, increasing performance, and enhancing our growth. It is not a method or part of a psychotherapeutic approach and does not apply to people who need help from mental health professionals. Coaching is based on strict principles and a strict code of ethics. The partners are committed to serving these principles and to supporting and promoting the dissemination of coaching principles and good practice.

Bibliography:

Greene, J. & Grant, A. (2006). Solution-focused coaching: Managing people in a complex world (2 ed.). London: Pearson Education Ltd

Lai, Y. (2014) Enhancing Evidence-based Coaching Through the Development of a Coaching Psychology Competency Framework: Focus on the Coaching Relationship. School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K.