If you've reviewed this website and think therapy isn't for you, coaching might be! Therapy and coaching are not the same. Therapy treats diagnosable mental illness, focusing on past and present dysfunction and relevant treatments, and tends toward longer duration. Coaching assumes reasonable mental health, focuses on present and future functioning, and is geared toward briefer duration. I can explain the differences as well as the stipulations and opportunities that go along with a coaching connection with me. Please read on to learn more.
YOU MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR COACHING WITH ME IF:
You're frustrated or stuck, but feel emotionally stable.
You're not in physical, relationship, legal, or financial crisis.
You're not under the care of a psychiatrist, or if you are, you're not taking more than one or two psych meds.
You haven't been diagnosed with PTSD, C-PTSD, or personality or dissociative disorders.
You don't have a significant history of suicide attempts or homicidal thoughts or psychiatric hospitalization.
You don't have a significant history of addiction, or if you do, you're in recovery.
You have decent sleeping, eating, meditation, and/or exercise practices.
You have pretty good social support and you experience joy regularly.
You're curious, creative, and confident -- with good imagination or the desire to cultivate it.
You're on a spiritual path, aspiring to work more subtly and skillfully with the negative emotions.
You're willing to see a therapist (not me) if coaching uncovers the need for it.
PLEASE (RE)CONSIDER ME AS A THERAPIST IF:
You're in distress and don't have good support or have been diagnosed with chronic serious mental illness.
IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHICH PATH IS BEST, I CAN HELP YOU DECIDE:
Via phone call or written assessment (e.g., PCL-5, PSQ-2, AUDIT-10) I can assess your suitability for coaching.
IMPORTANT: Whether I am acting as a therapist or coach, under my therapy license I am ALWAYS a mandated reporter of child/elderly abuse and/or threats of suicide or homicide. Please note if you opt for coaching with me you cannot also be or become a therapy client of mine, and if you are or have been a therapy client of mine, you cannot also be or become my coaching client. If you proceed to the Mindful Worldly Path Coaching website, you are indicating understanding of everything on this page.