Coaching vs Therapy

Cliffords Coaching

The Life Change Room is different from traditional therapy. I am here to help you find your true inner happiness, and live your best life.

What sets me apart?

Below is a brief explanation of how my coaching process is uniquely effective.

Who Does it Work For?

Traditional
Therapy

Works with the patient

Traditional
Coaching

Works with clients

Clifford's
Coaching

Works with clients.

Clifford's
Coaching

Identifies the root cause of the problem and creates a new paradigm within the client, solving the problem and creating new choices.

Traditional
Coaching

Turns problems in to challenges and seeks solutions.

Traditional
Therapy

Diagnoses mental illnesses and attempts to deal with identifiable conditions in a person by treating symptoms.

What does it do?

How Does It Work With Emotions?

Traditional
Therapy

Takes for granted that emotions are a sign that something is wrong and are therefore to be avoided

Traditional
Coaching

Assumes emotions are natural and looks for ways in which to utilise them better

Clifford's
Coaching

Assumes emotions are natural and looks for the INTENTION and PURPOSE for the expression of those emotions

Clifford's
Coaching

Asks the questions HOW, WHAT and WHAT IF? Asking WHY reveals reasons and not results. WHY gives us more content and not the structure or the process

Traditional
Coaching

Asks the questions WHY, HOW and WHAT?

Traditional
Therapy

Asks the question WHY?

What Questions Does It Ask?

Operations?

Traditional
Therapy

Generally works with a person’s past and the traumatic events therein, and seeks healing of those events.

Traditional
Coaching

Works with a person’s present and works to help them create a positive future.

Clifford's
Coaching

Works with a person’s present and provides the tools to empower a person to create the future they desire (Realizes that in order for the client to create the future they want, the obstacles from the past need to be processed)

Clifford's
Coaching

Defines a partnership of equals. (Teaches client, shows clients how to empower themselves to find and implement their own solutions.

Traditional
Coaching

Defines a partnership of equals. (Coach presents alternatives but client ultimately determines their own solutions)

Traditional
Therapy

Defines a Doctor-Patient relationship (where the doctor has the solution)

What Type Of Relationship Does It Maintain?

The Technicalities?

Traditional
Therapy

Has the perspective of a “broken” person, and somehow has to be fixed.

Traditional
Coaching

Focuses on action, outcomes and process; remembering that a person is perfectly capable of their best performance and only has to get in touch with those capabilities. (Coach will highlight and encourage the client to focus on actions and outcomes)

Clifford's
Coaching

Focuses on action, outcomes and process; remembering that a person is perfectly capable of their best performance and only has to get in touch with those capabilities. (Acknowledges that focus is required and then equips client to create lasting focus)

Clifford's
Coaching

Helps client to discover the process by which they prevent the achievement of goals and objectives. Equips client to adopt new processes and internal strategies to achieve desired outcomes.

Traditional
Coaching

Coach would help the client explore new ways of thinking, new ways of looking at things.

Traditional
Therapy

Generally through conversation, encourages the patient to talk about and thereby resolve the pain. Requires reliving pain and symptoms to get rid of them.

Perspectives?

Techniques?

Traditional
Therapy

Is about fixing the patient by understanding and fixing their past.

Traditional
Coaching

Is about understanding the past as a framework for the present and encouraging clients to consider new ways of creating a better future

Clifford's
Coaching

Is about understanding the past as a framework for the present, processing it and equipping clients to create a desired future.

Clifford's
Coaching

Remembers that Coaching is a model of learning and discovering potential which focuses on the future and its achievable goals and outcomes.

Traditional
Coaching

Remember that Coaching is a model of learning and discovering potential which focuses on the future and its achievable goals and outcomes.

Traditional
Therapy

Relies on a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual to diagnose pathology. Operates in a medical or clinical manner.

Tactics

Time Consumption

Traditional
Therapy

Generally, because of transference, the therapist will not talk much about himself.

Traditional
Coaching

When appropriate the Coach share much about his experience which is vital to learning.

Clifford's
Coaching

When appropriate the Coach share much about his experience which is vital to learning.

Clifford's
Coaching

Coach aligns mentally with the client and then through a discussion identifies the challenges, then provides coaching to move beyond them to create wins. In the process, the client is responsible to achieve the outcomes. I realise that the client ALWAYS has control over his/her results.

Traditional
Coaching

Traditional
Therapy

Doctor targets a diagnosis for the patient and then puts forth his training in diagnosis and treatment of disease and then offers a path to healing.

Coaching vs Therapy

Cliffords Coaching