Posted by Dinah on July 19, 2004, at 7:46:09
In reply to Mo better info... » B2chica, posted by 64bowtie on July 19, 2004, at 2:47:32
Are you saying that everyone is a candidate for life coaching by unlicensed coaches rather than therapy by trained and licensed therapists?
It seems awfully risky to me. We get in enough trouble with the people who *are* trained and licensed.
What would a life coach do with a client who had a psychotic break during "coaching"?
I guess as long as the life coaches had plenty of malpractice insurance... No, maybe not. Because that wouldn't really compensate for the damage involved.
Perhaps I misunderstood you. I certainly think life coaching has its place. It may even be all that many people need, including many who are now in therapy. But I was rather hoping that life coaches had sufficient knowledge of mental health issues to know when they were in over their head and a client really should be seen by someone with extensive training in mental health problems.
But if life coaches aren't confining their practices to, well, life coaching, and instead are practicing therapy - how is that different than practicing therapy without a license? Do you consider practicing therapy without a license to be a good thing? Putting people with a fair amount of power over others outside any regulation whatsoever?
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