[mcl6136]

After one session?

Is this beginner's luck?

I can't wait to go back and tell my "coach" that I've already crossed one major barrier.....where I was stuck for so long.

Is it possible that all the scab-picking of traditional therapy really WAS an obstacle for me, and this is a better way to go?

I feel weird...therapy HURT and I was so accustomed to that...that I felt like it must be therapeutic or it wouldn't be so painful.

Does medicine HAVE to taste horrible in order to work?

I think not.

And I think my previous therapy wasgreat for building insight...but I never actually DID anything with that insight. I just "sat with my feelings," which for me was just a lot of wallowing.

I think this life coaching thing is going to allow me to take some risks in my life.

Sorry for the gloating. And I still need to work on that apology thing

Blessings,

MCL

[Perna]

Glad this approach to helping you get what you want seems to be working.

[unaluna]

I am thrilled for you! the extent of my T's RL advice is to lift heavy things in the morning (besides myself)

[pbutton]

I'm glad this is working so well for you.

[granite1]

what is life coaching if you don't mind my asking

[stopdog]

I am glad you are so excited by it.

[mcl6136]

Originally Posted by granite1

what is life coaching if you don't mind my asking

It's therapy without an emphasis on the past, as I understand it.

For me, it's turning out to be a safe place where I can, in a confidential matter, talk about the things in my life that I would like to work on and change. It includes some goal setting, some problem identifying, and a way of charting my course through some blocks that I have.

It's encouraging, but not very analytical. It blends in some fairly mystical stuff like "law of attraction."

So far, it's working like a charm.

but I am very very motivated and not very interested in insight at this point in my life and not as interested in my family of origin issues. those are things I might circle back to in time, but right now, that's not where the action is for me.

Thanks for asking!

[tooski]

This sounds really interesting. Does insurance cover it, just like regular therapy? Do you have to be certified or something to be a life coach, or is it just a sub-specialty that some regular therapists have?

Sorry for all the questions, but I've never heard of this before and I'm interested.

[WePow]

What is awesome is that you are doing what you need to do in orger to be healthy. That flat out rocks.

[mcl6136]

Originally Posted by tooski

This sounds really interesting. Does insurance cover it, just like regular therapy? Do you have to be certified or something to be a life coach, or is it just a sub-specialty that some regular therapists have?

Sorry for all the questions, but I've never heard of this before and I'm interested.

Insurance DOES cover it because my T is a regular T ....who no longer wants to provide "regular" therapy.

I would caution you, however, that "life coaching" is a large umbrella that can encompass all kinds of stuff...like professional organizers, which are good, I guess, but showing people where to stow their stuff in the garage is a far cry from helping people "stow" their "other stuff" correctly.

I'm just pleased that I could find a certified, trained T who was willing to take an approach like the one I need.