Life Coaching and CBT Therapy
What is Coaching ?
Coaching is a process that involves a partnership between the coach and client to facilitate personal and professional growth. The coach creates a supportive and empowering environment to help the client develop greater self-awareness, clarify their goals, and take action towards achieving them. The coach provides a safe space for the client to explore their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, without fear of judgment or criticism. The coach uses various techniques and tools to help the client identify and overcome any limiting beliefs or behaviors that may be holding them back from reaching their full potential.
During the coaching process, the coach helps the client define their goals and create an action plan with measurable steps to achieve those goals. The coach then works with the client to track their progress and make adjustments as necessary. Coaching is not therapy or counseling, which focus on addressing and resolving past issues or traumas. Instead, coaching is focused on the present and future, and helping the client move forward in a positive and proactive way.
Coaching can be applied to many areas of life, including career development, personal growth, relationships, health and wellness, and more. It can be conducted one-on-one or in group settings, and can be delivered in person, over the phone, or online. The benefits of coaching can include increased self-awareness, improved communication and interpersonal skills, enhanced decision-making abilities, greater resilience and self-confidence, and overall personal and professional growth.
What is Life Coaching and Life purpose Coaching?
Life coaching and life purpose coaching are both forms of personal coaching that aim to support individuals in achieving their goals and living a fulfilling life. While life coaching can address a wide range of topics and challenges, life purpose coaching focuses specifically on helping clients to identify and align with their unique life purpose or mission.
Life purpose coaching is all about helping individuals to discover their unique path and purpose in life. This process involves exploring various aspects of the individual's life, such as their passions, interests, talents, strengths, and values. Through this exploration, a life purpose coach can help their client gain clarity on what they truly want in life and what they are meant to do.
A life purpose coach may use various tools and techniques to guide their client, such as assessments, exercises, and reflective practices. They may also work with their client to develop actionable plans that align with their life purpose and help them move towards their desired outcomes.
In addition to helping clients discover their life purpose, life purpose coaching can also help individuals overcome limiting beliefs and fears that may be holding them back from pursuing their true calling. By providing support and accountability, a life purpose coach can help their clients break through barriers and take action towards living a more fulfilling and purposeful life.
Overall, life purpose coaching can be a transformative experience that helps individuals to unlock their full potential and live a life of purpose and meaning.
Through a collaborative process, a life purpose coach can help clients to gain clarity and direction, and develop strategies to overcome obstacles and achieve their desired outcomes.
What Is Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)?
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy should ensure a lifelong change for the better but keep in mind you must practices CBT in your everyday life. The CBT Therapy will realign the poor thought patterns and improve your life in the long run.
Our feelings and emotions influence how we deal with every event. Negative emotions and thoughts can adversely affect any part of our lives.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is a highly successful therapy, well-recognized system and an extremely valuable tool. In many cases it is more effective than medication treatments.
It will train you to identify and reconstruct certain negative thoughts that may affect your everyday life.
It is ‘here and now’ therapy that concentrates on a negative feeling or behavior led by a destructive thought pattern, and how to change this process to move your life forward and beyond the behavior.
A distorted thinking pattern can bring an altered view of the world and this in turn can cause feelings of despair, depression, anxiety frustration and anger.
What does CBT Help with?
Cognitive Behavior Therapy is designed to improve and deal with mental health disorders such as:
Depression
Major depression / persistent depression / psychotic depression / postpartum depression / seasonal affective disorder (SAD) / bipolar disorder
Anxiety disorder
PTSD
Sleep disorders such as insomnia
Eating disorders such as Anorexia / Bulimia
Phobias
Anger
Relationships; Jealousy and Insecurity
Emotional Issues; Highs and Lows
Addictions
Substance use disorders such as Alcohol addiction or Drug dependence
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
CBT can also help people work through everyday challenges and life changes. An individual might also seek help for issues such as:
Stress and coping difficulties
Relationship issues
Divorce and separation
Problems at work
Grief
Adjusting to a new life situation or medical condition
Who Can Mostly Benefit from CBT Therapy?
Individuals with greater capacity to identify and articulate thoughts and feelings and to share them in a non-defensive, focused way will benefit most from CBT therapy. This therapy method is not for everyone, if you are new to CBT please book your initial assessment session here
