123: The Difference Between Consulting, Coaching and Counseling
“Consulting, coaching, and counseling? Help, I can’t decide!”
As a female business owner, you benefit tremendously from having coaching that focuses on both life and business. But you also have consultants and therapists available to help you, too, and picking between them all can get tricky.
So let’s clear up the confusion. How can you determine which one to choose (and when)? You need to know the difference between consulting, coaching, and counseling and how to evaluate yourself to know which one is right for you.
Today on the Time to Level Up podcast, I help make it clear by painting a visual picture that illustrates the point. Near the end of the show, I also provide a tool to help you reflect and further access what you need.
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll learn about all three's differences (and similarities). I’ll define the role of consultant, coach, and counselor and teach you to figure out which one to hire for yourself.
What’s Covered in This Episode
4:10 - How you might know right away which professional you need
14:52 - How coaches, consultants, and therapists come at situations similarly and differently
16:54 - How to access when you need to hire a consultant vs. a coach
20:58 - Figuring out if you need a counselor or coach (and a common misconception about coaching)
25:39 - What I do for you as a coach and my ideal coaching client
28:40 - The different focus, goals, and framework of counselors and coaches
32:42 - A tool to help you do a self-assess yourself and figure out what’s best for you
Mentioned In The Difference Between Consulting Coaching and Counseling
Quotes from this Episode of Time to Level Up
“Consultants don’t really need to know who you are. They can look at what’s creating the problem through their own set of glasses and give you a solution.” - Andrea Liebross
“A coach focuses on helping you improve, discover what’s possible, and start putting things into action you can’t quite pull the trigger on yourself.” - Andrea Liebross
“I’ve found that solutions become more relevant, realistic, and exciting when they are generated from a coach-client symbiotic relationship.” - Andrea Liebross
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