Coaching and counselling… Is it possible to have the best of both worlds? The answer to that is a resounding YES!! In fact, combining coaching and counselling has enormous benefits and can propel you forward faster and further than you ever thought possible.
The beauty of combining both coaching with counselling gives you a safe space where you are able to talk through your fears and issues without being judged or criticised, while at the same time, giving you the relevant coaching tools and techniques to help not only move you beyond your fears but move you forward as well.
If you are currently stuck, confused or uncertain, the thought of combining coaching and counselling may seem a little strange… Maybe even a little too good to be true. But I assure you, that you truly can have the best of both worlds that can help you embrace your awesome self and achieve the life, up to now, that you’ve only been dreaming of.
Read below some of the main benefits of having the best of both worlds and combining both coaching and counselling.
When it comes to limiting beliefs or negative thoughts, counselling is a great way to deal with these issues. Counselling alone can really help you drill down and identify the cause of the limiting beliefs and negative thoughts. Counselling can also help you identify the behaviours that are binding you to your past and are stopping you from shifting old habits that do not align with your future goals.
In her book, Change Your Thinking, Sarah Edelman outlines all the emotions that often hold us back. These emotions include:
All these emotions and more often get in our way and keep us stuck in the past. Counselling can draw all these emotions out and make us realise how they are affecting our lives.
This sounds great so far, but once aware of these issues, women are then left stuck and confused about how to deal with these emotions and more importantly, how to move on from them.
Once negative emotions are identified, coaching can then step in and the magic of having the best of both worlds can really start to take place.
Clarity is realised through counselling, coaching can then continue on this work and give women real-world action plans to help break down negative emotions and provide techniques to replace those emotions with ones that will lead to greater personal happiness.
Counselling and coaching… identifying the issues and then putting a strategy in place to eliminate them from your life. It truly is the best of both worlds.
The beauty of having the best of both worlds doesn’t just stop at releasing limiting beliefs and negative emotions. Combining coaching and counselling can do wonders for helping you clarify your purpose or goal in life.
Coaching can help you strive towards your goal, absolutely, and give you action steps that you can implement daily. But before you even get to this point, counselling will help you clearly identify those main goals you really want to strive for.
When setting goals, it’s a common mistake for people to put down goals that they think will be easy to achieve or even goals that they think they should go for. Either way, it’s often not what they truly, in their heart of hearts, wants. This is especially true for women who may fear success or struggle with impostor syndrome.
Counselling can drill down into your goals to identify if they are truly what you want to achieve. Counselling can also help to make your goals more targeted, more specific and more aligned to your true purpose.
After all, there is no point having a road map if it’s not going to lead you to the destination you really wanted to go.
The beauty of combining both counselling and coaching will ensure you are crystal clear on what your purpose or goal is and make sure you are on the right track to getting there.
Once you have identified your issues and created a clear strategy to move forward, old habits and beliefs have a sneaky way of rearing their ugly head and make their way back into your life.
As we move into unknown territory or are faced with a situation that overwhelms us, it can be easy to slip back into our old ways and our old thought patterns. We can also become side-tracked as we move forward. Allowing bright and shiny object syndrome to distract us from our main mission. These are all very common issues women face in business and in life.
Again, this is where combining the skills of a coach and a counsellor into one support system, can make the world of difference and give you a greater chance of achieving your goals.
Providing you with the right tools and strategies to address any situation combined with the emotional support to identify any negative thought patterns can do wonders for your self-esteem.
Old habits tend to keep us well within our comfort zone, which can minimise personal and professional growth. A coach and counsellor combined can counteract that and help you face those overwhelming obstacles head on.
The combined effect has enormous benefits. As you move towards your goals, having the best of both worlds by combining the skills of both a counsellor and coach can provide the perfect support system to identify when you are slipping back into old psychological behaviour and counteracting them with new behaviours.
Combining the support of both a counsellor and coach can:
My services, which incorporated both counselling and coaching, can help you move quickly through your limiting beliefs and develop a growth strategy that is personalised specifically to your needs.
Together using various techniques we will analyse the thought patterns that holds you back from reaching your goals and implement a strategy to help you achieve everything you have ever dreamed of and more.
So, if you’re struggling to reach your goals either personally or in business, discover how the combined effect of counselling and coaching can help you. Contact me today to find out more.