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Working with a Coach

  • Coach and clients are on peer basis.

  • Trained to work with functioning clients.

  • Goals designed by coach and client together.

  • Focuses on evolving and creating potential.

  • Emphasis on present and future.

  • Action and solution oriented. 

  • Explores actions and behaviours that manifest high self-esteem.

  • Coaches negative self-beliefs as challenges.

  • Does not diagnose or treat.

  • Hold s accountability between session as important.

  • Stresses availability between sessions.

  • Uses coaching skills. Views client as a whole being on a journey.

Working with a Therapist

  • Trained to work with major mental illness.

  • Hierarchical difference between therapist and client.

  • Treatment plan largely designed by therapist.

  • Focuses on healing and understanding.

  • Emphasis on past and present.

  • Insight and problem oriented. 

  • Explores origins of behaviours that create low self-esteem.

  • Analyzes and treat origins of negative self-beliefs.

  • Diagnoses and treats.

  • Accountability less commonly expected.

  • Contact between sessions for crisis and difficulties only.

  • Uses therapy techniques. Views client from a medical model.

Disclaimer:

MANA offers individualized eating disorder recovery coaching services to compliment outpatient eating disorder treatment. In order to take part in our services, clients with diagnosed eating disorders are required to be under the care of a licensed therapist. MANA cannot provide professional dietary or nutrition advice.

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