Life coaching is different than mental health counseling in critical ways, but both types of specialists offer benefits. Life coaches typically can’t diagnose and provide treatment plans for mental health disorders. Counselors and therapists do. Life coaches help people establish goals, find motivation, and achieve those goals. Their focus isn’t on mental health. A life coach uses motivational techniques to help someone accomplish goals that are unique to them and their aspirations. A person would go to a life coach for guidance in establishing more meaning in their life.
Therapists Who Specialize in Offering Life Coaching
How are you holding up? As we try to manage a shared crisis while also facing our own individual challenges, it is normal to feel overwhelmed, confused, frustrated, and/or helpless. Many are anxious, grieving, lonely, irritated, bored, or worried. I understand the interpersonal challenges amplified by social distancing, loss of financial stability, shifting roles in the household, and longing f...
"Mental health isn't a thing. Talking about feelings and experiences isn't going to help. Things will get better by just putting my head down and powering through. I'm strong, self-reliant, and I don't need any help. I'll be fine just the way I am." These are all valid thoughts and feelings for an individual to have and many people believe these statements are true. Stereotypically, men...
There is a difference between mental health and mental illness. I work from a holistic a perspective to help improve mental health and/or work through symptoms of mental illness, in a relationship that respects your perspective and needs. I work from evidence based approaches, listening, coaching, and helping you process life issues. I bring a perspective to therapy relationships that is honest...
My approach is warm and enthusiastic providing room for laughter and jokes as well as tears and vulnerability. While holding safe boundaries for my clients, I believe in the power of transparency and being my genuine self in my work with people. I am affirming and open-minded, while encouraging you to try new ideas or behaviors that support your healing. We work together to enhance your ability...
You are kind to others, but you are often hard on yourself. You speak gently to others, but you often speak harshly to yourself. You see the value in others, but you often don’t recognize your own value. But you can change how you see, talk to and treat yourself! You can learn to (re)discover your inherent value, set appropriate boundaries, and pursue your dreams. Your relationships will be mor...
Do you struggle to fully accept yourself as you are? Have you been living with HIV for a long time and feel unheard or isolated? Are you concerned that your drinking, sex, use of substances or other habits have gotten out of control? Maybe you and your partner are having trouble with communication or trust issues. We all want to be heard, understood and accepted. I would like to help you gain m...
**NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS - PLEASE TEXT 951-595-7503 TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITLIST** In today's world, you are likely exhausted, overworked, and have lost touch with who you truly are (or who you truly want to be, but haven't yet been able to discover due to the exhausted and over-worked part). I specialize in helping busy people THRIVE by overcoming whatever obstacles are in your wa...
Elina Filippova, the Founder of The Path to Self, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She works with seniors, adults, and teenagers and couples who feel stuck in their life -- be it physically , emotionally, or professionally -- and who are committed to the path of self-discovery. Elina worked as a mental health professional for Department of Veterans affairs and has knowledge of complex trau...
Hardly anybody I know aspires to be that average, center-of-the-bell-curve person. In different ways, we all deviate from the norm, which explains our own uniqueness. My aim as a therapist is to work with individuals, couples, triads, and families in a way that celebrates their uniqueness and "incurable deviance." By meeting you where you are, with who you are, in a way that makes best use of y...
My name is Jennifer Mangum, I am a licensed therapist specializing in anxiety, depression and OCD. In addition, I am also a certified drug and alcohol counselor and have completed certification training for peripartum/postpartum issues. I work with both individuals and families struggling with any of the above areas. As part of the process, I will work with you/your family collaboratively to...
Are you doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results? Are you not sure what's wrong but know that you keep trying your hardest and things aren't getting better? Do you find that your identity gets lost in your effort to please or "keep the peace?" Are you involved in a problematic relationship that you can't fix? Or are you surprised that you seem to find the same unheal...
*I’M BEST REACHED VIA EMAIL FOR INQUIRIES AND SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS.* I am interested in helping individuals that are confronted with difficult challenges and want to achieve lasting, meaningful change in their lives. Whether you are trying to develop healthier habits or have reached a rock bottom, I will create a safe, non-judgmental atmosphere where we can collaborate and develop a plan for...
We walk this earth together, and I consider it a great gift each time I have the privilege of walking beside a fellow human being as they courageously make the decision to do what they know each person needs to do throughout life- reach out to someone to assist in gaining clarity along the way. I have found many people are unaware not only of the formidable strengths they possess, but that thro...
Life is a journey, full of experience that inspire and challenge us. The inspirational moments help fuel our ability to preserve and the challenges of life can cause fear, depression, anxiety and a sense of not being good enough. I comment you for taking a step forward. I am committed to creating a safe and nonjudgemental space for people to explore healing and reconnect with themselves and...
In therapy, my goal is to help you tap into the resources that already exist within you. I believe you possess wisdom, resilience, sound judgment, compassion for yourself and others, and other strengths that can be refined or rediscovered through the process of therapy. I also believe that authentic human connection is the primary conduit of healing in therapy, so I strive to make our...
