A Closer Look at Wellness Coaching

Partnering with the Client

A wellness coach partners with clients seeking to enhance their well-being through lasting changes, aligned with their values. A wellness coach honors the fact that the client is the expert in their own life and helps them achieve their goals through behavior changes and goal-setting. A wellness coach looks at the whole person - your spiritual, physical, mental and emotional health.

There is an amazing, often untapped, interconnectedness between our spiritual, physical, mental and emotional health. And when we focus on our relationship with God first and seek after Him in obedience, all aspects of our health begin to align when we allow Him to lead and direct our steps. By allowing our spiritual walk to support our physical, mental and emotional walk, and by realizing how profoundly they all work together, we can embrace positive change and live our best life with more intentionality!

Understanding the Difference

Wellness Coach, Therapist, Counselor - What's the difference?

There is a level of overlap between these disciplines. This information will help you understand those differences. A wellness coach, typically helps people who are seeking change, but they're in a place where they feel stuck. They may have a lack of clarity, or they're in an area of life where they're asking themselves "What now? What's next for me?" It may be they want to live a life with more meaning. Maybe they want to lose weight, make better food choices or exercise for better movement. Maybe they need more peace and less stress, prioritizing sleeping and cultivating a life that includes purpose and connection with others. Maybe they have a desire to do more of the things they truly enjoy. These are areas where a wellness coach like Jen can greatly help.

Therapists and counselors are trained to diagnose and treat mental health conditions by exploring deeper psychological issues and past experiences. Therapists and counselors help people deal with past traumas in order to come to a healthy and functional present. Such things as relationship issues, career transition, grief, depression, suicidal thoughts - those are areas where a therapist or counselor would be the best professional to seek out. A side-by-side view is below.

Wellness coaches help individuals identify and achieve goals, develop healthy/sustainable habits and behavior changes to improving quality of life. It is future-oriented where actionable steps are created to achieve desired outcomes. Wellness coaches cannot diagnose mental illnesses, nor do they prescribe medications.

Therapists are more focused on the “why?” They look at addressing and healing past traumas, focusing on mental health to foster healing and growth. They seek to create lasting change through clinical diagnosis and treatment for emotional and psychological wellbeing. Therapists can diagnose mental illnesses.

Clinical counselors focus on the “What has led you to this point where you are and what do you need to move forward?” Clinical counselors create a safe and supportive space to explore who you are and cope with what you are facing in life to help you move forward. Clinical counselors can diagnose mental illnesses.

A Closer Look at Wellness Coaching

Partnering with the Client

Understanding the Difference

Wellness Coach, Therapist, Counselor - What's the difference?

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