SOLILIUM COACHING

In short, my coaching leans heavily into challenging you. It is oriented around action, education, and self-awareness. Therapy in comparison, focuses more on providing emotional support and a safe enironment which can provide specific help with trauma or highly dysfunctional patterns. Therapists are also capable of diagnosing. For example, we all get anxious, uncomfortable, and overthink. But, when those all come together to create a familiar and unhealthy pattern, it can be viewed as someone having an Anxiety Disorder who may be given that diagnosis. Some disorders benefit most from a very specialized approach which the right Therapist can provide. I work outside of this framework. While I help with negative mental health, I do so by helping you manage each issue on it's own at the point of performance, often with an emphasis on exploring Motivation. If unwanted anxiety can be looked at as a maladaptive response, overcoming anxiety can be looked at as an adaptive response - that’s what I’m about. I work through the broader interpretation of mental health: our ability to navigate the world around us, as opposed to using clinical models of illness. That involves understanding how to manage yourself at suffocating lows, but also the more subtle ways it sabotages high performing goals like staying productive and clear headed. I care about every single client, but my focus is more on seeing your mind as something optimize and understand than it is to represent safety, emotional support, or healing. This means I don’t work with children, individuals at high risk, or help with trauma. I also do not diagnose, prescribe meds, or act with the capacity of a licensed health professional. While some differences are clear, some topics still have obvious overlaps. A lot can come down to preference and the way you respond to my coaching style. The quality of individual professional of course matters too.