What Is Coaching.... vs Consulting ... vs Counseling?

Coaching is present and future focused. In other words, a coaching relationship focuses on where you are currently in your life (personally or professionally), where you would like to be, and enables you (with your coach) to explore, discover and strategize how to bridge the gap. It takes the position that you are an expert in your own life. You are supported and encouraged while you explore options, consider new possibilities, and generate actions and strategies for yourself. You are responsible for your own results.

Counseling and therapy often focus on the past and are appropriate with individuals who may need healing.

Consulting involves hiring an individual with a specific knowledge base or expertise. In this relationship the consultant is the expert.