Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between Coaching and Therapy/Counseling?
What's the difference between Coaching and Therapy/Counseling?
Therapy or Counseling
Therapy or Counseling
- Longer-term services
- Involve in-depth evaluation and diagnosis
- Focus more on holistic personal growth goals
- Typically involve frequent sessions (weekly or monthly)
- Typically involve in-depth sessions (45-90 minutes)
- Are confidential and have legal protections
- Requires providers to have specific education and be licensed
- Requires medical record documentation of diagnoses, sessions, and progress
- Can be billed to health insurance companies
Coaching
Coaching
- Can be brief or long-term
- Focus more on the present and future than the past
- Focus more on strategizing for specific current problems
- Can be used "as needed" when struggles arise
- Can include brief or in-depth sessions (15-120 minutes)
- Aren't protected by legal statutes or confidentiality
- Don't have education or licensing requirements for providers (although some Coaches are also licensed professionals)
- Doesn't include medical record documentation
- Usually can't be billed to health insurance companies.
I'm already one of Dr. Green's therapy clients, can I take the courses or get coaching?
I'm already one of Dr. Green's therapy clients, can I take the courses or get coaching?
If you've been a client in Dr. Green's private practice in the past 5 years, then you can purchase the online courses (with a 50% discount), but you can't purchase coaching services. You can view and contribute to the discussion boards and social media groups, but Dr. Green won't acknowledge that you're a therapy client in those forums to protect your privacy and confidentiality. Instead, you can discuss your specific situation as part of therapy sessions instead of coaching sessions.
Can I arrange a live presentation or on-site training/coaching?
Can I arrange a live presentation or on-site training/coaching?
Yes! I offer workshops on specific topics if you'd like to dig deeper, provide a live training experience for a group of people or organization, or receive private group coaching for a specific group. Please email me a brief description of what you're interested in scheduling to get a personalized price quote.