Good question! The difference was once well described as “archaeology and architecture”, but both are umbrella terms for helpful talk interventions that include lots of different schools of thought and modalities under them.
A quick overview is:
Over the years of both personal and professional experience I’ve found offering a base of both gets the best results for my clients. This broader approach and understanding allows me to tailor my work to suit you.
Sessions offer a confidential space for you to talk and be heard. It’s an opportunity to share what’s going on for you with a supportive, non-judgemental professional.
Our discussions are designed to help you:
These allow you to break free of patterns and barriers keeping you stuck so you can live a happier, more balanced life and strengthen your relationships.
There are lots of different life coaching and counselling modalities out there that use different approaches to help. These are the ones I’ve found most effective to help clients get results and hence have studied further:
This is the classic core school of modern counselling, aiming to help people share fully, and identify and utilise their existing strengths for the changes they want to make.
A key factor of CCT is unconditional positive regard for the clients, and I treat this as sacred. I welcome you without judgement, and I so admire your courage to open up and take steps to create a better life!
Along with EFT this is the most scientifically studied and proven therapy today. In CBT we identify barriers and challenges and practice taking control of our expectations and predictions about people/situations to change our expectations, fears, and emotional experiences.
It’s a great approach that is effective for many issues, and helps build confidence and freedom quickly. I love how empowering it is for clients as they ‘build the muscles’ and gain new strengths with every victory along the way.
Pioneered by Dr Sue Johnston, EFT is the other most scientifically studied and proven approach available. It’s perhaps most famous for use in couples’ therapy, but is just as powerful for individuals.
Based on Attachment Science, EFT focuses on what’s behind those problems and challenges we just can’t seem to shake. It looks at the core emotional roots of toxic patterns in our relationships and thinking, and works to heal those parts of us deep down to give us a foundation of confidence and connection.
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