| Couples Coaching | Couples Psychotherapy | |
| Relationship | Partnership: Coach – Client (referred to as Coachee) | Psychotherapist – Patient |
| Premise | The client has all the resources and answers they need to achieve their goals;The client benefits from the Coach’s guidance.The Coach is NOT allowed to make recommendations or give solutions to the Coachee. | The patient needs to treat mental health conditions (anxiety, depression, phobias, trauma, tics, etc.). The psychotherapist influences, recommends and proposes actions to remedy the patient’s conditions. |
| Orientation in time | Attention and orientation to the PRESENT situation &towards the FUTURE goals | Attention to the PRESENT situation & to the triggering events of the PAST |
| Approach | Focus on meeting the specific objective;Personal development of the client;Decrease conflict situations; | Identify the main emotional problems of patients;Working with emotional trauma;Diminishing the crisis situations; |
| Duration | Varies depending on the client’s objective! 1-3 months with weekly sessions (approx. 4-12 sessions) | Varies depending on the type of therapy!Short-term therapy(e.g. Couple Psychotherapy / Family Psychotherapy / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Experiential Therapy / Transactional Analysis / Emotion Focused Therapy)4-6 months with weekly sessions(like 16-24 sessions) Long-term therapy(e.g. Psychoanalysis / Jungian Therapy)May last 1 year – or moreWith several weekly sessions. |
| Professional training | Higher education (Psychology not required)Completion of training in Coaching | Graduate of the Faculty of Psychology Training as a Psychotherapist |
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