Does Therapy Help or Hurt?

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As a life coach, I’m frequently compared to therapists. I suppose I get it. We have some similarities. Our core mission is to help clients be happier and function better in their world – more or less.

There are major differences though and there are a lot of aspects of therapy that I think can actually get in the way of people thriving in their lives.

Often, I work with clients who have either done therapy or that do therapy alongside their coaching. From their experience, and from the knowledge of those who have taught me (therapist Cloe Madanes, the Peyshas, and Tony Robbins), I can see a lot of ways that therapists can get in the way of their clients’ success.
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Here are a few examples:

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