Scope of Coaching Coaching is different than counseling. Coaching focuses on goals and direction, clarity and decision-making, personal growth and mindset, action steps and forward movement, Coaching often asks "Where do you want to go?" and "What will help you move forward?" Counseling focuses on emotional healing, mental health concerns, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship wounds and understanding patterns from the past, diagnosis and treatment and clinical support. Counseling asks, "what needs healing?" and "How do we address what is keeping you stuck?" Both parties acknowledge that a coach does not have responsibility or control over client outcomes. Coaching is: • A partnership centered around the exchange of ideas, encouragement, and accountability • A way to make progress toward the client's greater fulfillment in life by both identifying and strategizing the attainment of goals • Focused on goals identified by the client, not the coach Christian Coaching is: • A coaching relationship in which a client's faith is included in the coaching sessions • An opportunity to explore goals and goal attainment within the context of the client's Christian belief system • A holistic approach in which a client's faith is included and utilized in their plans Coaching is not: • Treatment for any mental health, substance abuse, or psychological disorder • A substitution for legal or medical advice • A relationship in which the coach tells the client what to do or "fixes" the client's problems • A guarantee of desired outcomes within the client's life