Therapy works on what's broken.
Coaching works on what's there.
This doesn't mean therapy is for "the sick" and coaching is for "the healthy" — that framing is offensive and misleading. The difference is in the angle of attention.
The therapist asks: what happened in the past that's causing your present suffering?
The coach asks: what can you build now from what's already present?
Both are legitimate. Both are evidence-based. Neither is a substitute for the other. If there's a clinical condition requiring treatment, coaching is not a substitute. If there's a longing for deeper understanding and structured practice without diagnosis or medication, coaching is the right frame.
At Coring we make this distinction explicit with every client in the discovery session. Sometimes we refer to a therapist. Sometimes we begin together. Sometimes we work in parallel with a therapist by their permission.
