title: Coaching vs Psychotherapy in health and Wellness: Overlap, Dissimilarities, and the Potential for Collaboration.
abstract: Health coaches and psychotherapists both work with the art and science of facilitating change in their patients and clients. While the evolving field of health coaching and the established disciplines of clinical or counseling psychology share major areas of overlap, there are also significant distinctions between the two fields. This article outlines those similarities and dissimilarities with the intention of fostering a cooperative and mutually enriching stance between the two helping professions for the benefit of the respective professionals and the countless clients and patients they serve.
authors.affiliation: California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, United States.
authors.forename: Meg
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Society of Behavioral Medicine; Gaffney and Livingstone Consultants in Health Care Design and Coaching, Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Livingstone
keywords: Coaching; collaboration; health; psychotherapy; wellness