We have explained that coaching is basically for healthy people, while counseling is for people with mental illness. Therefore, some may view counseling as “I would be grateful if I could live the rest of my life without a break…”.
Counseling has a 100-year history based on psychology, the study of the human mind. It is a process that many psychologists have been working to master in order to “how to restore and build healthy relationships. In this way, a variety of methods have been created that have been authorized around the world.
By the way, although from different perspectives of the subject, “building great relationships” is at the root of counseling. This is fundamental to the way all people live. As a matter of fact, coaching is firmly rooted in this concept.
Psychology is supposed to be recognized as a discipline, as the word “study” is appended to it. Therefore, psychologists try to establish their ideas as science and theory, and pursue reproducibility and rigor. This inevitably leads to a tendency to differentiate into categories. Freudian theory becomes Freudian, Adlerian, Rogersian, and so on.
This is a school of thought, but the coaching stance is not particular about this. Psychology and counseling are concerned with the elusive metaphysical world of the “human mind,” and that is why we do not focus on the differences between theories, but rather approach them with a degree of freedom and metacognition.
The CBL Coaching Information Bureau will focus on the theories of psychologists who have influenced the formation of the concept of coaching. We will explain coaching and counseling theories to help you understand the relationship between them.
コーチング情報局を運営する株式会社コーチビジネス研究所では、企業を対象としたコーチング研修、ビジネスパーソンを対象としたビジネスコーチング、個人の方を対象としたライフコーチングを提供しております。その他、コーチングを学びたい方のためのコーチングスクールの運営、経営者やビジネスリーダー向けにセミナーを開催しています。興味や関心がございましたら、お気軽にご相談・お問い合わせください。
This article was written in Japanese and converted into English using a translation tool. We hope you will forgive us for any inadequacies.
Coach Business Laboratory, Inc., which operates the Coaching Information Bureau, provides coaching training for companies, business coaching for business people, and life coaching for individuals. In addition, we operate a coaching school for those who want to learn coaching and hold seminars for executives and business leaders. If you are interested or have any questions, please feel free to contact us for further information and consultation.
