People pursue coaching, mentorship, counseling, and therapy for a variety of reasons. Some seek professional assistance for help achieving their career goals, improving their relationships, increasing their confidence, maximizing their inner potential, and/or addressing major life changes, such as divorce, and others may seek help in managing mental health conditions, like depression and anxiety.
Some of the issues and tpics listed below can be addressed within a coaching relationship and others may need additional mental health care support or medical care. There’s a common misconception that people who go to therapy or take medication are “crazy,” when in fact, most therapy clients are ordinary people struggling with common, everyday issues. Whether you need a coach or a therapist or both can be decided in our initial session.
Many people seek professional help because they have identified specific goals or issues that they wish to work on. Others may be encouraged by family, friends, or medical professionals to seek help, and in some cases, a person may be mandated to attend therapy as part of a court ruling or by a parent or guardian (if the person is a minor). Whatever the impetus, it takes courage to be held accountable, and/or attend therapy, and it takes dedication to see it through.
Together, the client and professional will determine the goals to include in their plan, and if the coaching or therapy should be short-term or long-term. In many cases, the professional and client will explore much more than just the client’s presenting problem—the issue that first brought the person to seek help. The help of the right professional at the right time can promote self-actualization, empower self-growth, improve relationships, and reduce emotional suffering.
These are some of the issues commonly addressed by coaches and counselors:
A
- Abandonment
- Abortion Issues
- Abuse / Survivors
- Academic Concerns
- Addiction
- Adjusting to Change
- Adoption Issues
- Aggression and Violence
- Aging and Geriatric Issues
- Agoraphobia
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Attachment Issues
- Autism and Asperger
- Avoidant Personality
J
- Jealousy
S
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self-Actualization
- Self-Care
- Self-Compassion
- Self-Criticism
- Self-Doubt
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Self-Love
- Sensitivity to Criticism
- Sex Addiction
- Sexual Assault/Abuse
- Sexuality
- Shame
- Sibling Issues
- Sleep Disorders
- Smoking Cessation
- Social Anxiety/Phobia
- Somatization
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicide
B
- Bipolar
- Blended Family Issues
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality
- Breakup
- Bullying
K
- Kleptomanic
T
- Terminal Illness
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trichotillomania
- Trust Issues
C
- Cancer
- Career Satisfaction
- Caregiver Issues / Stress
- Child and Adolescent Issues
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Cognitive Impairment
- Commitment Issues
- Communication Problems
- Complex-PTSD
- Compulsive Shopping
- Control Issues
- Creative Blocks
- Cyclothymia
L
- LGBTQ Issues
- Learning Difficulties
- Life Purpose
U
- Understanding
D
- Dependent Personality
- Depression
- Disability Determination
- Disruptive Moods
- Dissociation
- Dissociative Identity
- Diurnal Mood Variation
- Divorce Adjustment
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Dependence
- Dual Diagnosis
M
- Melancholy
- Men’s Issues
- Midlife Crisis
- Military and Veterans Issues
- Misophonia
- Money and Financial Issues
- Mood Swings
- Multicultural Concerns
V
- Values Clarification
- Virtues Conflict
E
- Eating and Food Issues
- Elder Abuse
- Emotional Abuse
- Emotional Dysregulation
- Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Overwhelm
- Emptiness
- Executive Dysfunction
- Exercise Addiction
N
- Narcissism
- Neglect
W
- Women’s Issues
- Workplace Issues
- Worry
- Worthlessness
F
- Family Problems
- Family of Origin Issues
- Fatigue
- Fear
- Fertility Issues
- Financial Abuse
- First Responder Issues
- Forgiveness
O
- Obsession
- Oppositional Defiance
Y
- Young Adult Issues
G
- Gambling Addiction
- Gender Dysphoria
- Giftedness
- Grief, Loss, Bereavement
- Guilt
P
- Panic and Panic Attacks
- Paranoia
- Paranoid Personality
- Parenting
- Perfectionism
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Physical Abuse
- Polyamorous Relationships
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress
- Power & Control
- Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Prejudice and Discrimination
- Psychosis
H
- HIV / AIDS
- Health Issues
- Helplessness
- Histrionic Personality
- Hoarding
- Hopelessness
Q
- Queer Identity
I
- Identity Issues
- Impulsivity
- Inadequacy
- Individuation
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Irritability
- Isolation
R
- Rejection Sensitivity
- Relationships and Marriage
- Religious Issues
- Religious Dissonance
- Religious Trauma