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From Therapist to Coach

Leveraging Your Clinical Expertise to Build a Thriving Coaching Practice

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Practice Issues for the Therapist as Coach

If you’re a therapist who wants to integrate coaching into your practice, or transition from therapy to coaching, there are many questions to consider: Do you need special liability insurance for coaching? Can you enter a into personal or business relationship with your coaching client? How do you know if a client needs therapy or coaching? Can you do coaching and therapy with the same client? This program provides the information and guidance needed to conduct a private practice as a therapist and coach.

Session #1: Coaching vs. Therapy

  • What is coaching?
  • Similarities and differences between coaching and therapy
  • How are therapy clients different from coaching clients?
  • How is a therapy practice different from a coaching practice?

Download Session #1 here

Session #2: Becoming a Therapist-Coach

  • What therapy skills are transferable to coaching and which are not?
  • Coaching training- do you need it? How can you identify a good training program?
  • How can you find coaching training that doesn’t duplicate what you already know as a therapist?
  • How can you be a coach AND a therapist?
  • Can you provide coaching and therapy to the same client at the same time?

Download Session #2 here

Session #3: Integrating Coaching into Your Therapy Practice

  • How will you set your fees?
  • Do you need different liability insurance?
  • Can you bill medical insurance for coaching?
  • Do you need different forms for coaching?
  • Do you have the same or different ethical standards with your coaching clients as with your therapy clients?
  • How do you know if a prospective client is a candidate for coaching or needs therapy?
  • What are the do’s and don’ts of marketing as a therapist/coach?

Download Session #3 here

This program is a pilot project using material from David’s new book From Therapist to Coach: How to Leverage Your Clinical Expertise to Build a Thriving Coaching Practice.

Paige Armstrong, LCSW “This is such important information, and I regularly ask myself the questions you have addressed, yet, find nowhere to help with solid answers. I know there may not be solid answers, but it is so refreshing to have someone who at least begins to address them. Thank you David!”—Paige Armstrong, LCSW, Raleigh, NC
Deanna Stassi“ The entire program was enlightening. It helped to clear up my questions about the difference between therapy and coaching and how to set those boundaries in my practice. I found the practical info very helpful. Thank you!”.—Deanna Stassi, MA, LPC, St. Louis, MO
Marianna Morris “This program has been enormously useful and clarified so much for me about the clear lines between therapy and coaching. I realize that I have not fully appreciated the value of coaching and what a coach does (and doesn’t do). You made that abundantly clear. My respect for coaching has skyrocketed and my interest in coaching is renewed. I found this program very reassuring and inspiring to go forward as a therapist-coach.”–Marianna Morris, MA, LMFT, Longmont, CO
“Thanks for a great program. You have answered difficult, penetrating questions and the way seems a bit clearer. I also appreciate the many resources you have made available. I think a mistake many therapists make is assuming that our skills are transferable to coaching without having a firm grasp on the requirements and nuances of the coaching relationship. It is apparent to me after participating in these sessions that if I decide to enter coaching full-time or part-time it is imperative to have training as well as credentials! Again, thank you so much!”
–Donna Davis M.Ed., LPC, Austin, Texas