If you haven’t, check out Part 1: Radical Acceptance: What it IS and ISN’T to understand more about why there may be resistance to this concept. Radical acceptance can be beneficial for several reasons. First, it helps us acknowledge and come to terms with reality as it is, rather than resisting or denying it. ThisContinue reading “How to Practice Radical Acceptance”
Author Archives: Bethany Colaprete
Radical Acceptance: What It IS and ISN’T
Radical acceptance empowers us to let go of what we cannot control, make peace with the present moment, and focus our energy on creating a new way of being with discomfort and pain.
What is Integrative Mental Health Coaching?
“So, you’re a life coach?” This quasi-question is common for me when people ask about what I “do” for a living. Before I started my business my response was “I’m a mental health professional. Counselor. Therapist” because that’s very much how I identified myself. People knew exactly what that was and how to categorize me.Continue reading “What is Integrative Mental Health Coaching?”
Part 1: What is the Difference Between Therapy and Coaching
I get this question ALL the time. Understanding the difference isn’t intuitive, so asking this question is important if you’re looking for the kind of help that matches your needs. As a therapist and coach, it’s clear to me when I am counseling vs coaching. It’s not always clear to others. Here are some differences:Continue reading “Part 1: What is the Difference Between Therapy and Coaching”
Part 2: What Are Topics to bring to Therapy? vs. What Are Topics to Bring to Coaching?
It’s not intuitive to know which topics are for therapy and which are for coaching. In Part 1: What is the Difference Between Therapy and Coaching I talked about the distinctions. Simply, a question I like to ask people is “to what degree is this ‘issue’ impacting your life?” Sometimes that’ll give me a senseContinue reading “Part 2: What Are Topics to bring to Therapy? vs. What Are Topics to Bring to Coaching?”
Lighting the Path 