Therapy & Coaching

How is therapy different from coaching?

Both may bring about behavioral change and help people understand how their cognitive and emotional reactions can interfere with personal effectiveness, performance, and well-being. They can even imply similar features in their modalities at times. However, they differ in their focus and intentions.

First and foremost, traditional psychotherapy is generally past-oriented, addresses painful or unresolved issues, and/or is designed as a response to psychopathology or exceptional hardships. On the other hand, coaching focuses on the present and future, is fundamentally goal-oriented, result-driven and solution-focused, and geared to people seeking enhancement in their performance, organizational skills, or personal growth.

In brief, therapy and coaching practices are not mutually exclusive , but rather complementary and can intervene at different steps in the process of change.

Dr. Guellati-Salcedo offers individual psychotherapy and personal coaching services in both languages (French and English) to adolescents and adults, identifying different

Levels of Intervention:

Crisis Intervention: providing immediate, short-term support to individuals experiencing emotional, mental, physical, and/or behavioral distress as the result of a traumatic event.
Interventions geared to the reduction of symptoms.
Interventions geared to tackle longstanding maladaptive patterns of behavior (schemas or lifetraps).
Relapse Prevention: designed to prevent the recurrence of symptoms or undesirable behaviors.

Modalities of Intervention available:

Office appointments
Telephone consultations
Internet teleconference (e.g., Skype, Google Video Chat)
On-site visits (e.g., at bedside, home visits)

Focuses of Treatment:

Depression and Anxiety
Stress Management
Life Transitions/ Relocation
Psychological Impact of Health Concerns
Disease Management (chronic illness, autoimmunity)
Grief and Loss
Relationships Issues
Work and Career Issues
Organizational Skills/ Time Management
Motivational Training
Life Improvement and Personal Growth

Motivation: Your Path from Contemplation to Action.