Both coaches and unregistered counsellors are considered non-clinical practitioners. Non-clinical practitioners are not certified by a clinical authority and therefore are not licenced or authorized to diagnose or treat mental illness. They are silent on these topics.

Different Approaches

Non-clinical counsellors listen, give feedback, ask questions and offer advice, feedback, and education. Non-clinical counsellors often have a specialization such as relationships or setting boundaries. They do not perform assessments of mental health or create treatment plans for disorders.

Coaches also do not interpret diagnoses or offer treatment. Instead, coaches encourage and support personal development through the use of exercises and techniques such as motivational interviewing, active imagination, and therapeutic dialogue.

What is Jungian Coaching?

Jungian coaches have expertise in the models and techniques developed and tested by Dr. Carl G. Jung. Jungian coaches don't teach you how to cope better or manage your stress or adapt better to the demands you are under. Rather, they listen for themes and patterns, explore dreams and synchronicities, and support you to examine your complexes (parts). The desired outcomes is always greater individuation.

Individuation?

Individuation is the process of exploring the different parts of your self, those you are aware of and those you have repressed, supressed, or ignored. The process fosters a growing realization of your own uniqueness as distinct from those around you, and it involved the creation of a harmonious inner system. In this system your ego (the "I" you think of as yourself) finds it’s place as an agent of conscious integration, coordinating your roles and functions under the leadership of the Self with a capital S. This Self is sometimes referred to as your higher Self, True Self, or your connection to the divine, but the model works equally well if you don’t believe in anything beyond your physical existence. Jung understood the Self as the guiding archetype drawing each person towards wholeness.

Flow Over Goals

A whole self is not just acquiescence to ego-driven wishes. A whole self is a state of being where triggers and unhelpful patterns have been reduced or resolved. This is why we don't focus on achieving goals like other types of coaching. Instead Jungian coaches put effort into helping you experience more flow in your life, or what is called, "states of absolute being." We facilitate dialogue with the various layers of the psyche and unconsciousness, which ultimately improves the ego-Self relationship, fostering a trust between these two central parts. Flow is both a facilitator for this relationship, and also the result of a state of balance within yourself.