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What is coaching

Coaching starts with a designed alliance between us that will determine how we will work together. This will include how we will communicate, defining what you want to achieve, and how we will work to move you forward.

Coaching VS. Therapy

This is not a black and white question because many different styles and modalities exist within both therapy and coaching. Here is a basic breakdown that may help:

Coaching – Tends to work from the present moving forward
Therapy – May spend a lot of time looking at your past and how you arrived at the present.

Coaching – Looks to identify what “saboteurs” (inner critics) are taking you off track and how to manage them.
Therapy – Some of these “saboteurs” may be dominating your life so much that they have caused your life to become unmanageable.

Coaching – Does not utilize a lot of “story” and tends to get to the bottom line.
Therapy – Does explore a lot of “story”.

Coaching – Use of direct, powerful questions.
Therapy – A more sensitive approach to questioning.

Coaching – A predetermined time commitment, usually 3-6 months.
Therapy – Undefined time commitment, can go as long as needed.

Coaching – It is common for tasks to be assigned between sessions.
Therapy – Not as much, if at all.

Coaching – Not Therapy
Therapy – Not Coaching

Coaching and therapy can both be very effective ways for people to move forward with their lives.  It is also not uncommon to work simultaneously with both a coach and a therapist.

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Michael Bornhorst

“I have appreciated and benefited from Mike’s perspective and intuition as he’s repeatedly helped bring clarity to the path before me.”

“Mike brings an unbeatable combination of energy and empathy to his coaching. He has pushed me to look hard at important issues that I was dancing around, while remaining very supportive and understanding. He has a real talent for connecting with his clients, and offers insightful and thoughtful feedback with just the right amount of humor and light-heartedness thrown in. Working with Mike improved my own ability to look at and appreciate my successes – and, more importantly, to roll that energy forward (especially when I’m letting self-doubt hinder my progress).”

“Mike has such a unique ability to be completely present with me in our coaching sessions together. He has been able to create a ‘space’ which allows me to think and explore possible solutions to my problems. He creatively and intuitively helps me search for solutions, and then works with me to design an action plan that is in line with my values. Thanks Mike for working with me.”

Past Clients

A partial list of Mike’s clients include leaders and teams from Fidelity, Vistage, US Navy Seals, Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), and MIT’s Sloan School.
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