Dallas BraggFormer crystal methamphetamine user, I help men who have sex with men break free from the addictive patterns associated with Chemsex. Currently expanding my expertise by seeking to become a Certified

Recovery Coaching vs Psychotherapy #recoveryispossible

27 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Dallas Bragg explains how psychotherapy and recovery coaching differ in orientation and purpose. He characterizes psychotherapy as a backward‑looking, inward‑focused process that uncovers unconscious patterns rooted in early experiences, making them conscious so clients can choose new responses. Coaching, by contrast, is described as forward‑looking and outward‑focused, concentrating on the client’s current role, actions, and relationships in the world. While coaching emphasizes practical steps and present‑moment choices, Bragg notes that he still incorporates an introspective element to help clients understand how they may be invoking past dynamics in current interactions.

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And the way I describe the difference between psychotherapy and coaching is that psychotherapy tends to be backward-looking and inward-looking, whereas coaching is, you know, what's, what's going, what's my role in what I'm experiencing of the world and in my life? So what, how am I invoking others to treat me in a certain way and in a way that tends to be, you know, a replication of our earliest experiences? We, we cause the world to do to us the worst things that have ever been done to us until we can break out of the habits through making them conscious in psychotherapy and then making a different decision about how we want to be. Coaching is, you know, it's forward-looking and outward-looking, although I bring the introspective sort of element to the work I do with my clients. And it's about, you know, what's going on, what can you do about that?