How to figure out if you need a career coach, a life coach or a therapist

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[nickcarraway]

For many, the stresses of the pandemic have resulted in burnout. While everyone has their own personal ways of coping with work-related stress, like exercise or meditation, an expert can help.

There are several routes that you can take toward self-improvement, from therapy apps to coaches who specialize in helping executives and entrepreneurs. The question is, how can you tell which type of expert is right for your needs?

There's some overlap between the jobs of a career or life coach and a therapist, but they're not the same thing, Esther Boykin, a licensed marriage and family therapist and CEO of Group Therapy Associates, tells CNBC Make It. For starters, therapists are required to meet education and license requirements to provide treatment. Coaches aren't held to the same rigorous standards. Anyone can say they're a "coach," and expertise can vary drastically. (The International Coaching Federation is a self-regulating organization that provides training and credentialing for coaches, and is trying to change this.)

[HartleyMBaldwin]

For some reason I’m thinking of that old TV commercial with R. Lee Ermey playing a therapist.

[ridesthemiles]

Sit down & read “Atlas Shrugged” cover to cover....Then reflect on what steps YOU can take.

The LAST thing anyone who supported Trump needs to do is get themselves a shrink who then turns over those files to the DEMS.

[Karliner]

Yes, I’ve a friend who is charging that much online streaming for one hour “lifecoach/Confidence coach.” She also calls herself an expert in neuro-plasticity. Hasn’t taken a class in college but you better believe she’ll defend her price and say she’s worth every spoken word.

Snake oil sales.