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Life coaching

For getting unstuck and moving forward, rather than for treating a clinical condition.

Coaching is not counselling and the difference matters. If what is in the way is anxiety, depression, trauma or addiction, therapy is the right door and we will say so. See our counselling services.

What coaching is for

Coaching starts from where you want to get to, not from what is wrong. It suits people who are functioning but stuck: clear enough to work, unclear about direction, and tired of turning the same decision over without moving on it.

Sessions are practical. You leave with something to do, and the next session starts with what happened when you did it.

Mindset

The patterns that keep repeating: avoidance, perfectionism, second-guessing, or the story you tell yourself about what you are capable of.

Career and work

Direction, a change you keep postponing, difficult working relationships, or stepping into something bigger than the last role.

Personal goals

Health, study, money, habits. Setting goals that survive contact with a real week, and building the follow-through to keep them.

Accountability

Regular sessions with someone whose job is to ask whether you did the thing. For many people that is the whole missing ingredient.

What it helps with

  • Knowing what you want and not moving on it
  • A change you have been postponing for months
  • Second-guessing a decision until the moment passes
  • Perfectionism and avoidance dressed up as being busy
  • Goals that survive a good week but not a real one
  • Working relationships you have stopped raising
  • Stepping into something bigger than the last role
  • Following through without someone asking whether you did

Who you would see

Coaching at Advance Minds

Coaching sits alongside our counselling work rather than replacing it. That matters, because it means if something clinical surfaces partway through, you are already inside a practice that can help with it rather than being sent elsewhere to start again.

Meet the team, or book a session and say what you are working towards.

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Common questions

What is the difference between coaching and counselling?

Coaching starts from where you want to get to. Counselling starts from what is in the way. If what is stopping you is anxiety, depression, trauma or addiction, that is therapy and we will say so rather than coach around it. If you are functioning but stuck, coaching is usually the faster route.

How do I know which one I need?

You often do not, and that is fine. Book either and say what is going on in the first session. Because coaching and counselling both sit inside this practice, moving you to the right one is a conversation rather than a referral to a stranger.

What actually happens in a session?

You talk through where you are, what you want, and what keeps getting in the way. Sessions are practical, so you leave with something to do, and the next session starts with what happened when you did it. It is a working hour rather than a venting hour.

How many sessions will I need?

That depends on what you are working towards. Some people come for a short block around a specific decision or transition, others keep a standing session because the accountability is the part that works for them. There is no minimum commitment.

Can I switch to counselling if something comes up?

Yes, and this is one of the main reasons to have coaching inside a counselling practice. If something clinical surfaces halfway through, you are already somewhere that can help with it rather than starting again somewhere else.

Is coaching claimable through Medicare or private health?

No. Coaching is not a clinical service, so it does not attract a Medicare rebate or a private health benefit. If cost is a factor and what you are dealing with turns out to be clinical, it is worth asking about counselling instead.

Do you do sessions online?

Yes. Coaching is available in person at Bankstown or by secure video anywhere in Australia. Most coaching clients use video, because it fits around work more easily.

Will you give me homework?

You will leave with something to do, agreed with you rather than handed to you. That is the point of the format. If you keep arriving without having done it, that becomes the thing worth looking at, and it is usually more interesting than the original goal.

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