There is a difference between coaching, therapy and hypnosis.
Coaching is not Therapy:
Coaching is designed to help you make decisions, change a behavior that is interfering in your success, or assist you in becoming even more fabulous than you already are.
Hiring a Coach:
Coaching should only been entered into with a professional who has been certified and has participated in hours of practical, on-site training with professionals and all should be involved with well known professional groups and organizations.
In other words, it is important to find a coach who has had more than some internet training in a few weekend classes. Remember, anyone can call themselves a coach. This is also true with a hypnotist. Make sure you are hiring someone who has had the proper training and has been certified by a legitimate professional organization. Ask your hypnotist how many hours they have had in the field and to whom they report for support and additional continuing education units. Research their responses to find out where they studied.
If they can’t answer this, it may be that you are dealing with an untrained or solely internet-trained hypnotist. This could be tricky if the person posing as a professional can’t properly respond to your questions.
While hypnosis isn’t exactly difficult to do, there is a lot of important information and skill (it’s an art!) that can be lost without the practical experience that is necessary for your success.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a very useful strategy to help people recover from personal crisis, develop critical coping skills and for the solving of interpersonal issues. Therapy is completed with a mental health professional or a highly educated and trained professional who has a license to diagnose and treat clinical issues and mental illness. Therapy takes time.
Sometimes therapists work with hypnotists or coaches during or after the therapy to help the client stay on track. Ultimately though, it is up to you to do the most thorough research you can do to help you find the right person for the situation you are interested in changing.
If you find that you aren’t getting what you need or would like from your professional, consider having the difficult discussion with them of how to find what you need. If you are not comfortable having that discussion then it is already time to move on and find what you seek. Remember, not all relief comes in the form of a pharmaceutical agent. You have to find what’s right for you. And you will know—just don’t give up!