Jordan Meg, Livingstone John B
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, United States.
Harvard Medical School, Society of Behavioral Medicine; Gaffney and Livingstone Consultants in Health Care Design and Coaching, Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States.
Glob Adv Health Med. 2013 Jul;2(4):20-7. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.036.
Health coaches and psychotherapists both work with the art and science of facilitating change in their patients and clients. While the evolving field of health coaching and the established disciplines of clinical or counseling psychology share major areas of overlap, there are also significant distinctions between the two fields. This article outlines those similarities and dissimilarities with the intention of fostering a cooperative and mutually enriching stance between the two helping professions for the benefit of the respective professionals and the countless clients and patients they serve.
健康教练和心理治疗师都致力于运用艺术和科学手段，推动患者和客户做出改变。虽然健康教练这一不断发展的领域与临床或咨询心理学等既定学科有很大的重叠领域，但这两个领域之间也存在显著差异。本文概述了这些异同之处，旨在促进这两个助人职业之间形成合作且相互促进的态势，以造福各自的专业人员以及他们所服务的无数客户和患者。
