Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
At Serenity Life Counseling, we're here to support your journey-whether that means healing from the past or stepping boldly into your future. Here's how mental health counseling and life coaching differ, so you can choose the path that's right for you.
You may benefit from Mental Health Counseling if you:
• Are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or depressed
• Need help processing trauma or loss
• Struggle with self-esteem, boundaries, or relationships
• Want to better understand emotional patterns
What to expect: A safe, supportive environment with licensed professionals focused on your mental health and well-being.
You may benefit from Life Coaching if you:
• Feel “stuck” and want to move forward with clarity
• Want to build confidence and self-awareness
• Need help setting or achieving personal or career goals
• Are looking for motivation, accountability, or direction
What to expect: Encouragement, action plans, and regular check-ins to help you take meaningful steps toward your goals.
Life Coaching
• Focuses on personal or professional growth, goal-setting, and future-oriented planning.
• Works with clients who are generally mentally healthy but want to enhance their lives.
• Helps clients reach specific goals (e.g., career changes, improved confidence, work-life balance).
• Uses evidence-based therapeutic approaches
(CBT, DBT, EMDR, etc.).
• Often includes treatment planning and goal tracking related to symptom relief.
• May involve exploring trauma, family history, and cognitive restructuring.
Life Coaching
• Uses techniques like active listening, powerful questioning, accountability, and goal-setting frameworks (e.g., SMART goals).
• More action- and results-oriented.
• Focuses less on pathology and more on performance, habits, and mindset.
Mental Health Counseling
• Highly regulated by licensing boards and ethical codes (e.g., ACA Code of Ethics).
• Confidentiality, scope of practice, and client safety are legally enforced.
• Malpractice insurance and HIPAA compliance are required.
Life Coaching
• Self-regulated field with less standardized oversight.
• Ethical guidelines depend on the certifying organization, if any.
• No formal requirement to follow medical privacy laws like HIPAA (unless also a licensed professional).