Aries, I understand that there is a certification behind it but there is still no licensure. Look, if there is a bad life coach out there who is above them to complain too? Can their certification be taken away? Can they be reprimanded? And by whom? There is no governing body. You can get these certifications online too. As for the social workers, they have a license. And thus if there is ever a real problem the client does have recourse. And there are certain guidelines that they have to follow. It is very easy for an unlicensed person to overstep their bounds, because there really are no “bounds”. I am sure that there are wonderful people who are life coaches and are good at it too. And I’m sure that they are very helpful to their clients. I just am very wary of their training and therefore I always suggest that if a person needs to work through something that they seek out someone who has licensure in some discipline. Social work, medicine, or psychology.
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