According to the International Coach Federation (ICF), the International Coach Federation defines coaching as:

"Partnering with clients in a creative and stimulating process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The coaching process often unlocks previously untapped resources of imagination, productivity and leadership.

We all have goals we want to achieve, challenges we struggle to overcome, and times when we feel stuck. Partnering with a coach can transform your life and set you on a path to greater personal and professional fulfillment."

Coaching is a partnership in which the coach provides support, encouragement, and challenges the client to grow and improve through coaching questions, helping the client to find and develop inner resources, encouraging reflection and awareness of other perspectives or strengths.

It is a collaborative and goal-oriented relationship. The coach does not advise the client.

The therapeutic relationship usually focuses on understanding and treating the client's deeper emotional and psychological issues and traumas. The therapist provides support and assistance to the client in resolving their inner conflicts and issues.