Therapeutic Coaching
Where Emotional Insight Meets Personal Growth
Coaching is evolving beyond traditional executive development. Therapeutic coaching is emerging as a powerful hybrid approach, blending elements of psychological therapy and life coaching to help individuals navigate challenges, enhance self-awareness, and drive meaningful change.
While many forms of our coaching focuses on performance or leadership skills, Therapeutic Coaching goes deeper — helping individuals understand, heal, and grow through the challenges that may be holding them back.
Therapeutic Coaching is a specialist approach that combines the structure and forward focus of coaching with the depth and emotional insight of therapeutic practice. It is designed for individuals seeking a space to reflect, rebuild confidence, and move forward with clarity and resilience.
What Is Therapeutic Coaching?
Therapeutic coaching is a hybrid approach that blends elements of therapy and coaching to help individuals achieve personal growth, overcome obstacles, and enhance their overall well-being. It draws on techniques from psychological therapy (often focusing on emotional healing, self-awareness, and behavioural change) and life coaching (which emphasises goal setting, practical strategies, and forward momentum), it creates a truly integrative process.
Therapeutic Coaching helps individuals understand how past experiences, emotions and beliefs may be influencing present behaviours. Our sessions provide the tools needed to create new ways of thinking, feeling, and acting.
Who Benefits From Therapeutic Coaching?
Therapeutic Coaching is especially valuable for those seeking:
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Greater confidence and self-awareness
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Relief from stress, anxiety or emotional overwhelm
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Balance between personal wellbeing and professional success
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Support through periods of change, uncertainty or transition
What to expect.
Therapeutic Coaching at Cybèle
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Focuses on emotional healing, personal growth, and behavioural transformation
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Uses techniques drawn from psychological therapy
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Helps individuals navigate past experiences and emotional blocks to unlock potential
This is not therapy instead of coaching, or coaching instead of therapy; it is a expertly balanced integration of both.
Why Therapeutic Coaching Matters
Mental health is increasingly recognised as vital in both life and work. Therapeutic Coaching uniquely blends emotional healing with goal-oriented strategies, helping individuals overcome personal barriers while striving for a more fulfilling future. Unlike therapy, which often explores past trauma, Therapeutic Coaching focuses on self-development, empowerment, and actionable progress
Results speak for themselves:
According to Lloyds Bank research, 94% of business owners reported that therapeutic coaching positively impacted their mental health, and 83% said it had a positive effect on business performance.
The BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) bacp.co.uk Public Perceptions Survey 2024 found:
75% agree that talking to a counsellor or coach makes people happier
65% believe it's better to talk than medicate
88% say it's vital that counselling and coaching are accessible to all
At Cybèle, our Therapeutic Coaching sessions are designed to make that support both accessible and actionable — helping individuals take meaningful steps towards personal and emotional wellbeing.
How Therapeutic Coaching Differs from Executive Coaching
In our Executive Coaching we talk about leadership skills, team dynamics and career goals and how we focus on specific professional skills and challenges. These challenges include improving leadership, dynamics, managing conflict and achieving business targets. We address how clients may struggle with leadership presence and strategic thinking or even work related stress, but emotional issues are not tackled in executive coaching. The emphasis here is on performance, productivity and advancing someone’s career in a corporate environment.
In our Therapeutic Coaching we look at emotional blocks, low self-esteem and improving personal well-being. Our Therapeutic Coaching works on both emotional and practical levels.
We seek to address self-doubt, challenges in relationships and the work life balance of our clients. Some have a psychological barrier which could include perfectionism, anxiety and personalised goals.
Therapeutic Coaching supports personal insight, emotional resilience and inner growth.
Both share the same foundation ‘a belief in human potential’ but the journey and goals are distinct.
SUMMARY OF KEY DIFFERENCES
(AVAILABLE AS DOWNLOADABLE PDF)
Aspect | Therapeutic Coaching | Executive Coaching |
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Focus | Emotional healing and personal growth | Professional development and leadership growth |
Types of Issues | Anxiety, confidence, self-esteem, work-life balance, emotional resilience | Leadership, team performance, strategic decision-making |
Methods | Combines therapeutic tools (CBT, mindfulness, positive psychology) with coaching models | Uses structured business tools such as 360° feedback and performance assessments |
Client Base | Individuals seeking holistic personal transformation | Executives, managers, and leaders seeking performance improvement |
Time Orientation | Addresses both past experiences and future goals | Future-focused, goal-driven and outcome-oriented |
Key Features of Therapeutic Coaching at Cybèle
Our qualified coaches use an integrative model that draws on both therapeutic and coaching practices. Sessions are confidential, supportive, and always focused on helping clients achieve both emotional and practical outcomes.
You will explore:
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The connection between emotions, behaviours and outcomes
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How to break unhelpful patterns and build healthier habits
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Tools to manage stress, anxiety, and self-doubt
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Techniques for goal setting and self-reflection
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How to move from awareness to sustainable action
Who is Therapeutic Coaching For?
Therapeutic Coaching is for anyone in business who is seeking to move forward but feeling held back, whether by emotional barriers, loss of confidence, or a desire to rediscover purpose and motivation.
It is suitable for professionals, leaders, entrepreneurs or individuals looking to bring balance and wellbeing into both their personal and professional lives.
The Cybèle Approach to Therapeutic Coaching
At Cybèle, every coaching relationship is built on trust, empathy, and professionalism.
Our therapeutic coaches are trained to listen deeply, challenge constructively, and guide clients towards greater self-awareness and strength.
We believe that transformation happens when emotional wellbeing and goal achievement work hand in hand.
With Cybèle you would be working with a BACP registered and CPCAB trained counsellor working into the highest professional standards.
CPCAB is the Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body and is one of the most respected pathways in the UK.
CPCAB specialises exclusively in counselling education, meaning the training is practical, experiential, and rooted in authentic human connection.
Unlocking potential:
The power of therapeutic coaching a Cybèle podcast
How can a blend of therapy and coaching help unlock your potential? In this Cybèle podcast,
Cybèle’s Gary Uffendell explores how understanding past experiences can heal trauma, overcome self-sabotage, and drive success. Hear Gary’s personal journey into therapeutic coaching and how it differs from traditional counselling.
Learn how to transform unresolved issues, like imposter syndrome, into growth opportunities.
Whether you seek personal fulfilment or professional success, this episode provides insights and strategies to help you move forward.
Cybèle — Developing Natural Talent, from the inside out.