This thread and your comment made me look into BetterUp. I've been both drawn to and skeptical of this kind of coaching in the past, thinking of coaches as a lower-entry-bar version of therapists. I guess I questioned how a coach would be worth the money as compared to a mental health professional with proper training and deeper knowledge about the brain and the mind. Anyway, I noticed there was a free intro session and thought I'd try it. One of the coaches recommended to me has a background as a therapist, which helped alleviate my whole "Who are these people even and what makes them qualified for this?" skepticism a little. The session was actually really great aside from truly horrible video quality. As a newbie to this kind of thing, the price still seems pretty steep for talking to someone for 30 minutes, but at least judging by this intro session I'm really tempted to just try it for a few months.
drakonka|3 years ago