Anonymous wrote:I have been considering using a career coach. PP who was an attorney, would you recommend yours? I am an attorney I. Private practice looking to get out but struggling with what to do(and what I want to do). Thanks.

+1. Also an attorney in private practice. Also looking to get out. PP - recommend your career coach please!

waste of time. Life Coaches are mostly older workers that have been fired and replaced with younger workers and are now trying to start a new career by helping people. Like having another spouse but no sex.

I have been considering using a career coach. PP who was an attorney, would you recommend yours? I am an attorney I. Private practice looking to get out but struggling with what to do(and what I want to do). Thanks.

Anonymous wrote:But what about a career counselor? Has anyone used one and has it been helpful for them? Not OP, but I'd also be interested in knowing anyone's experience with a career counselor.

Yes, it was incredibly helpful. I worked with a legal specialist when leaving a law firm after 4 years. I had ended up at biglaw like a total sheep - just following the crowd out of a top law school - and hated it. She helped me parse what was important to me in a job (there are so many variables - types of work or skills needed, life balance, pay, social interaction, room for personal growth, mobility, etc - no job has it all) and then execute. That was 8 years ago and I have since left the job I took after working with her but I am in a great place thanks to that experience and also far more sensitive to what i want and how to find it in future moves.

I do think that if you are a lawyer you have to find someone who works primarily with lawyers and understands what types of jobs are available in the field. Such people do exist.

I'll be your life coach. $200/hour.

But what about a career counselor? Has anyone used one and has it been helpful for them? Not OP, but I'd also be interested in knowing anyone's experience with a career counselor.

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Anonymous wrote:Basically they just ask you a lot of questions and tell you what you already know.

Negative much? I think you need therapy!

New poster here and I sort of agree with this. "Life coach" is a made up term designed by people looking to prey on lost souls.

Oh my god! Stop with the much! You sound awful.

Anonymous wrote:Basically they just ask you a lot of questions and tell you what you already know.

Negative much? I think you need therapy!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm working with a life coach now. Best decision I ever made. In the last 3 months I've made big changes at home and at work as a result of working with her. I really needed the time/space to think through some things and she provided that.

So, how would this be different than a therapist?

I've done therapy and working with a life coach felt very different for me. In therapy I was trying to get to the root of my "issues". With the life coach I created specific goals and worked with her to achieve them. And, she didn't diagnose me along the way .

Hmm. Maybe I need both.

Basically they just ask you a lot of questions and tell you what you already know.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm working with a life coach now. Best decision I ever made. In the last 3 months I've made big changes at home and at work as a result of working with her. I really needed the time/space to think through some things and she provided that.

So, how would this be different than a therapist?

I've done therapy and working with a life coach felt very different for me. In therapy I was trying to get to the root of my "issues". With the life coach I created specific goals and worked with her to achieve them. And, she didn't diagnose me along the way .

Anonymous wrote:I'm working with a life coach now. Best decision I ever made. In the last 3 months I've made big changes at home and at work as a result of working with her. I really needed the time/space to think through some things and she provided that.

So, how would this be different than a therapist?

I'm working with a life coach now. Best decision I ever made. In the last 3 months I've made big changes at home and at work as a result of working with her. I really needed the time/space to think through some things and she provided that.

Was it helpful? What sort of issues do they help with? How did you find a good person? Are they industry specific or generalists?