TV shows make \u201clife coach\u201d sound like a cool, glamorous job, but I would imagine that most life coaches are either hustlers or glorified cheerleaders. By \u201ccheerleaders,\u201d I mean people who are good at hyping someone up, recognizing someone\u2019s achievements, a friendly, positive sort of associate. Very few life coaches are actually trained and certified therapists in any way. Well, SZA found that out the hard way – this poor woman thought she was talking to a therapist but nothing was getting better. Turns out, she was seeing a life coach.<\/p>\n
\nLife coaching is not the same as therapy, and SZA learned that the hard way. In a new cover story interview for WSJ. Magazine\u2019s November Innovator\u2019s issue, the 33-year-old R&B superstar opened up about how she deals with difficult emotions, noting that she’s tried hypnotherapy, talk therapy, psychiatry and acupuncture.<\/p>\n
One time, however, she accidentally saw a life coach thinking they were a therapist. The unofficial counselor taught her about box breathing as a method for lessening anxiety, but SZA grew frustrated as the exercise didn’t help.<\/p>\n
“After I had box breathed myself for three months and didn\u2019t get better, I called her in a f—ing frenzy like, \u2018I\u2019m about to commit myself to an institution today, I need help!\u2019 I said, \u2018What form of therapy do you do? DBT?\u2019” she told the publication, referencing dialectical behavior therapy. SZA continued, “She was like, \u2018I don\u2019t have a clinical form of therapy because I\u2019m not a licensed therapist, honey. I thought you knew that.\u2019 It turns out she was not a board-certified therapist. She was a f—ing life coach.”<\/p>\n
There are several major differences between the two practices \u2014 mainly that life coaching does not require a medical degree and therapy does, though many coaches still undergo training.<\/p>\n
“Unlike psychotherapy, coaching aims to help people who are already functioning at ordinary or even higher levels work through emotional discomfort and make additional gains,” wrote Yael Schonbrun and Brad Stulberg for The Washington Post in 2022. “A coach can help you perform better physically, emotionally, professionally, socially or athletically, depending on the specialty.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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No, but really, I imagine so many people make that mistake and life coaches encourage people to make that mistake. It reminds me of Gwyneth Paltrow\u2019s merry band of pseudoscientists. She\u2019ll say sh-t like \u201cDr. Mumbojumbo claims that these stickers will heal a brain tumor\u201d<\/em> and the doctor in question has a PhD in \u2018crystal therapy\u2019. Basically, before you go into therapy, make sure you\u2019re actually seeing a psychiatrist, psychologist or licensed therapist. Poor SZA! She\u2019s not going to be signing up for BetterUp anytime soon.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.celebitchy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/coverimages51483980.jpg\")
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Cover courtesy of WSJ. Magazine, additional photos courtesy of Cover Images & Avalon Red.<\/small><\/p>\n
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