It's not helped by the fact that I can opt out of a 4 year PHD in clinical psychology and take a 1 year postgraduate course in 'life coaching' and call myself j

It's not helped by the fact that I can opt out of a 4 year PHD in clinical psychology and take a 1 year postgraduate course in 'life coaching' and call myself just that. https://www.kingstowncollege.ie/course/professional-diploma-in-coaching-and-mentoring/ https://www.kingstowncollege.ie/course/professional-diploma-... The danger is that people go to 'life coaches' with really difficult problems which the other person is not equipped to handle. It's completely unregulated which, where mental health is concerned, will give disastrous results. “I realized about two months in that it was basically unlicensed therapy,” Susan* told me. On several occasions, when people wrote in to LCS about serious concerns – including anxiety, eating disorders, and suicidal thoughts – they were encouraged to sign up for Scholars. “No referral to mental health help, no suicide hotline, no nothing,” someone familiar with LCS’s inner workings told me. (Last year, LCS began requiring students seek out and take a suicide prevention course.) Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/06/life-coaching-brooke-castillo-unregulated-industry https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/06/life-co...