Coaching vs. Therapy: Which One Do You Need Right Now?
Coaching vs. Therapy: Which One Do You Need Right Now?
Coaching or Therapy? Let’s Clarify What You Actually Need You know you want support—but you're not sure what kind. Do you need therapy, or would coaching be more effective? This is one of the most common questions people face when seeking personal development or emotional support. At One Journey Therapy, we offer both options and help you figure out what will serve you best right now—without judgment, pressure, or confusion.
What Is Therapy Really About?
Therapy is a structured, clinical relationship with a trained professional who helps you address mental health challenges, trauma, and emotional patterns that may be holding you back. It’s not just about talking—it’s about processing, healing, and changing unhelpful behaviors and thought patterns.
At One Journey Therapy, therapy sessions are rooted in empathy, non-judgment, and evidence-based techniques like CBT, mindfulness, and psychodynamic work. Whether you’re experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, or unresolved emotional wounds, therapy provides a safe space to explore your internal world.
Claudia Dargis, founder of One Journey Therapy, uses an integrative therapeutic approach that includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). CBT helps you examine how your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact—and how to shift them in ways that support mental clarity and emotional resilience.
You can learn more about our values and approach on our Who We Are and Our Approach pages.
What Does Coaching Help You With?
Online coaching is future-focused and action-oriented. It’s not about diagnosing or treating mental health disorders—it’s about clarifying goals, removing blocks, and moving forward with a structured plan. If you’re feeling stuck in your career, relationships, or personal growth and don’t need deep emotional processing, coaching may be exactly what you need.
One Journey Therapy offers coaching sessions that help you define what success looks like in your life and identify what’s getting in your way. Claudia Dargis brings clarity and encouragement, helping clients develop personalized strategies for improvement.
People often seek online coaching when they want to improve time management, make better decisions, build confidence, or develop healthier habits. Coaching works well when you’re functioning relatively well emotionally, but want to level up in your personal or professional life.
To explore what coaching can support, visit our Services page. You can also explore Claudia’s broader journey through platforms like LinkedIn, Backstage, or Amazon Prime to understand the depth she brings to guiding others.
Key Differences Between Coaching and Therapy
While both therapy and coaching offer support, they serve different purposes. Therapy is ideal for processing past trauma, exploring emotional health, or managing mental health diagnoses. Coaching is for achieving specific, measurable goals and creating accountability structures for future action.
Here’s an example: If you’re struggling with panic attacks, therapy is the right path. But if you want to gain confidence before public speaking and learn how to present more effectively, coaching is more aligned. Sometimes, they can work together.
At One Journey Therapy, we help you choose the right option. Some clients start in therapy and transition into coaching once they’ve built more emotional stability. Others begin with coaching and shift to therapy when deeper emotional patterns emerge. You don’t have to choose forever—just choose what serves you right now.
To see how the two services compare in structure and price, visit our full Services page. For a deeper understanding of how each supports growth, check out How We Can Help.
Signs You Might Benefit from Therapy Right Now
There are times when deeper healing takes priority. If you’re experiencing prolonged sadness, intrusive thoughts, emotional numbness, or severe stress and anxiety, therapy may be what you need. Emotional wounds can impact everything—from relationships to work to your overall sense of self. Therapy can help you not only understand why but also discover how to heal.
With Claudia Dargis, therapy is never a passive experience. She works with clients using CBT, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care to create a space where real transformation happens.
Sessions at One Journey Therapy are always personalized. There’s no one-size-fits-all treatment plan. Instead, Claudia helps you reconnect with your strengths and begin building emotional wellness from the inside out.
You can explore her credentials and client-centered philosophy on IMDb, her creative background on Amazon Prime, and her professional work through LinkedIn.
When Coaching Becomes the Better Fit
If you’re already emotionally stable but feel unfulfilled or directionless, coaching might be your next best move. It’s about enhancing the quality of your choices and helping you unlock your full potential. Coaching is not a lesser option than therapy—it’s simply different, and equally powerful in the right context.
Whether you’re looking to shift careers, build stronger habits, create better boundaries, or develop emotional intelligence, online coaching with Claudia can provide the structure, encouragement, and accountability you need to move forward confidently.
You can read about coaching session options and pricing on our Services page, or start with a free 20-minute online consultation.
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