Does this sound legitimate?

[elleng]

A cyber-friend is seeing this guy, has been for a while, isn't 'happy,' so we're chatting.

'Dr. Harry Steinmeyer is a Psy.D., Board Certified, LCSW and a Personal Coach. With over 20 years of experience successfully helping several thousand men and women improve their personal and professional lives by serving as their personal, lifestyle, and executive coach, counselor or therapist.

Whether you are looking for a coach because of

Challenges in the Workplace or
Personal / Quality of Life
Coaches are mentors, sounding boards, advisors and a source of information. They are objective, and believe that individuals are creative, resourceful and whole. Individuals who hire coaches often look for balance in their lives and a lifestyle that incorporates work, pleasure and family. They also look for increased enthusiasm and motivation in their work.

We can help you to....
Live Life to It's Fullest Potential
Reach Professional Goals
Improve Interpersonal Relationships
Improve Communication Skills
Decrease Procrastination of goals and dreams.
Handle problems and issues with more confidence and less stress.
Obtain a deeper level of understanding about your purpose in life.
Improve bottom line
Please contact us via our website for more information.'

[steve2470]

1. a few answers

1- Your friend might want to get his LCSW license number and look him up on the state licensure site. Just a thought, not mandatory, might ease his or her mind.

2- The coaching thing is a more socially-valued way of saying therapy. It's basically therapy repackaged. There's nothing wrong with that, but there's also nothing wrong with saying therapy or therapist, imho. All kinds of people go to therapy, even well-adjusted people who are going through grieving, a divorce, etc. An obvious point that needs to be stated over and over again.

3- Your friend needs to have a frank chat with the "coach" about his or her goals, and needs to reassess progress at timely intervals. That goes for garden variety therapy as well.

Hope this helps.

Steve

[elleng]

2. Thanks, steve.

He's at the place where a frank chat with the coach sounds appropriate, so I'll encourage it.