Coaching is not consulting, because the client is the one setting targets, working out solutions and following his/her plan of action.
Coaching is not therapy, since its approach is centered around the question: “How to utilize the resources we have at hand?”
It is not mentorship, as the coach normally avoids instructing the client.
Coaching is not training, as such, since it focuses on using the client’s successful skills, while developing mental habits for their conscious application in practice.