Counselors/Therapists/Life Coaches

I've been tweeting the web page of a "randomly" selected counselor/therapist/life coach most days. A (the?) reader of my tweets responded with the idea that there are important differences between these types of people. So there are.  Here are some observations about that.  I'm rounding up information about people like these to decide who to include in my book which will be called Healers and Feelings.  Not all of the people who are counselors or therapists or life coaches would like being called healers.  There are plenty of healers who are not in any of those categories.  There is the category of helpers (as in Helping Professions), but I suppose most everyone wants to be thought of as a helper.  When I started out, everyone knew what a therapist was, but "counselor" and particularly "life coach" were less well known terms.  What we used to mean by, "you need therapy" is almost always said as. "you need counseling", now.  The issue of the difference between psychologist, psychiatrist, and social worker is also relevant, but somewhat dated.  I'd say that one important difference is the position of a helper on the dimension that has medical point of view on one end and a more varied end that includes humanistic, behavioral, pastoral, and cognitive points of view.  Another important difference is the amount of training and experience that the helper has, ranging from little training and a month of experience to an advanced degree and fifty years of experience.  Maybe you are best off in the middle of that bell shaped curve.  Beyond that, finding an interaction that will move you towards your goals is a function of your ability to judge the person you are interacting with, and probably some good luck.