NLP Practitioners and Life Coaches play similar, yet different roles with different processes. Depending on the type of person you are, your temperament, and interest, you may choose the Practitioner route or Life Coach route. An NLP Practitioner works to transform a present state to a desired state. Generally, an NLP Practitioner will address specific stuck states the client is in, then work to move them to a more resources state using an NLP technique or model. As an example, if the client comes to an NLP Practitioner with a phobia, the NLP Practitioner may use the Fast Phobia Cure to move the client from a fear state to a non-threatened state. A Life Coach assists the client to discover their stuck state, what is causing the stuck state, and what options are available to resolve their situation or stuck state. A life coach assists the client in the discovery and then provides tools the client can use to create and sustain the new behavior or change. In an example of a phobia, the Life Coach may not even choose the Fast Phobia Cure, but would first seek to understand the history of the fear, what is causing the underlying fear, what the fear is providing for the client, if it is rational or not. After exploring the fear, the coach and client may choose to work on a deeper issue, using a different model altogether.