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Utah legislators this session took aim at life coaches who harm their clients’ mental health, but the law that the governor signed Wednesday stops short of prescribing minimum standards or ethical guidelines for the burgeoning profession.
Anyone can call themselves a life coach, which, unlike being a mental health therapist, does not require any kind of education, training or license.
In Utah, one state agency found that dozens of life coaches are advertising their ability to treat mental health issues even…