Mental Health Coaching by a mental health professional is often of great value for patients who are reluctant to seek help from psychotherapists due to cultural stigma and when the patients may not be aware of the root causes for their mental health and emotional challenges. However, if they start their healing process with a health coach who is not trained and accredited in mental health, they may need to be referred after the health coach discovers that the complexity of the issues is best addressed by mental health diagnostic and therapeutic skills. Mental health coaching is appropriate in helping clients recover from many afflictions. Injury, trauma, chronic medical challenges, learning disorders, eating dysfunction, abuse experience, acute stress and somatic illness are but a few. Postoperative states, marriage, exploring and managing the intrapsychic connections of emotions, relationship issues can also benefit from MHC. Many other situations require mental health coaching: