ABSTRACT
A sufferer's distress may really be better ameliorated by someone other than a certified or licensed mental health professional, for instance by a coach, workshop leader, instructor, mentor, peer counselor, AA sponsor, or a helper with some other self-designated specialty. Meaning coaches can also help their clients deal with their moods by reminding clients that they might want to focus more on their meaning needs and their meaning efforts rather than on the mood they happen to find themselves in. A meaning coach works with individuals struggling with life purpose issues, endeavoring to identify their values and principles in order to make better life choices, and questioning whether their emotional problems like despair, anxiety, and addiction may be related to their meaning issues. A meaning coach is bound to acquire all sorts of useful tactics and strategies and find his or her idiosyncratic ways of helping clients deal more effectively with their meaning challenges.