Coaching focuses on how the present creates the future. Therapy focuses on how the past creates the present.

While therapy often works with trauma reprocessing and clinical diagnoses, coaching is future oriented - emphasizing goal setting, strategy development, and building capacity for sustainable change.

Coaching is not advice or mentorship. A coach never tells you what to do. The truth of your reality and the answers you seek are subjective - they can only be accessed by you. The coach facilitates the space for you to discover them.

What Coaching Addresses

Coaches work with clients on any challenge where forward momentum is needed:

- Career transitions and professional development

- Life transitions and identity shifts

- Stress management and resilience building

- Sobriety and recovery support

- Relationship patterns and communication

- Goal clarification and accountability

The coaching toolkit is flexible and adapts to whatever arises in the session.

Evidence Based Methods

Coaching integrates research-backed techniques from psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral science:

- Goal setting (SMART goals for clarity and motivation)

- Cognitive restructuring (identifying and reframing unhelpful thought patterns)

- Strengths-based approaches (using your existing resources)

- Behavior change models (supporting sustainable habit shifts)

- Resilience building (problem-solving, flexibility, self-regulation)

- Mindfulness and somatic practices (nervous system regulation)

These methods are tailored to your specific needs and goals.

The Role of the Coach

A coach asks questions with curiosity to help you explore your situation, reality test your assumptions, and uncover patterns. The coach listens without judgment, paraphrases for clarity, and reframes perspectives to open new awareness.

This is not someone telling you what to do. This is structured facilitation designed to help you access your own clarity and direction. A coach will offer push back, with your permission, to fully understand and reality test the goal.

Training & Accreditation

There is a common misconception that anyone can call themselves a coach. Accredited coaches complete training programs ratified by organizations like the International Coach Federation (ICF) and work with supervision for ongoing professional development.

I hold an MA in Community Development, an ICF-accredited coaching certification, and I am completing an MSc in Psychology with modules in behavioral neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and trauma integration.

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