Frequently Asked Questions

Coaching helps you realize that there really is more to life than what you may be living. Coaching will show you that your goals and dreams are attainable.

The Coach provides a safe and confidential space for you to sort through your conflicting thoughts and emotions. The Coach will be a sounding board, supporting your brainstorming, testing of ideas, and helping you to set achievable goals.

The Coach will challenge your limiting beliefs and help you see things from different perspectives. The Coach will help hold you accountable. Most of all, the Coach is there to support you throughout your journey of exploration and discovery.

Therapy involves the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders. And, a trauma therapist and grief counselor are each highly trained specialists in diagnosing and treating trauma and loss.

As a Coach, I work with clients to identify current roadblocks and behaviors, to unlock their highest potential; through exploration, discovery, action and reflection. As a trauma informed coach, I am trained to recognize and understand the presence of past trauma in a client’s present-day experience, including loss and the grief surrounding it.

THERAPISTS focus on why certain behavioral patterns occur, and work to heal trauma from the past.

COACHES focus on the future, and how to help the client achieve life goals, of which the answers are within the client.

Often times, a client will work with both a therapist and a coach for support.

COACHING asks: “How are you able to accomplish your goals?

CONSULTING is advising from my expertise and experience, stating “This is how you should do ‘xyz’ to accomplish your goals.”

Each session will be unique with discussion and action plans being dependent on what is most useful for the client. The client decides the topic for the session. And, as the Coach, I will guide you in goal setting, accountability and reflection.

I often use coaching exercises, breathing and mindfulness techniques, goal setting tools, as well as a variety of modalities to measure accomplishments of the goals you set for yourself. I guarantee that each session will be personally tailored for your personal journey.

There is nothing more satisfying than to feel confidence that you are navigating your true path. You’re on your feet again and feeling certain of your new direction in life. You are no longer pretending to be someone you no longer are. You will value your own thoughts and opinions, rather than others’ ideas for you. Life becomes more meaningful and easier to steer. Getting up and out of bed in the morning is no longer a chore, because you have clarity of your purpose in life.