Coaching
What do you want to create next?
You may be at a transition, considering a new direction, wanting something different in a relationship or your work, or simply realizing that the life you've been living no longer fits in quite the same way.
You don't need to have it all figured out. Coaching gives us a place to clarify what you want, consider what's possible, and begin creating what comes next.
Moving towards what matters
In coaching, we can be very practical - clarifying goals, making decisions, developing strategies, trying things, and adjusting as we learn. At the same time, we'll pay attention to what you're noticing along the way: what energizes you, what pulls you off course, where you hesitate, what feels aligned, and what your experience is telling you.
I bring a somatic and psychological lens to this process, along with curiosity rather than a predetermined formula. We stay attentive to what you're learning about yourself along the way and whether the direction you're taking is congruent with who you are and how you want to live.
The Psyche’s Midwife approach
Psyche is your whole self - not just your mind, but your body, your intuition, your soul, and the parts of you shaped by everything you've lived through.
I call my coaching approach “Psyche's Midwife” because I see my role as helping you listen more closely to yourself, become clearer about what you want and where you want to go.
Like a midwife, I don't determine what is being born or force its timing. I attend, ask questions, offer perspective and knowledge when they're useful, and support the process of bringing it into the world.
Drawing on more than 20 years of experience working with clients, I bring a background in somatic and depth psychology, relational approaches, neuropsychology, and nervous system functioning into a forward-focused, collaborative coaching process. The work remains centered on your goals, choices, and what you're wanting to create.
Where we begin
You may come to coaching with a particular goal, question, or transition, but our lives rarely fit into neat categories. What we're working toward in one area can influence another, and sometimes unexpected possibilities emerge along the way.
RELATIONSHIP
w/ SELF
Reconnecting with your desires, your body, and your intuition - and becoming clearer about what you want and how you want to live.
LIFE TRANSITIONS
Career pivots, midlife reckonings, empty nests, and identity shifts - the threshold moments that open questions about who you are now and what comes next.
RELATIONSHIPS w/
OTHERS
Getting clearer about what you want in your relationships, communicating your needs and boundaries, and creating more of the connection you want.
PURPOSE & DIRECTION
When the question isn't what you're capable of, but what you want to do with it. What comes next - and who do you want to be in it?
Our process
This work is collaborative - We explore together, drawing on your lived experience and my perspective, questions, and expertise. The direction and focus of our work are co-created.
It's Somatic - We include the body as another source of information, noticing sensations, tension, ease, impulses, and other signals that can inform your choices, clarify what you want, and help us notice what happens as you try something new.
It's Socratic - I'll ask questions that challenge assumptions, open new perspectives, and reveal possibilities that weren't apparent before. From there, we can translate what emerges into goals, strategy, and action.
And it's Sacred - I approach this work with care, honoring your life, your choices, and what you're bringing into being.
From possibility to practice
Compassionate clarity - we get clear about what you want, where you want to go, and what may be getting in the way - with curiosity rather than judgment.
Holistic strategy - we develop strategies that take your whole life into account - your priorities, relationships, resources, limits, and the realities you're working with.
Inspired action - we translate clarity and strategy into meaningful steps, with accountability, flexibility, and room to respond to what you learn along the way.
Is coaching the right fit?
Coaching is designed for forward-focused work around goals, decisions, relationships, transitions, personal or professional development, and what you want to create in your life.
If you're seeking assessment or treatment for a mental health concern, trauma-related symptoms, or psychological distress, therapy is the appropriate service. If you're not sure which fits what you're looking for, we can talk about that during your consultation.