Coaching
Coaching is distinct from counseling, mentoring, and other models. In coaching, we work together in a co-creating process, where you set the agenda, and I come alongside as a support to help you move forward.
How Coaching Works
- I offer a grounded, empathetic, attuned, and generous space that’s tailored to your pace.
- I will come alongside you, rather than directing or leading you. Every conversation is based on your agency and choice.
- I will ask questions, listen, help you notice and reflect, evoke awareness, and offer you care and courage along the way.
- I will help you pay attention to your life and notice God’s presence and love.
- I will invite you to be present and offer you my full presence.
- I will accept you as you are and offer attunement.
- I will offer you tools and structures for transformation.
- Our work will be confidential – so you have a safe space to talk about whatever you need to talk about.
- I will use a trauma-informed approach that creates safety in our relationship and every session.
My Qualifications and Training
- 48 hours in ICF-accredited coaching training from Coach Approach Ministries
- Certificate in Integrative Coaching and Soul Care from the Center For Embodied Faith (115 training hours)
- 16 years experience in ministry and coaching, mentoring, and shepherding students and adults
Tools and Modalities I Use
- Immanuel Approach
- Also known as Immanuel Prayer, this healing prayer modality uses insights from neuroscience to help us experience Jesus’s presence in our everyday lives and in memories that need healing.
- Parts Work
- Also known as Internal Family Systems (IFS), this modality understands our internal lives as consisting of multiple “parts” with different roles.
- Neuroscience- and attachment-based tools
- These fields help us understand how our brains are wired for relationships and how our experiences have shaped how we relate.
- The 5 R’s of Change (Center for Embodied Faith)
- A model of change based on the consilient frameworks of numerous fields, helping us transform automatic reactivity into chosen responses.
- Various somatic practices
- Embodied tools and approaches to work with your whole self, not just your thoughts.