There is a difference between counseling and coaching. Counseling focuses on healing the hurts of your past and is often a passive process with many counselors having an expectation of client epiphanies for how to help themselves just from discussing their past or problems over and over again. It is true that changes are more likely to stick when one comes up with them by themselves, yet it is often a slow process. In contrast, coaching focuses on taking you from wherever you are in the present, identifies what changes you want to make and who you want to become, and then targets intentional steps to get you there.

I much prefer to help people move forward than to remain focused on an unhappy past. This is why, despite having a Master’s degree in pastoral counseling and having worked as a counselor for a corporation de-escalating crisis cases every day, I decided to leave that world and pursue my true passion of active coaching. My worldview is Biblical, my calling is to help people, and I feel I can help people the best through coaching. Therefore, I offer my services as a coach and will refer you elsewhere if you are seeking counseling. My certifications include addiction recovery coaching, advanced Christian life coaching, and parenting coaching. In addition, I have completed continuing education courses in childhood attachment, stress, trauma, codependency, narcissism, and sexual trafficking.