Wellness Coaching

Approach to Wellness Coaching

Although I am a clinical psychologist, I recognize that traditional therapy is not always the preferred modality for receiving help. You might be looking for an alternative way to work through specific challenges. Enter coaching. Coaching is a short-term, solution-focused pathway to achieving your goals. Coaching sessions create space to collaboratively work through presenting issues – understand challenges, identify new skills to be learned, set goals, and create plans.

Areas of Focus

My coaching focuses on the health and wellness side of a client’s life. My expertise as a psychologist allows me to effectively support clients in their efforts to create and maintain healthy behaviors.  If desired, I can connect clients with a network of other helping professionals including physical trainer, nutritionist, yoga instructor, acupuncturist, and massage therapist.

Specific areas of focus include:

Behavior change and motivation management

• Identifying and clarifying health/wellness goals
• Creating and maintaining healthy habits and behaviors
• Finding and sustaining motivation to change
• Examples of behavior change goals include smoking cessation, creating and maintaining healthy habits (exercise, nutrition), moderating technology use, improve time management, improve self-care and stress management 

Stress and Coping 101

• Understanding stress and effective coping
• Prioritizing self-care and staying grounded in the midst of life’s stressors
• Improving life balance
• Specific stress management strategies

Life Check-Up

• Create space to reflect and check-in on the various domains of your life – health (emotional/physical), relationships (social, family, substances, food), work, spirituality, fun/play.
• Consider and clarify your values – do they align with your choices?
• Set goals and identify path towards desired change

Individual Wellness Coaching Services

Individual wellness coaching sessions are 30-60 minutes. They can occur in person, by telephone, or secure video for flexibility.  Sessions can be scheduled as frequently as desired or helpful.