Coaching and therapy are similar and strikingly different. Coaching supports people in personal and professional growth through a co-creative coach/client relationship. This means that the coach and client are collaborative in designing a relationship that empowers the client to take charge in their life. Coaching is forward-focused, informed by the past, and directed at the future. 

Therapy is based in mental health support, diagnosis, and treatment.  It may have some coaching elements and is specialized in supporting people with issues that arise connected to their mental health. 

People need different kinds of support at different times in their lives; and coaching and therapy can work well together depending on the needs of the individual. A well-trained coach will know when to refer a client to therapy if their needs are outside the coach's scope.  

I offer a complimentary 45 min. connection session. This is a chance for you to experience coaching with me, ask questions, and see if this is a good fit. If it works, the WithSense Framework has flexibility to support the work you're ready to do.  

Prior to your session I'll send you a pre-coaching prep form. This has a few questions to help you focus before we meet.  A typical session will begin with inquiry and setting a clear focus that may grow from your pre-coaching prep or shift in the moment. Throughout the session I hold connect your overall coaching goals/intentions to the specific focus of your individual session. What we explore in any individual session really depends on what you're working on and where you are wanting to go. Sometimes you come to a session super clear on where you wanting to go and we work together to establish strategies that support action. Sometimes you're less clear and wan/need space to vision, dream, feel. In these sessions we explore, inquire, and use what we learn to establish action. I'm happy to chat more about what all this can look like - the tools, the kinds of questions, embodied explorations, shifting ways of thinking, and taking action. 

Sessions are typically 60 min. long and happen on Zoom or over the phone.