Frequently Asked Questions

  • This work is coaching, not psychotherapy. While informed by years of clinical experience, coaching does not include: diagnosis or treatment of mental health conditions, clinical therapy interventions or crisis intervention. Coaching focuses on reflection, support, and accompaniment through grief, life transitions, and serious illness. If you are seeking therapy or mental health treatment, I can help you identify resources or provide a referral.

  • Yes. I work with clients navigating serious or terminal illness. Coaching provides support, reflection, and accompaniment.

  • Yes! With proper communication and signed waivers I am happy to collaborate with therapists, doctors, and other helpers. Coaching is not therapy but can be a supportive complement to the work.

  • I’m warm, honest, and straightforward—grief is hard, but we’ll face it together, and yes, I sometimes drop a cuss word or two to keep things real.

    • Someone you love has died, and life no longer feels recognizable

    • You’re living with ongoing loss that hasn’t had space to be spoken

    • You are facing your own terminal illness or a serious health transition, and want support navigating grief, meaning and life changes

    • A transition—divorce, caregiving, identity shift—has brought profound loss

    • You’re functioning on the outside but hurting quietly on the inside