Coaching and therapy are very similar, but they do have their differences. That's why my programs combine therapeutic and coaching strategies — to give you the best of both worlds.

Coaching tends to focus on the present and the future. Together, you and the coach look at the challenges you're facing and the goals you hope to meet. Rather than giving you specific solutions, the coach maps out a plan for success, teaching you active skills to help you move forward. Coaching is not for those debilitated by a mental illness or in crisis.

Therapy tends to focus on the past and present. It focuses on emotional healing and learning adaptive coping strategies so you can move forward in your life. The therapist aims to help clients get in touch with their deepest feelings. You may dig into past trauma, a current crisis or a mental illness. Getting healthy now is what allows you to move forward.

My sessions combine coaching and therapeutic techniques to help you see where you are now and how to build your better future. In many ways, our work will look, feel and consist of similar concepts to therapy. However, we will spend limited time looking at the past. Clients need to have the capacity to move forward before they start working with me.

My coaching is focused on how you relate to yourself and to others. I work with clients looking to:

•Work through anxiety and feelings of overwhelm
•Have deeper relationships
•Feel empowered to manage their lives, priorities and boundaries
•Understand themselves better
•Control their emotions rather than reacting on impulse
•Communicate in a way their loved ones understand
•Stop people-pleasing
•Understand their partner's needs.