There is a difference between counseling and coaching. Counseling is often passive and, through talking about the past or problems over and over again, many counselors wait for the client to have an epiphany for how to help themselves. It is true that changes are often concrete when one comes up with them by themselves, yet it is often a slow process. Counseling focuses on healing the hurts of your past. In contrast, coaching focuses on taking you from wherever you are now, 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 in life rather than focus 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, life coaching, and parent coaching. In addition, I have completed continuing education courses in childhood attachment, stress, trauma, codependency, narcissism, and sexual trafficking. I am not judgmental and specialize in helping pornography addicts, sex addicts, former sex workers, and relationship addicts.