What is mental wellness coaching?

Mental wellness coaching is non-clinical and action oriented. Coaching is a collaborative, goal-focused service designed to strengthen your overall mental fitness. It emphasizes autonomy, self-awareness, and empowerment to help you create more balance, fulfillment, and clarity in your life.

This process is all about personal growth—defined by YOU.

Together, we’ll take a flexible, solution-focused approach to identify what matters most to you and create a personalized, supportive plan to help you get there. That plan might look different for everyone—and that’s the point.

Additionally the plan we create can be just as specific or general as you need, especially at the beginning. We'll work as a team to explore your goals and how to reach them.

I draw from a variety of tools and modalities based on your unique needs and preferences. In coaching, our focus is on the here and now—and on what you want to be different moving forward.

The modalities I draw from most often are (in no particular oder):

Internal Family Systems
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Exposure and Response Therapy
Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Solution Focused Therapy
Compassion-Focused Therapy

How does it differ from traditional therapy?

Therapy is focused on diagnosing and treating a disorder and is considered “medical necessity.” Coaching is focused on present, life situations, and does not pathologize the client’s challenges. As a coach I will not assign you a diagnosis. However, I will refer you to a therapist if what you are presenting with is beyond the coaching scope.

Another difference is that therapy often stretches over a longer number of sessions and can be covered by insurance. While insurance will not cover coaching, there are typically less sessions needed to achieve a goal.

Kelly’s Coaching Focus Areas