Frequently Asked Questions

Every client is on a unique journey to discover their best life or create the most effective organization. Here are a few reasons clients hire a spiritual coach:

  • Anyone who needs a safe place to process challenges of faith and grow as a person

  • Overcoming fallout of spiritual abuse

  • Facing death of self or loved one

  • Learning to hold and heal through life’s tragedies

  • Seeking a safe, supportive context to grieve

  • Learning to address complex familial relationships in a healthy, integrated, and life-giving way

  • Addressing incongruences between your experiences and your theological understandings

  • Shaping workplace/family culture

  • Preparing two systems of different backgrounds to merge (family, church, civic groups)

  • A desire for meaningful rituals that incorporate multiple traditions and/or beliefs

  • Significant personal changes or challenges

  • A desire for deeper investment in the journey of self-discovery and growth

  • Improving relationships and relationship skills

  • Managing stress

  • Developing mindfulness and emotional intelligence

  • Finding meaning and purpose

  • Building connectivity, understanding, and effectiveness among team/family members

  • Defining values and creating vision

  • Family mission, purpose and values statements

  • Feeling stuck

  • Individuals figuring out how to bring their whole selves to work or ministry

This list in no way represents the full scope of possible coaching opportunities.

What kinds of topics do you coach on?

What if I am interested in coaching but I’m not sure if you’re the right coach for me?

Schedule a complimentary introductory session. The coaching relationship includes a chemistry factor. We can meet for coffee or plan a fifteen minute phone session to see if we are a good fit.

We will work together to define your goals and the duration of your agreement. Some clients are working to achieve a near-term goal while others are committed to a longer-term development journey. In-person and virtual options available (practice is located in West Houston).

When and how do we meet?

Absolutely. The therapeutic and coaching journey can go hand in hand, and can, in fact, enhance and expedite one another.

I am seeing a therapist; can I work with you too?

I belong to a church / synagogue / other religious group; can I work with you too?

Absolutely. There are many reasons parishioners or congregants seek spiritual coaching and development. Sometimes clients struggle with the theology or practices of their faith community and don’t feel comfortable addressing their struggles in that context. Others have a nuanced relationship with their religious organization, and would prefer to walk their personal spiritual journey separate from their roles and responsibilities in their faith community. Many find that the leader(s)of their religious organization is/are busy running the life of the organization and simply don’t have time for the intimate, personalized work of individual faith journeys. Our work together is a safe place to explore, refine, or augment what you experience in your corporate faith practice.

Which faith traditions do you work with?

All of our work will be centered around the client, and your particular values, goals, beliefs, and traditions. I work with people from all spiritual backgrounds, or no spiritual background at all.