From Licensed Psychotherapist to Life Coach

After 15+ years as a licensed therapist in Arizona and Oregon, I created Redeem Coaching and Consulting to provide specialized support and coaching services to therapists, couples, men, and other helping professionals - wherever they are. I draw from 15 years of advanced training and experience, including:

• Support and sustainability for therapists and other helping professionals (e.g. first responders, medical providers, clergy, etc.)

• Emotionally focused couples therapy and relational repair

• Men’s emotional resilience and relationally intelligent performance

• Recovery from acute and complex trauma and attachment injuries

Why Therapists, Couples, and Men?

These are the groups I’m most passionate about serving. In part, because I can personally identify with and empathize with the unique challenges that accompany these roles and relationships.

Therapists and other helping professionals are sacrificial, servants working for the good of those around them. It makes them one of the most prized human resources we have, and also among the most likely to experience burnout and a lack of adequate support services. Ironically, it can be difficult for quality helpers to find quality help for themselves. Especially help that provides the confidentiality and confidence they deserve.

With modernization and the loss of relational rhythms that humans are biologically designed for, the health of intimate relationships is more essential now than ever. I’ve been with my wife for nearly 30 years. And while we deeply love, enjoy, and are grateful for each other, I’m very familiar with how challenging (and frankly how hard) relationships can be at times. I’ve also experienced how transformational, empowering, and fulfilling they can be when they’re healthy. I want that for everyone.

Finally, it’s worth honoring how effectively women have increasingly prioritized emotional and relational health. At the same time, I believe it’s important to acknowledge how deeply lacking support and understanding for men’s emotional and relational health is. It’s not news that men have unique obstacles to overcome and, at the risk of sounding dramatic, unique battles to wage in their pursuit of a well-balanced internal and external life. We are often misjudged and often misjudge ourselves. I want to help change that.

Why Life Coaching and not Therapy?

I love therapy and being a therapist, but there are problems. Therapists can only provide services in the states where they’re licensed. They’re legally mandated to report against peers, which can result in over-reporting and a culture of fear when seeking help for themselves. As licensed health providers, therapists are conditioned to focus on diagnosis, pathology, and treatment - not the people we serve. (I could go on.) In contrast, coaching offers a uniquely effective and practical helping model that enables:

• Better accessibility of services (I can help anyone, anywhere)

• Greater client confidentiality for health providers

• Support that’s free from diagnosis and stigma

• Effective help that doesn’t impact a person’s permanent medical record

• Less time, energy, and money on mandated administrative tasks and greater investment into what actually matters - helping people

• Most importantly, life coaching allows for a client-centered, future-focused, and strengths-based approach that focuses on people and their goals and needs rather than pathology or illness.

Life coaching with me is about clarity, movement, and sustainable change. Rather than dwelling on what’s gone wrong, my focus is on how to make things go right. I partner with clients to help them clarify and accomplish their unique goals - personally and professionally - so they can experience the growth and transformation they want.

My Challenge to You

This work is about learning to recognize what matters most to you and building a life that aligns with those values.

If you’re …

• Feeling stuck, burnt out, or a need for helpful support

• Navigating relational challenges or opportunities

• Aiming toward more clarity, confidence, or emotional balance

… DON’T SETTLE!

Life coaching can provide the structure, support, and momentum to help you move forward.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Let’s talk about what’s possible.

👉 Schedule a free consultation to see if coaching is right for you. I’d be honored to walk with you as you build a thriving life.