Scope of Practice
Life coaching and somatic coaching are forms of personal development support. They are designed to help individuals clarify goals, build capacity, and move forward intentionally in their lives. Coaching is a collaborative process focused on growth, awareness, and practical change.
To create a clear and responsible container for this work, it is important to define what coaching includes and what falls outside its scope.
What Coaching Supports
Coaching focuses on helping clients strengthen the capacities that allow them to live and relate more intentionally. This may include:
clarifying personal values and life direction
developing decision-making and discernment
improving communication and relational skills
identifying behavioral patterns that no longer serve you
building emotional awareness and regulation skills
strengthening boundaries and self-authorship
creating practical structures that support your goals
Coaching is forward-oriented. While past experiences may be acknowledged, the focus of the work is on how you want to live going forward and what capacities will support that.
What Coaching Does Not Provide
Life coaching is not psychotherapy and does not replace mental health care.
As a coach, I do not:
diagnose mental health conditions
treat psychological disorders
provide psychotherapy or trauma therapy
prescribe medication or medical treatment
offer crisis counseling
If a client is seeking assessment, diagnosis, or treatment for conditions such as ADHD, depression, trauma-related disorders, or other mental health concerns, those services are best provided by licensed clinicians such as psychologists, psychiatrists, or therapists.
When Additional Support May Be Recommended
In some situations, the most appropriate support may come from a licensed mental health professional. If concerns arise that would benefit from clinical care, I may recommend seeking therapeutic or medical support.
This referral is not a judgment about the client. It is part of maintaining responsible and ethical boundaries so that each person receives the kind of care best suited to their needs.
Coaching can sometimes complement therapy, but it does not replace it.
A Collaborative Growth Process
Coaching is a partnership focused on building clarity, capacity, and forward movement. The client brings their goals, experiences, and questions. The coach provides structure, reflection, and accountability to help support meaningful change.
Within this container, the goal is not to diagnose or fix a person. The goal is to support the development of the capacities needed to live more intentionally and in alignment with the life you want to create.
This page is intended to clearly define the role of coaching so that the work can take place within a safe, transparent, and respectful framework.
