Coach is a title I've held for most of my career, long before "trauma therapist" was added to it — I coached track, taught yoga, and coached groups in authentic relating and healthy conflict management. My bachelor's is in kinesiology and sports management, ie, coaching. Before I ever sat across from someone in clinical session, I had been sitting across from people my whole life, with listening ears and an open heart, to support them through difficult situations. 

One way or another, I've spent my whole career helping people move through something hard and come out the other side stronger. My time as a coach or teacher taught me patience and ways to help people out of the depths of their defeat and shame, to come back into their bodies and feel empowered. 

Coaching is where I get to pull up a chair for people I can't always reach through the therapy door — because of where they live, because of what they're looking for, or because what they need isn't a diagnosis or a treatment plan. It's a guide, a steady presence, and someone who's spent years sitting with the exact thing they're carrying.