Trauma Informed

Fausta Luchini, M.A., WPCC, is a holistic life coach, a catalyst, and a visionary. She loves to coach people who are ready to build a life that lets them shine. She has been described as a wise elder, bringing the insight and wisdom gathered from a lifetime of working with people to her role of coach.

A native of Kentucky, Fausta earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology in 1993 and spent over 20 years as a therapist. Fifteen years in Community Mental Health, both in urban and rural settings, gave her a wide range of experience with diverse cultures. Offering individual and group therapy to adults, many of whom were survivors of childhood trauma, she learned ways to help her clients work through the lingering impact of that trauma on their lives – and they helped form her understanding of the pathways to healing. She continues to be grateful for those experiences and awed at the strength and resilience of her clients.

This rich experience – from Community Mental Health to private practice to Training Coordinator - has led her work to this space. As a life coach, she is committed to working with the helpers - the social workers, advocates, attorneys, first responders, teachers and parents who engage directly with survivors of trauma.   If you wake up at 2 a.m. worrying about your clients, think about your students over the weekend, if you feel like you're losing yourself in their suffering, Fausta helps you reconnect with yourself and find the tools you need to sustain that connection. She creates a space for you to explore how to develop a life that supports the work you do, how to build a life that lets you shine.

Fausta lives in Savannah, Ga, in a multi-generational household, where she enjoys the warm weather and being close to the ocean. When she’s not coaching, or blogging about it, Fausta enjoys playing with her grandchildren, exploring new restaurants with her daughter, traveling with her life partner, Dennis, and walking on the beach by herself.

I am a Resilience and Wellness Coach and Health Practitioner passionate about whole person wellness and mind-body health. The combination of my education and experience allow me to inspire others to explore and discover their greatest potential while finding restorative balance within themselves and in their lives. I have over two decades of experience in providing support during times of crisis, trauma, and grief. I focus on stress management, grief and loss, self-awareness and relationships, nervous system restoration and regulation, and building resilience skills for life. My education has given me the tools to offer an integrative approach; ranging from neuroscience, neurobiology, somatic experiencing, body-based movement, self-compassion, mindfulness, positive psychology, strength-based mindset, and depth psychology.

I have a balance of education and experience. I obtained my Doctor of Psychology with my dissertation research based upon stress in the fields of Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement. For seven years I provided psychotherapy and treatment services in a private practice setting. Prior to being in private practice I worked in the medical field for fifteen years; five years in the hospital as a CNA, ICU Technician, and Emergency Department Technician, and ten years on a 911 ambulance as an EMT. I have seven years law enforcement experience as a Deputy Coroner/Board Certified Death Investigator along with being a Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Health Practitioner. Each one of these careers has paved the path for the passion I have for whole-person wellness.

My proactive approach focuses mainly on prevention. Specifically, I address the missing link in health and wellness - getting to the root cause, which more often than not, is a dysregulated nervous system. I utilize an integrative approach with science-based modalities to help clients to reset their nervous system. I provide a safe environment for people to discover, cultivate, and restore from past challenges to create a place of healing within themselves. Once back to a regulated state, clients learn a proactive way to manage stressors and thrive in life’s challenges.

I am always learning and researching the best and most effective ways to help guide people in their journey to wellness. I use various techniques in the guidance process. I am excited for this soulful, heart forward adventure and I look forward to meeting you along this journey.

Do you have a creative vision but don't know how to effectively bring it to life or set it up so that it can support your life?

Then working with an innovative creativity coach and consultant might be the right move for you.

I help creative individuals like yourself build processes and systems to have more consistency and efficiency with producing your artwork.

Together we'll develop a custom-made system that allows you to manifest your visions in a way that not only aligns with your desired lifestyle but will also allow you to live off of your passions in a way that doesn't tarnish them or yourself.

I'm not selling some application or cookie-cutter method to you. I'm bringing two creative minds together to design the life of your dreams.

Hello!
In a vast sea of talented coaches, I'm genuinely thrilled that you've landed on my profile. Recognizing the wealth of options out there, I am so grateful our paths have crossed.
Embarking on a coaching journey is a significant step, and choosing the right guide is crucial. As you explore the diverse talents and expertise in this directory, I appreciate you taking the time to consider how my approach might align with your needs and focus.
I believe that coaching is not just a profession; it's a shared experience where growth and transformation unfold collaboratively. My aim is to create a space where you feel seen, heard, and empowered. I provide a specific focus on values as a catalyst for change coupled with a blend of mind leadership, self-empowerment, narrative transformation, and energizing self-belief tailored to each individual’s unique journey of change. My approach empowers clients to take an active role in their personal and professional development, making it distinctly theirs and highly effective for individuals seeking change.
I work with clients who might feel stuck, perhaps even trapped in a cycle of dissatisfaction, whether it's in their career, personal life, or in understanding their true purpose.
I recognize these challenges and understand the courage it takes to seek change. This is a space where feelings of confinement and restlessness are not just heard, but deeply understood and addressed.
My clients desire to live each day filled with purpose and joy, where they’re not just going through the motions but actively thriving.
I help clients navigate through life's complexities with a spirit of optimism and empowerment. Together, we explore exciting possibilities, overcome barriers with confidence, and design a vibrant, fulfilling life that's uniquely theirs.
If you resonate with the idea of active, personalized development and are ready to break free from the constraints that have held you back, I’m excited to champion your journey.
Let’s connect! Whether you prefer a heart-to-heart conversation over the phone or a thoughtful exchange via email, I'm here and excited to connect with you.
Life Design Coach, ICF-ACC, WPCC, PMP
Coaching since 2020 and my new website will launch February 1st, 2024: www.aspiredesirecoaching.com
My mission is to empower you to break free from limitations, discover your true desires, and align your life with your deepest values.

CPC, WPCC, ICF ACC, Trauma Informed Certification

My journey to becoming a successful Polyamory and Ethical Non-Monogamy Life and Relationship Coach, began with my own personal exploration of liberating myself from traditional structures of identity and love.
Growing up in the Midwest, in a very conservative, hetero/cis white community, I was always afraid of my desires, and often confused about my identity. Because there were no examples available to me, I defaulted to an identity of straight cis girl, because that was what was expected. It wasn’t until I was grown and several years into a rocky marriage that I finally faced my truth. I had fallen in love with a woman. I was nervous to confess my desire to my then husband, but I knew that it was crucial that I did. He and I learned the hard way that hiding and denying desire can lead to destruction. Our path to recovery from his infidelity lead us to deeper communication about our urges, our fears, and ourselves. What we were discovering is that we both identified with a desire to be intimate with more than one person. So when I met this woman, I proposed what seemed like an insane idea at that time. What if we all were together? A triad. I had never even heard the word polyamorous, or knew structures like that actually existed, but my gut was telling me I wanted this, and they did too.

The reason I am so passionate about what I do, is because when I was coming to terms with my poly, queer, gender-fluid identity, there wasn’t much besides a few books. I tried traditional therapy, but their education was primarily rooted in monogamy, and even if they were familiar with non-monogamy, none of them had lived experience, or personally identified with polyamory. I felt alone, and made a million mistakes along my journey. I realized then that I wanted to take the lessons I had learned and formally educate myself so that I could be in service of others. No one should feel alone, and the particular adventure from monogamy to non-monogamy and/or polyamory can be a challenge. Facing possessiveness, insecure attachments, and even coming out to family and friends can be traumatic.

I am an advocate for your journey. I focus on strengthening the self first, so that you may build from there a place of secure attachment to your partner or partners.

I am happy to say, my then husband, is now one of two primary partners in my life. I love deeply and I am at peace. I am kitchen table poly, and our constellation of chosen family, lovers and partners continues to grow and embrace one another. I am grateful for my mistakes, and all the struggles, because it led me to my most authentic self. That is what I hope for you as well.

If you are ready to face yourself and your real truth, even if you’re not sure exactly what that is yet, then I am the coach for you.

What You Get When You Coach With Me…

-60 Min TELEHEALTH SESSION
-WHOLE PERSON COACHING METHOD
-GOAL SETTING AND FOLLOW THROUGH
-CORE VALUES ASSESSMENT AND ACTION STEPS
-INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION
-BODY SCAN AWARENESS
-INTODUCTION TO ATTACHMENT THEORY
-COMMUNICATION STYLES AND TOOLS
-THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND FIGHT/FLIGHT/FREEZE/FAWN
-THE WINDOW OF TOLERANCE AND TRIGGER RESPONSE
-BOUNDARY SETTING AND NEEDS ASSESMENT
-TRAUMA INFORMED COACHING
-INNER RELATIONSHIP FOCUSING TECHNIQUES
-JEALOUSY EXPLORATION EXERCISES
-And so much more!

SPECIALTIES: SEX POSITIVITY, LGBTQIA, NON-MONOGAMY/POLYAMORY

I am a deep believer in the organic unfolding of our growth and purpose - that we all possess the ability to hear our soul’s calling towards a more authentic and fulfilled life.

Sometimes change is beckoning and exciting – but we get in our own way. At other times, life speaks to us through crises, illness, work- or relationship challenges… and other loud ways to make our inner voice known. Sometimes we don’t realize the guidance hidden in the chaos or the growth potential within the obstacles. This is where we can use some extra support, and where I would love to help you listen in deeply… for often these difficulties hold the seeds of deep transformation and new momentum.

I am a Certified Professional Coach (Whole Person Coaching, Coach Training World), a Professional Counselor (LCPC-C, Maine) and a certified Family Constellation Facilitator. Combining Coaching and Constellation work makes me very effective as Relationship Coach and as Embodiment & Empowerment Coach for women at any stage of life. I am passionate about guiding women from surviving to thriving - whether you are at the beginning of your journey into self-awareness and self-care, or at the opposite end of this arc looking to launch into full self-actualization and soulful leadership.

Clients have described me as warm, present, intuitive, empathic, insightful and wise, with a spark of creativity and laughter.

Also a certified 5Rhythms Teacher and an Authentic Movement facilitator, I infuse my practice with a rich grounding in embodiment and somatic awareness. I bring more than seven years of individual coaching & counseling experience to this work and twenty years of group workshop facilitation experience, in the realm of mind-body connection, movement & expressive arts, psychosomatic issues, burn-out and stress management, family and relationship issues, codependency, life and career transitions, unresolved childhood issues and grief. I have practiced and taught in Maine and internationally. Spirituality and the natural world have always been a core element in my life and work.

Educational background & professional memberships:
Summer Intensive at the Carl Jung Institute (Kusnacht, Switzerland, 1993)
Master’s in Clinical and Health Psychology (University of Leiden, Netherlands, 1995)
Certified 5Rhythms Movement Teacher (2001)
Certified Family Constellations Facilitator (2011, 2014)
Certified Professional Coach (Coach Training World)
Professional member of the International Systemic Constellation Association (ISCA)
Professional member of the International Conscious Movement Teachers Association (ICMTA)

Living Resilience Coaching

Are you ready to create your next phase of life and would like support?
Would you like confidence and clarity to create positive change in your life?
Are you a wellness practitioner, life coach, or creative who would like support with your own growth?

As a Life Resilience Coach, I work in collaboration with purpose-driven women healing from burnout to reclaim your calm center, inner knowing, and resilient spirit. You are a busy creative entrepreneur and visionary. You may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious, uninspired, or tired. Your inner critic may be working overtime. You need to rest, allowing yourself to relax, opening to new possibilities.

Perhaps you need to reframe dimensions of your heart, mind, or life to create new possibilities in your personal life or business. You'd like to explore your options, deepen and clarify your life vision, and are open to new possibilities. Your creative imagination is activated. You know that your inner work impacts your life, work, and play. You are on a journey of growth.

There are also challenges. Maybe your inner critic is working overtime, your confidence and clarity at a low. Perhaps you feel out of alignment with your soul purpose. You may be experiencing anxiety and overwork. Or physical, emotional, spiritual, or compassion burnout. You wonder "where am I in this picture?" Yet you know that taking time for yourself and focusing on your inner well-being alleviates stress and helps you reconnect with your heart's knowing and clarity.

We work together integrating heart-centered, collaborative dialogue and compassionate inquiry to help you ground in your inner knowing, facilitate your creative process, as you identify practical next steps to express the changes you envision.

I enjoy my life as a creative artist ~ my art includes life coaching, writing, gardening, weaving projects on my rigid heddle loom, and photographing flowers and nature. I also love walking with my golden retriever, Ginger.

I'm happy to offer my services as a Senior Coach.

Follow my calendar link below to meet with me for a free 30-minute Connection Session so we can decide how we'd like to work together. I look forward to meeting with you!
https://calendly.com/suzanne_sky/connectionsession30m

Courtney Edwards is a former psychotherapist turned behavioral health coach. As a Board Certified Coach, she blends her background in mental health and counseling with life coaching. She holds certifications in Relationship Coaching, meditation instruction and serves as a group facilitator, adjunct instructor, and podcaster.

She brings 20 years of experience in the helping professions, working with adolescents, college students, adults, couples, and families.

As founder and owner of Solavis Holistic, LLC, Courtney has merged her training and passions into a multi-pronged approach to mindful wellbeing in every day life: Alchemy Behavioral Health Coaching, Pragmatic Spirit Meditation, Community Events, and the Pragmatic Alchemy podcast.

Michelle J. Dyett-Welcome is a Certified Trauma-Informed coach. She is also a Certified APSATS Partner and Betrayal Trauma Religious Leader Coach. She is an IPEC CPC, ELI-MP, COR.E Transitions, Wellness, Leadership, and Performance Specialist. She is also a Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath® Certified Practitioner, HeartMath® Certified Clinical Coach Practitioner in Stress, Anxiety, and Self-Regulation.

She is trained in the Minwalla CASRD and Trauma Model Level 1. She Completed Level 1 & 2 Training in the Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Emotional Coaching (Gottman), Couples & Addiction Recovery (Gottman Method).

Coaching is about energy. The energy of my client(s) and my energy as the coach. When it comes down to it, all the certifications and qualifications don’t matter if the energy is not quite right. If the energetic connection is off. This is one of the reasons that I have embraced an eclectic coaching approach.

I am Certified Practitioner in Advanced Ho'oponopono, Ancestral Healing, Color Therapy, Crystal Healing, and Bach Flowers. I am also a Positive Prime Professional and am a Level 3 Kasàlà Trainer.

I believe that there are many ways to help clients achieve their vision for their lives. Vision manifestation is a creative process. It requires out of the box exploration. Once my clients are willing to explore, open to challenge, and are curious to discover we embark on an adventure into the unknown that is under girded by trauma-informed safety.

On a personal note, I am the author of several books including I Give Myself Permission to . . ., I am Loved, Lovable & Loving; I am Powerful, Respected & Supported, and Transitioning into Fullness. I am a wife and mother of two sons and I live in NYC.

Type of coaching Trauma-Informed, Betrayal Trauma, Transitional, Energy & Holistic Coaching

I am Trauma-Informed, with a Master Certification in Life Coaching, and have obtained my certification as a 1st Responder Mental Health Coach with the A.A.C.C. Currently I have a senior status and am seeking my B.A. in Psychology.

Simply put, my goal is to inspire, and to help the “stuck” to get “started” again. My best Clients are those who have either forgotten how, or lost their motivation to live fully, to grow in passion and purpose, and to take the lemons of life and to convert them to lemonade.

I feel, based upon proven experience, that I have the ability to identify with, and to speak to those struggling to rebuild after a crisis, and this strength is central to what drives me. I suffered through and come out on top of divorce, narcissistic abuse, parental-alienation, and am thriving!

Jesus came, I believe, not to the successful, but the downtrodden – the oppressed, the broken, demoralized, beaten up, and exploited among us. I can raise my hand as one of these. It is my brokenness that drives me to Him… I am a Christ-follower and, operate from a Judeo-Christian perspective, but respect all others who come to me, and the spiritual orientation that he or she comes from.

I am no stranger to depression, health breakdowns, crushed dreams, and dashed hopes. I have also experienced physical abuse, and as a cancer survivor, I am a firm believer that “starting over” isn’t a one-time, but a sequence of being knocked down and getting back up, finding faith and learning to love - again. I am versatile and flexible, able to encourage and motivate the down-and-out. Along with kayaking, racquetball, glass blowing, sketching, and other hobbies, I pursue my biggest passion – encouraging others to DREAM, again.

Let me share a story.

A number of years ago, I knew a man who bore a striking resemblance to Mr. Miyagi on the hit movie, “The Karate Kid.” 92-year-old Bob Hissamoto, half-Japanese samurai warrior, had once worked with Albert Einstein on his formulas, was also a Yale and Harvard Professor, details that hardly anyone knew.

He was just "Bob."

Shortly before he passed away in 2002, Bob and I were spending a bit of time together. I had just made a self-depreciating comment, and he reacted. Bob clamped his hand to my wrist, tethering me to the table, and his fingers bit into my skin as his eyes bore into mine.
“Promise me,” he entreated, “Promise me, that you will never stop being all you can be…!”

“I - I promise, Bob,” I stammered.

My last memory of him was seeing him mouth the words, “Promise,” through the car window as his wife drove him away.
I try to keep that promise to him, and to myself, and love to include others, in this life-long endeavor. Traumatic events do not have to be life-shattering, but without doubt, they are life-changing. What is your trajectory – down or up?

Let’s do “up” together!

Hi, I’m Kevin. My coaching style and approach were birthed out of my healing practice. As a healer, I help clients with issues that have manifested physically, emotionally, mentally and/or spiritually from experiences in the present or in the distant past. My coaching flows from that space – helping clients continue their journey into the future.

Sometimes (often between first half and the second half of life) we get lost halfway through the process of self-realization and need help navigating our way. I have been through that passage and know the peace that comes from doing the work to discover your way. Each step on my path has contributed to the experience that I bring to clients:

• Whole Person, Trauma-Informed Coach - This style of coaching blends Interpersonal Neurobiology, Positive Psychology, Neuro Linguistic Programing, Narrative Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, and more. I also have training in Psychological First Aid from Jon Hopkins University.
• Healing Touch Practitioner (Body/Mind/Spirit) - I approach my coaching like I approach my healing – that there is an energetic component to this human-ness of ours. The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association has a clinical diagnosis of “Imbalanced Energy Field”, and I like to think that Balance is one of the things that I help my clients find.
• Structural Engineer (Problem Solving) - Ever since I was young, I have loved solving puzzles. My favorite toys were simple wooden building blocks. Little did I know that many years later the building blocks that would fascinate me and resonate with me would be the building blocks of our life’s experiences and how we integrate and arrange them to make ourselves a solid and flexible structure, standing on a firm and grounded foundation.
• Business owner, CIO (Always Facing Forward) - As an owner and part of the C-suite of my engineering firm, I have a great deal of executive experience. That helps me when I coach my executive clients who need to work with me on business topics. (It is also quite helpful whenever the topic that we work on is work/life balance – I am ALL ABOUT balance!)
• End-of-Life Doula - I understand that our mortality is precious and limited, and work with clients who are interested in that conversation. My clients include those navigating their QUARTER or MIDDLE passage searching for meaning. It’s what we do with the time we have that matters, and that we are the ones who get to choose what that looks like moving forward. It is NEVER too late to make that choice.

If this resonates with you, I'm happy to offer a free 30-minute consultation to visit. Feel free to email me at info@reflectingforward.com or call me at 337-654-3822

As a business expert, creative, and mindset coach, Katelyn brings a multifaceted approach to her business coaching. Having spent over six years in corporate marketing and three years running her own consulting business, her expertise spans social media, websites, email marketing, content marketing, events, product strategy, business development, branding, and more. After realizing her passion for helping entrepreneurs grow personally and professionally, she became a Whole Person Certified Coach through Coach Training World, which focuses on coaching from a holistic psychological perspective.

Katelyn takes an eclectic approach to her coaching, combining her expertise as a strategist and creative with her ability to help clients master change, move through blocks, and overcome obstacles in their business and beyond. In working with her, you'll gain clarity, direction, motivation, insight, confidence, and focus.

Explore free resources and inspiration at https://www.instagram.com/comingtofruition/

Lelañea's approach is based on the Whole Person Coaching® methodology, which scientifically recognizes the interconnectedness of all aspects of our being and facilitates inner balance and alignment. She uses a range of tools and techniques, such as evidence-based coaching techniques, cognitive behavioral therapy & neurological restructuring via meditation, mindfulness, somatic work, polyvagal, kinetic, and breathwork, to support her clients in self-regulation and mindset alteration; unraveling limiting beliefs, old patterns, and emotional blocks that are holding them back from living a fulfilling and authentic life. She also incorporates the Hermetic Principles and its 12 Laws, the Gene Keys, a system of self-discovery of transformation, developed by international teacher and spiritualist, Richard Rudd as well as furthering her expertise in meditation through a Tantric Meditation teacher certification with the esteemed Tracee Stanley-Newell, author and founder of the Empowered Life Circle. Her mission is to serve as a compassionate guide and mirror, reflecting her clients' inner brilliance and potential, and empowering them to create transformative shifts in their lives. Lelañea credits her near-death experience, her spiritual awakening, and her reality-shifting experience of oneness as pivotal moments in her transformation. She states, "My journey as a Mindset and Spiritual Coach began from a deep desire for personal growth, a profound belief in the transformative power of self-awareness, and a universal bitch-slap by a cosmic Betty Davis."

​Her role as an Integrative Consciousness Coach is not to provide answers but to serve as a compassionate guide and mirror, reflecting your inner brilliance and potential because you came into this life with everything you need to fulfill your purpose; you just can't remember. In this journey, she offers a range of services tailored to meet each client's unique needs, incorporating meditation, mindfulness practices, somatic work, polyvagal theory, kinetic techniques, and breathwork to facilitate inner balance and alignment, all while being trauma-informed.

​With a deep reverence for the interconnectedness of all living beings, she encourages her clients to extend their newfound awareness beyond themselves and foster meaningful connections with others and the world around them. "I emphasize the importance of cultivating compassion, empathy, curiosity, and conscious relationships as essential components of a fulfilling life."

She supports:
- Pre-teens and teens in learning compassion and empathy through curiosity ultimately empowering them to build healthy connections and practice self-awareness.
- Parents who want to raise consciously evolved children.
- Those experiencing a spiritual awakening or existential crisis and having a strong need and/or calling to explore their inner Self and discover/align with their authentic selves.
- Those who are either beginner, intermediate, or advanced meditators in need of refinement, deep spiritual inquiry, and ego dissolution.
- Those feeling stuck, lacking interest, not knowing passion & and purpose, or even knowing the self. Often associated with feelings of confusion, loss, and states of depression.
- Those feeling loneliness, and dislike for the self. This shows up as resentment, self-blame, and/or shame.
- Those wanting to break abusive and toxic patterns in romantic relationships and/or to break patterns of those they attract.
- Those leaving or processing a relationship with someone exhibiting narcissism and/or sociopathic behavior.
- Those taking on feelings of victimhood, despair, self-criticism, fear, and self-doubt.
- Those wishing to integrate information obtained from plant medicine to embody the lessons/messages.
- Those 'transitioning out' from illness or old age or who are losing someone close to a transition.
- Feeling uninspired in a job/career that no longer serves them.
- Those leading a busy, stressful lifestyle and would like to re-prioritize their time, energy, and attention.

With a lifetime of experience traveling and collaborating with people all around the world, I understand and celebrate the limitless diversity and potential of human beings. As a classically trained and certified Mental Health Coach with additional certifications in Emotional Intelligence and Trauma Informed Coaching, I have engaged in over two thousand hours of coaching conversations. I hold a holistic view of wellness and deeply value the process of connecting with individuals around their goals.

In my coaching sessions, I provide a warm and accepting environment and embody a mindset that is open, curious, and flexible, helping my clients awaken to new awareness. Powerful Coaching helps individuals realize and harness the power they hold to skillfully face challenges and achieve the long-lasting success they desire. My hope is that each of my clients leave their coaching sessions feeling unblocked, inspired, and equipped with evidence-based principles and practices proven to support advancement.