Relationship Coaching
Has Your Love Life (Or Lack Thereof) Become A Source Of Stress?
Are you so frustrated by the dating game that you sometimes feel like giving up? Do you consistently wind up with the “wrong” person or start and end relationships quickly because you don’t know what you want—or why?
Perhaps you’re considering relationship coaching as a way to support your partner—and safeguard your own well-being—as they navigate the road to addiction recovery.
Or maybe you’re hoping to improve your communication, resolve conflict better, and heal old wounds that are compromising your current relationship or marriage.
Relationship Problems Come In All Shapes And Sizes
For those entering the dating world, trying to find the “right” person—someone who feels safe, supportive, and like-minded—can be emotionally exhausting. If you are in a relationship, you may long to reclaim the close connection you used to have. Or you may simply want to create more capacity to show up in your relationship as you truly are.
For others, challenges like trauma, trust issues, and substance use can throw a wrench into otherwise stable and healthy relationships. Even in situations where a partner is in recovery, it can be hard knowing how to be there for them while taking good care of yourself.
Regardless of the circumstances, you’ve likely decided to explore relationship coaching because something about your situation isn’t working. So whether you’re looking to make a soulful connection, take a closer look at your current relationship, or support your partner through recovery, I offer a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can find clarity, relief, and the courage to navigate the road ahead.
Let Us Help You. Reach Out Today!
Relationship Problems Come In All Shapes And Sizes
For those entering the dating world, trying to find the “right” person—someone who feels safe, supportive, and like-minded—can be emotionally exhausting. If you are in a relationship, you may long to reclaim the close connection you used to have. Or you may simply want to create more capacity to show up in your relationship as you truly are.
For others, challenges like trauma, trust issues, and substance use can throw a wrench into otherwise stable and healthy relationships. Even in situations where a partner is in recovery, it can be hard knowing how to be there for them while taking good care of yourself.
Regardless of the circumstances, you’ve likely decided to explore relationship coaching because something about your situation isn’t working. So whether you’re looking to make a soulful connection, take a closer look at your current relationship, or support your partner through recovery, I offer a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can find clarity, relief, and the courage to navigate the road ahead.
What Is Driving Our Society’s Sense Of Disconnection?
Our culture of isolation and technological distraction makes it challenging to really connect with people or find community. In addition, most of us haven't received adequate training (if any at all) in listening and communicating effectively and sensitively. We often find it difficult to listen deeply (without defensiveness) and speak our truth for fear of offending or hurting others.
If your partner is in recovery from addiction, it can sometimes be difficult to feel like you're on the same page. Your partner's life may be changing and evolving rapidly. That's great for them, but it can be challenging for you, if you're truly beginning to care for yourself—possibly for the first time.
Why Relationship Life Coaching Instead Of Therapy?
Counseling can be a powerful resource for addressing mental health concerns that drive relationship problems. Coaching, in contrast, focuses more on creating solutions, ensuring personal growth, and building essential skills that weren’t modeled earlier in life to foster healthier, happier connections across the board.
Coaching also provides more space for empathy and shared experience within the coach-client relationship. I too have experienced the erratic and stressful effects of a loved one’s addiction. And while it hasn’t always been easy to navigate, I have learned that with clear boundaries and loving detachment, it is absolutely essential to care for yourself first.
So, if you don’t know what you want in a partner, if you’re looking for help addressing a specific challenge in your relationship, or if you need someone who can relate to your struggles on a personal level, I’m here for you. Right now, the most important thing you can do is allow yourself to be witnessed and supported, and that’s what working with an integrative relationship coach is all about.
Relationship Coaching Can Transform How You Connect To Others
At this point, just reaching out for help probably feels like a big deal, but if you are reading this, you are taking the first brave step toward more fulfilling relationships. Although you may be hurt, confused, angry, or afraid—although you may have no idea what will eventually happen in your relationship—it’s OK. You don’t have to know right now—that’s what I’m here for.
As your relationship life coach, I’ll help you examine where you are here and now, and I’ll walk with you on your journey to where you want to be. Through thoughtful questioning, I’ll help you uncover your truths, discover blind spots, and identify what you want so you can take measurable, conscious steps moving forward.
What Can You Expect From Our Coaching Sessions?
I prefer to start the first session with a visioning exercise. Visioning is a powerful tool that allows you to explore what you want to create in your life without self-criticism, judgment, or limitation.
The visioning process brings out the dreamer in you and temporarily silences your internal critic and saboteur. It can bring long-hidden desires to light and give you clarity and movement where you feel stuck or unsure.
I also want to help you work on self-awareness, self-regulation, and the ability to take care of yourself no matter what's going on in the outside world—or in your relationship. For instance, if you’re dating or married to someone who is recovering from addiction, working with a relationship coach can show you how to care for yourself, show up authentically, and honor your own feelings and needs.
My Integrative, Somatic Approach To Relationship Coaching
Whether we’re talking about relationships or life in general, integrative coaching is about exploring your unconscious mind. That includes looking at your (mostly) unexamined feelings, thoughts, and beliefs—and how they may be playing a big part in your current situation.
Somatic Experiencing® focuses on identifying and releasing emotions, experiences, and traumas that can be held or 'frozen' in your body. This strategy simultaneously helps you recognize difficult experiences in your life that you may have been unable to fully process and work toward the energetic, physical, and emotional resolution of these experiences.
I also use elements of mindfulness, neural reprogramming, and hypnosis to rewire how your brain responds to stressors. I will help you recognize the conflicting thoughts and feelings that seem to hijack you, so that you can reconnect to the real ‘you’ that has always been there.
Let Me Offer You Some Clarity And Guidance
Whether you need help finding a partner, improving communication in your current relationship, or navigating a spouse’s recovery from chemical or behavioral addiction, I want to help. My holistic and embodied approach goes far beyond what is typical compared to traditional coaching for relationship problems—making goals, lists, and action plans.
We do this too, but we also work at a much deeper level, focusing on the unexamined ideas and stored energy in the body that often stand in the way of real and lasting change. When we feel stuck or uncertain, feeling seen, heard, and supported by a compassionate and experienced professional is a powerful and essential catalyst to healing and growth.
Still Have Concerns About Working With A Relationship Coach?
Can relationship coaching really help me find happiness?
Working with a life coach who specializes in integrative and somatic coaching can be life-changing. In coaching for relationships, we're going deep into your unconscious operating system, exploring what healthy connections should look and feel like, what effective and peaceful communication is, and what a clear and strong relationship with yourself feels like. Most of us have never had a level of relationship guidance that lets us see the potential our relationships have to drastically change for the better.
I worry about how much coaching will cost.
Unlike therapy, relationship coaching is goal-oriented, specifically targeted, and time-limited. In other words, coaches and clients do not typically work together for long periods of time. My coaching packages are typically 12 weeks (or three months), and my session (hourly) rate is well below market standard for relationship counseling. This gives us time to make significant changes for a reasonable cost that you agree to upfront.
How long before coaching will make a difference in my life?
While every person’s situation is different, I have found that 12 weeks (3 months) is enough time to start to make significant, lasting change. Ultimately, my goal is to make myself unnecessary to my clients. That is, I want to help you go from feeling uncertain and stuck to self-actualized, inspired, and empowered as quickly as possible. Most of my clients see positive changes well before the 12-week mark, and find that they understand how to continue making helpful changes on their own after our time together comes to a close.
Don’t Worry—You’ve Got This
Please know that you are not alone. You deserve to have happy, healthy relationships, and it’s okay to ask for help. If you’re ready to reclaim your power and take your life back from stress, fear, and the pain of trauma, please contact me or click below for your free 30-minute consultation. I look forward to hearing your story.
Amy Briggs of Living Color Healing offers online and in-person relationship coaching for clients living in the Boulder area, and anywhere in Colorado or the world online.
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