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No. Coaching is not therapy, and I do not diagnose or treat mental health conditions.

With that said, coaching and therapy can share some common ground. Both involve honest conversation, reflection, and attention to the patterns shaping your life.

The way I tend to think about the distinction is this: therapy often helps us look back in order to heal and move forward. Coaching is more focused on where you are now, where you want to go, and what kind of future you want to create.

My background in clinical social work helps me hold complexity with care, but this work is not therapy. It is a structured space for reflection, clarity, and action.

In real life, these categories are rarely as separate as they sound. A career question is often also a life question. A leadership challenge may be connected to identity, confidence, values, family, ambition, burnout, or how you define success (I know…so many things!) 

Sometimes, career is just the “gateway drug” if you will to something much deeper lurking below the surface and that applies to an executive challenge, too. 

At the end of the day, it is my job — and privilege, frankly — is to help clients look at the whole picture, so they can see something differently, make clearer choices, and begin changing patterns they may have been holding onto for years. 

1:1 coaching gives you a private, highly personalized space to explore your own questions, patterns, decisions, and next steps.

Group coaching gives you the added power of shared reflection. You hear other people name things you thought were yours alone. You get perspective, connection, accountability, and the relief of realizing you are not the only one navigating complexity.

1:1 coaching gives you a private, highly personalized space to explore your own questions, patterns, decisions, and next steps.

Group coaching gives you the added power of shared reflection. You hear other people name things you thought were yours alone. You get perspective, connection, accountability, and the ultimate, a shared sigh of relief.

I also care about making this work available to a range of clients, so when possible, I offer flexibility around format, pacing, or payment structure. If you feel drawn to the work but cost is a concern, please reach out. We can talk honestly about what might be possible.

No. In fact, many people come to coaching because they do not know what they want. You may only know that something feels off. You may feel burned out, restless, successful on paper but unsatisfied, or caught between versions of yourself.

That is enough to begin.

No—the latter is a type of psychotherapy in which a group of patients meet to describe and discuss their problems together under the supervision of a therapist. Group coaching, on the other hand, is a collaborative and time limited experience in which a professionally trained coach uses coaching principles to support a group of individuals on their own personal goals. And, in the case of Circle, specifically, we are using tools and approaches from positive psychology.

My programs are grounded in positive psychology — the science of human flourishing — as well as research and practice from the growing field of group coaching.

I also draw from my training with Newfield Network, an ontological coaching program that explores how people observe, interpret, speak, feel, and move through the world. This brings attention not only to what people want to change, but to the deeper ways they make meaning and take action.

Circle is tailored to meet the particular needs of your organization. Please contact Allyson to learn more.

Of course! I meet with clients (both 1:1 and in groups) in person and virtually.

Groups typically meet every other week; and, groups size is anywhere from five to ten. Great question!