What Clients Are Saying
“Lisa helped me take stock, assess my actual current status and my desires for the future. Her coaching also provided me the opportunity to look once again at my past but from different angles. We also discussed some techniques for improving my ability to calm myself to better maintain a positive attitude and to remain hopeful.”
Jungian Coaching client, 72-year-old man
“Lisa's coaching helped me in three ways: First, I appreciate that she helped me reframe my internal dialogue regarding how I view myself amidst academia. Specifically, I said I felt schizophrenic and she pointed out that actually, the system was crazy and my response was reasonable. I have a tendency to have a disparaging inner dialogue and this gentle disruption alerted me that I was adding a layer of misery on top of a hard situation. This got me thinking about other times when I feel a certain way and I assume I am that feeling or the reason for it instead of questioning what is going on that might be contributing to that feeling. Second, I appreciate the way she helped me reframe that “normal” for me is not really “normal” for others. My high expectations for myself can be really hard for me. It doesn’t mean there is something wrong with me because I find life hard to do sometimes, but I choose this path because of what I value. Third, I found the session where she brought in fairy tales delightful. I love the idea that I drew from the exercise -- it doesn’t matter what is on the outside; it’s what is inside that matters. I chose Cinderella and through mapping this story onto my story, I realized a person's outside veneer can only mask that so much. I also remembered my advisor from grad school who was a fairy godmother of sorts to me with her idealistic but no-nonsense approach to life. She passed away over ten years ago but I had been thinking and journaling about her and wishing I could speak to her. I felt that she spoke to me in my coaching session with Lisa. So thank you again, Lisa, for taking the time to listen to me and help me get out of my own way!”
Jungian Coaching Client, 54-year-old woman
“I found Lisa’s coaching very helpful, especially the session where she listened to me describe my challenges with focus at work and invited me to try an exercise in active imagination – to engage with an image that I saw in my mind’s eye. Her calm and patient presence helped me feel that I could actually use my imagination and I even shed a few tears and laughed at the same time. I had never had such an experience before, and though I can’t really explain what happened, I felt lighter after the session, as though something got released in me. I went back to work and felt much more focused, armed with my own super power of imagination.”
Jungian Coaching Client, 52-year-old woman
“During a coaching session with Lisa, she invited me to try a tarot reading. I had never had a tarot reading before, and while I was skeptical, I decided to give it a try. She helped me form a question about the issue that we had been discussing. She suggested a three-card spread: overview-challenge-action. The cards revealed why and how I had been stuck in this issue and offered me a possible action to take. This was uncanny food for thought for me, but after a few days I started to see a way to move through the issue.”
Jungian Coaching Client with Tarot, 38-year-old woman
“I have had several coaching sessions with Lisa, who is a very good listener and very skillful at untangling confusing communication to help bring some understanding and clarity. She is also very gifted using the Tarot as a tool of exploration.”
Jungian Coaching Client with Tarot, 63-year old woman
“Lisa engaged me in an exploration of my work issues through a tarot reading. First she asked me to share what was on my mind, and then after listening to me, she suggested that we do a Rose Compass Spread to gain perspective into the influences on me at work. I was amazed by how every card seemed to tell me something I already knew and needed to face.”
Tarot Coaching Client, 48-year-old man
“I originally came to Lisa to help me with communication issues I had been having at work. I was lacking confidence in my ability to participate in meetings. After analyzing some recorded discourse of my meetings, she was able to help me see patterns of various communication styles of my colleagues and why some sounded “powerful”. She also helped me see how I had been giving my power away by apologizing unnecessarily. She helped me unpack relational dynamics I carried with me into the workplace.”
Language Coaching Client, 41-year-old woman
“I was recommended by my ESL teacher to take Lisa’s ClearTalk program to help me speak English more clearly. I had taken pronunciation courses before, but Lisa’s program was very effective because it focused on what Vietnamese people need to practice in English to speak more clearly. I’m so happy that people I speak to can now understand me more easily!”
Language Coaching Client, 30-year old man
“I asked Lisa to review my website to make sure my English was correct and that my vocabulary was good. She looked over my website and then suggested that we review it together so that I could better understand what changes to make. This was the best lesson in English that I ever got. Lisa asked me questions that helped me improve my own English in the context of my website, and I could see how my native German was close yet different from English.”
Language Coaching Client, 35-year old woman