Coaching
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About Sam
Sam Silverman has worked in school, substance abuse/mental health/eating disorder treatment, and now works in private practice. They are queer, white, middle class, medium-sized, disabled, non-binary and trans person. They have worked doing therapy, case management, and eating disorder/substance abuse recovery coaching, gender affirming coaching, and neurodivergent support and accommodation coaching. They try to provide affirming care to all. Very much a believer in health at every size, they work to challenge ableist, misogynistic, fatphobic, racist, and transphobic rhetoric around bodies and around mental health. Sam is always open to feedback from clients on ways to improve and better meet their needs.
What coaching is:
A specific focus (ED recovery, substance recovery, gender identity support or exploration, ADHD support/accommodation/exploration, Autism support/accommodation/exploration), confidential, collaborative, listening, help finding resources, help building self-insight, help identifying next steps, and making space for your feelings and needs. It can be goal oriented or self-acceptance oriented.
What coaching is not:
Telling you what to do, judging your choices or actions as right/wrong, policing your feelings, therapy, solving all your concerns/challenges overnight, a diet plan.
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Coaching can help with:
How to find a good therapist, mixed feeling about recovery, coping with dysphoria, challenging your ED voice, identifying and practicing coping tools, identifying barriers to treatment, finding free support groups, finding resources to help if you are on a limited budget, identifying and holding boundaries in recovery, shifting to a focus on what does work instead of what doesn’t work, self-knowledge, realistic next steps that are particular to you and where you are at, guidance, hope, clarity, problem-solving skills, relationship skills, self-compassion, identifying and working through road blocks, help staying sober, building a better relationship with food and your body, coping with/reducing suicidal thoughts, and more.
Fee: $200 per 50 min coaching session. All sliding scale spots are full at this time.