Life Coaches

Queer Black Male Alternative Lifestyle Coach looking to partner with others to ensure their desires, relationship goals, dreams become a reality. Serving primarily the polyamory, CNM, and open marriage/ open relationship community.

Unveiled Self promotes holistic health and mind-body-spirit wellness nationwide through customized changework sessions that integrate techniques from life coaching, hypnosis, neurolinguistic programming (NLP), and other holistic health modalities. Unveiled Self's two main services are Mind-Body-Spirit Coaching and Medical/Dental Hypnosis, which are available via mobile sessions in the Los Angeles area or via convenient distance sessions (by internet or phone) nationwide.With Unveiled Self, you can learn new tools and techniques for harnessing the power of your core self, your subconscious self, so that you can design and manifest the life you want to live. Whether you want to work on stress relief; releasing unwanted weight; increasing your performance level at work, home, or school; finding relief from the symptoms and suffering of various health-related issues; or something else altogether -- contact Unveiled Self today to discover how you can unveil the possibilities in your life.For a brief video introduction to Unveiled Self and answers to some FAQs about hypnosis, as well as *free* access to a few Unveiled Self guided self-hypnosis audio tracks, you can visit our Videos page at UnveiledSelf.com. Feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel as well, to stay updated when new tracks become available.Patricia "Trish" Alderman, MS, MFA – the mind, body, and spirit behind Unveiled Self – is a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Hypnosis Practitioner, and Mind-Body-Spirit Coach who brings a rich background of training in anatomy, physiology, and neurology to her practice. Trish is also a Certified HOPE Coach and 4th-Degree Usui Reiki Master Teacher with experience in a wide range of changework techniques and applications.Trish holds a a Master of Fine Arts degree from National University and a Master of Science degree from the University of Maryland. She is also an honorably discharged 9/11 military veteran and the recipient of a Joint Service Commendation Medal earned for her service during Operation Enduring Freedom / Operation Iraqi Freedom.Inherent in Unveiled Self's mission & philosophy is the value of respect for all individuals. Unveiled Self provides an open, safe, inclusive space that supports and affirms the diverse identities and lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, leather, kink-oriented, and polyamorous people. Unveiled Self belongs to and supports the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) as well as the Human Rights Campaign and conducts all sessions with the utmost in professionalism, compassion, respect, and confidentiality.Note: The services provided by Unveiled Self are complementary/alternative healing arts services that are not licensed by the state. Your session is not a replacement for medical treatment, psychological or psychiatric services, or counseling; and your practitioner does not treat, prescribe for, or diagnose any condition or disorder. For your protection, a signed referral form from your healthcare professional is required prior to receiving sessions for any health-related issues.

Velvet Lips is a sex-positive sex education venue offering workshops and intensive coaching. We combine effective academic learning techniques with bodywork sexual techniques to foster personal discovery, open dialogue, and increase sexual awareness, as well as improving your mental and physical health. Whether you are a survivor of sexual trauma or looking for ideas to rev up your sex life, we are here to provide safe and sound advice for your sexual future.

Relationship and Intimacy Coach

A woman focused practice offering holistic mind-body-soul focused care. (Self identified women and gender fluid individuals welcome) Using innovative therapies such as biofeedback, alpha-wave therapy, hypnosis and other modalities along with supportive guidance, care and coaching. Specialized Guidance, Coaching and Care for: Anxiety, Stress, Guilt & Worry Women's Sexuality (very kink friendly) Pregnancy, Birth, and Post-partum Motherhood & Early Parenting Finding Your Inner Strength and Power Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Restoring Your Lost Passion and Joy Attaining an Overall Sense of Well-Being Holistic, Integrative Care for: Nutrition and Lifestyle Women's Health Issues Chronic Health Issues Chronic Pain My complimentary blend of modern knowledge, ancient wisdom and authentic caring will nurture and support your intentions while helping you find a sense of wholeness and well-being.

Offering coaching/ emotional support in the style of radical therapy.

Therapy with Yana Yana Tallon-Hicks, MA, brings her unique comfort with and knowledge of sex and sexuality issues to the individuals, couples, and relationships she works with at the Couples Center of the Pioneer Valley. Yana works with clients from all backgrounds and relationship styles, especially including LGBTQQ couples & those in non-monogamous relationship structures. She takes a collaborative, active approach to both individual & relationship therapy to help clients become unstuck from ruts, break old unhealthy patterns, communicate more effectively, resolve relationship crises, and learn more about themselves as partners and as people. Couples & partners come to Yana for therapy in all states: fine-tuning an otherwise happy union, distraught after trust has been broken, considering a break-up, recovering from an affair, or just wanting to learn new relationship skills. Wherever your relationship is, that's where she'll meet you. Individual clients often attend therapy with Yana to work on issues related to sexuality & relationships, however all areas of personal growth are welcome. Discernment Counseling is also available. Discernment counseling is a brief (1-5 sessions) & distinct style of relationship therapy for partners on the brink of a split or otherwise struggling to make a decision to commit to couples therapy or not. Learn more about Discernment Counseling here. Yana holds a Masters Degree in Marriage & Family Therapy from Antioch University and her Bachelors degree in LGBTQQ and sexuality studies from Hampshire College. She uses the Developmental Model of Couples Therapyand Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work with flexibility and an open mind to each person's individual experience of the world around them. Writing & Workshops Yana is also a local sex & sexuality writer and educator. She is known for her sex, consent, and relationships workshops for high school age youth, college students, and adults which have been taught at colleges and youth groups all over New England. In 2016 Yana was asked to deliver a prestigious TEDxTalk in Vienna, Austria on these topics, and her writing on similar topics is both nationally and locally published. Fees & Contact Info Yana offers 90 minute couples therapy sessions for $150 and 45 minute individual sessions for $85. Therapy for triads, polycules, and other non-monogamous relationship styles is always negotiable. Some sliding scale fees are also negotiable. [Why Is Therapy So Expensive? by: Nicole Pajer of the Huffington Post] Yana is a pre-licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and a member of the AAMFT at the Pre-Clinical Fellow Level (Membership ID #154077). She is supervised by Katherine Waddell, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist at the Couples Center of the Pioneer Valley. Learn more about her and her work at yanatallonhicks.com. Get regular updates about open appointments, therapy news, and relevant events on Facebook/YanaTHtherapy.

Empowerment based, nonjudgmental, empathic and loving space to enable the full expression of the immense human potential that resides in each person to be happy, whole, fulfilled, secure and actualised.