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Relational Alchemy Psychology Services

No matter where you have been, evidence-based therapies are flexible, valuable, and focus on changing now.

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Coaching

Life / Relationships / Creativity / Motivation / Work-Life Balance

Personalized Coaching for Your Personal, Creative, and Professional Growth


Let's understand and build a positive, empowered future that invites joy and meaning in your life.

You might be thinking that some of the areas of life that coaching can help with can also be approached in therapy. There are some elements of both coaching and therapy that differentiate each other and instances where one service is recommended over the other. For those that reach out for coaching services, I am happy to explore the pros and cons of each helping relationship/modality.

How Coaching Differs from Therapy — and Why It Might Be Right for You


While coaching and therapy can sometimes address similar areas of life—such as relationships, motivation, or personal growth—they are fundamentally different in their purpose, structure, and scope. Therapy is designed to diagnose and treat mental health conditions, and is regulated by strict licensing laws, meaning therapists can only work with clients in the states where they are licensed.

Coaching, on the other hand, is a goal-oriented, action-focused process that supports individuals and couples in making meaningful changes in their lives. Whether you want to improve your career, strengthen your relationships, or enhance your overall well-being, coaching focuses on practical steps and achievable outcomes—often within just a few months. Unlike therapy, it does not involve diagnosing mental illness or reprocessing trauma, and it typically feels less intensive.

One major advantage of coaching is accessibility. Coaches are not bound by state licensing laws, which means I can work with clients from anywhere in the U.S. or globally. This makes coaching especially valuable in areas where therapy options may be limited or unavailable. This is specifically helpful for creatives that tour or spend time on set around the world while working on action-oriented change-- don't lose access to your support! Through telehealth, I’m able to offer relationship and individual coaching to clients around the world.

As a coach, my approach is integrative and evidence-informed. I use tools like behavioral analysis, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, psychoeducation, and narrative techniques to help clients gain clarity, create meaningful goals, and take action. In our work, we’ll explore how past experiences may be influencing your current behavior and relationships, while focusing on how to move forward—without needing to re-tell trauma stories.

If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or just ready for change, coaching can help you gain perspective, set new goals, and find a renewed sense of purpose. And if significant mental health concerns arise during coaching, I’ll help you determine whether therapy might be the more appropriate fit/modality, and help you with referrals and next steps.

Whether individually or in your relationship, coaching can support you in creating more peace, motivation, and connection in your life. If you’re not in crisis but want to grow, change, or simply gain insight, coaching may be exactly what you need.

From Burnout to Breakthrough: Clarity, Confidence, and Creative Momentum


Some of the common areas life coaching can help individuals navigate can include:

  • Honing leadership skills
  • Imposter Syndrome in work, school, creative pursuits, and relationships
  • Breaking through burn-out/blocks
  • Work-life Balance
  • Learning more about your passions, dreams, and skills
  • Feeling more fulfilled in career, personal life, and relationships
  • Staying accountable around improving yourself
  • Developing Routine - for Body and Mind and Creativity
  • Finding clarity on your life and relationship goals
  • Figuring out what you’d like to accomplish in life
  • Grow self awareness and emotional intelligence
  • Managing stress at work or in relationships
  • Grow skills in a certain areas of life
  • Develop healthy communication skills
  • Improving self-esteem and low self confidence
  • Setting boundaries in relationships

See:
  • Expertise working with Creatives
  • Individual Therapy

"I was hesitant to start coaching, it is an expensive commitment and I feared acknowledging our issues might make them worse. My partner and I are so glad we decided to go through with it. I can’t stress enough how worthwhile Ingrid's coaching is. She provided valuable tools and a professional, safe, and grounding space where my partner and I had the confidence to address our needs."

Couples Coaching Client, June 2022

Relationship, Couples, and Sex Coaching: Accessible, Goal-Oriented, and Transformative

Telehealth makes it possible for individuals, couples, and partners around the world to access relationship and sex coaching from the comfort of home. Whether you're looking to improve communication, enhance intimacy, reconnect through shared joy and novelty, or strengthen long-term relationship satisfaction, coaching offers a practical, focused path forward.

Coaches can work with clients anywhere, which allows greater flexibility, especially for couples living in different locations, living life on tour/set, or those in underserved areas across the world. I have worked with couples in Amsterdam, Singapore, Sydney, and elsewhere in between.

Coaching is not couples therapy, but it can help you gain clarity about what’s happening in your relationship and how to move forward. Relationship coaching is a specialized form of life coaching that supports people in building healthier, more fulfilling personal connections. It’s ideal for individuals or partners who want to grow together, deepen intimacy, process transitions, grieve losses, or revitalize their connection. You can attend alone, with a partner, or in any combination that fits your unique relational structure.

We start with a direct and practical approach—diving into your relationship story to uncover patterns, clarify communication struggles, and address immediate concerns like emotional regulation and misalignment. Coaching is forward-looking and results-oriented, which means you may begin to experience growth and change within just a few hours of work together.

Each coaching package is tailored to your emotional and sexual style, relationship goals, and specific concerns. Together, we’ll identify what you want to change, the obstacles in your way, and a plan to overcome them. Many people don’t have spaces where they can speak freely—and be heard—about deeply personal topics like sexuality, emotional needs, or communication breakdowns. Coaching offers that space.

My style as a coach is straightforward, honest, and compassionate. I’m known for being direct but also validating, nonjudgmental, insightful, and sometimes even humorous. Coaching is focused and efficient—designed to get to the root of persistent challenges and create meaningful, lasting change.

Over time, coaching can help you become a more connected, respectful, and supportive team. Research shows that intentional relationship work can shift beliefs, reduce emotional reactivity, and improve both how you think and how you relate. Coaching helps you let go of what’s holding you back—and move toward what matters most.

See also:
  • Relational Therapy
  • Sex Therapy

Examples of Relationship
Coaching Topics:


  • Facilitation of honest dialogue regarding life goals, desires, sexual fantasies, interests, and expectations
  • Meeting financial and career goals together
  • Toxic Relationship Dynamics
  • Identifying underlying issues impacting romance and intimacy
  • Communication breakdowns
  • Decrease deffensiveness that gets in the way of Communication
  • Invisible expectations
  • Learn how to ask for help
  • Be less of a people pleaser
  • Learn how attachment styles impact how you talk to each other
  • Learn how to find resolution in disagreements
  • Assertiveness training
  • Create an egalitarian relationship
  • Learning to give each other the benefit of the doubt again
  • Identifying the relationship 'dance' that you feel stuck in
  • Cope with outside stress together (i.e., money, kids, health, in-laws, jobs, moving). Feeling overwhelmed alone but together?
  • Discuss your different priorities, or change in life-goals
  • Re-kindle mutual respect
  • Gain Communication skills that help discuss difficult topics related to core values (i.e., money, saving, parenting, communication, chores, control, being taken for granted)
  • Reduce boredom! It happens... especially during a pandemic
  • Have fun talking about attraction and be playful again!
  • Premarital coaching to assess sexual compatibility and/or general compatibility
  • Learn not to take each other for granted
  • Learn to appreciate each other again
  • Navigating individual and/or relational aspects of sexual identity (gender, orientation, transitioning, intention)
  • Help with negative interaction styles and evidence-based methods to increase positive regard and goodwill
  • Learn ways of shifting from problem solving to empathy
  • Learn how to talk about/decide whether to break up or stay together after an affair or life transition
  • Gain communication skills to discuss discrepancies in sexual desire, sexual interests, proclivities, kinks, fetishes
  • Education around sexual techniques, introduction of toys, variety, role-playing, BDSM, etc.
  • Unpack the impact of patriarchy on your relationship
  • Guidance around how to effectively (and creatively) cope with sexual dysfunction due to chronic illness, aging, disability, medication side effects, surgery, etc.
  • Defining future goals and plans for life together

Additional Sex Coaching Topics Can Be:


  • Helping a client create or strengthen boundaries in their intimate relationships
  • Encouraging clients to develop the language they need to improve their erotic life
  • Assigning home play to enable a client to expand their erotic menu
  • Teaching clients how to accept responsibility in the changes they want to make in their erotic lives
  • Guiding men on lowering their performance anxiety in intimate relationships
  • Instructing women on exercises to increase their libidos
  • Teaching clients about sexuality and developing skills of awareness
  • Enabling clients to make important decisions about their intimate relationships
  • Collaborating with and supporting clients in reaching their erotic goals
  • Building better esteem around body image (their own and other's)
  • Enabling clients to make better relationships decisions based on their stated goals for the future...

Coaching is a thought provoking and creative process that inspires you to maximize your personal and/or professional potential. Coaching focuses on setting goals, creating outcomes, and managing personal and relational change. This is a transformative process of awareness, self-discovery and growth. Coaching is not therapy.



See:
  • Individual Therapy
  • Relational Therapy


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    New York: PSY024648


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