Base Camp Coaching
Building essential skills for your journey ahead
Base Camp Coaching serves as the foundation for personal growth -- whether you're stabilizing after challenges or optimizing existing strengths. Like climbers establishing base camp before attempting different routes, I create structured support and develop core capabilities that make your chosen growth possible.
Using the CAIRN approach (Connection, Autonomy, Integration, Regulation, Navigation), sessions combine mindful coaching with engaged skill-building, creating natural opportunities to develop the specific capabilities you need most..
Benefits
Real World Skill-Building
Practice capabilities in authentic contexts rather than just discussing them. From organization and planning to social navigation and emotional regulation, skills develop through active engagement.
Structured Support
Clear guidance and progressive challenges create a foundation for growth. Like cairns marking a trail, each session builds intentionally on skills developed before.
Flexible Environments
Sessions adapt to where growth happens naturally – homes, community spaces, parks, or other environments relevant to your goals. This context-specific approach helps skills transfer directly to daily life.
Growth Through Challenge
Like wilderness adventures, life rarely follows a predictable path. Base Camp Coaching creates intentional challenges that build your capacity to navigate uncertainty, adapt to changing circumstances, and find confidence through the very act of engaging with difficulty. The skills developed transfer directly to life's most important moments.
How it Works
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We begin by evaluating your Connection, Autonomy, Integration, Regulation, and Navigation capabilities to identify strengths and growth areas.
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Using the CAIRN framework, we develop specific capabilities through structured activities and guided practice in real-world contexts.
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Each session creates opportunities to apply skills in increasingly complex or challenging situations, building confidence through genuine achievement rather than abstract discussion.
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Sessions conclude with reflection on progress and planning for continued growth between meetings, creating a continuous development path rather than isolated experiences.
Who Benefits
Therapeutic Focus -Individuals developing foundational skills:
Executive functioning development (organization, planning, time management)
Social skill practice in community settings
Emotional regulation strategies for daily life
Academic success planning (study skills, not tutoring)
Life transition navigation and independence preparation
Development Focus - Individuals enhancing existing capabilities:
Advanced goal-setting and achievement strategies
Leadership development through community engagement
Character building and personal values clarification
Performance enhancement in academic and social contexts
Young adult independence and life planning mastery
Sessions adapt to your learning style and goals, providing structured support for both skill development and deeper personal reflection through journaling and meaningful conversation.
Building Together
Family Groundwork Sessions
Family Groundwork sessions create experiential opportunities for shared skill development and collaborative growth. When families work together, important dynamics emerge naturally while building capabilities like:
Communication patterns
Role flexibility
Problem-solving approaches
Boundary navigation
Mutual support strategies
These sessions adapt to each family's unique needs and goals, creating experiences that strengthen relationships while developing both individual and collective capabilities.
Small Group Development
Small Group sessions provide natural contexts for social skill development while building practical life capabilities. These structured groups focus on real-world skill practice within a supportive peer environment.
Group sessions emphasize:
Social skills practice in authentic community settings
Executive functioning support - from organizing your physical space to managing the thoughts "in your head"
Independence preparation - scheduling, goal-setting, and young adult living skills
Academic success strategies - study planning, organization systems, and time management (not tutoring)
Reflective processing - journaling, meaningful conversation, and deeper personal exploration
Contact me to discuss current group availability or express interest in future group offerings focused on practical skill development and social connection.
Session Length: 60 minutes
Location: Flexible – home, community settings, parks, or other relevant environments
Frequency: Typically weekly
Travel beyond a 30-mile radius may include additional fee