As recognized by the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and its affiliates, trained Christian mental health coaches integrate biblical truth with proven psychological principles to help individuals grow, heal, and thrive. This is a distinct role from a professional clinical therapist and is sometimes considered a form of lay counseling.
Coaching as a form of Lay Counseling: Christian mental health coaching can be viewed as a specialized type of lay caregiving when the coach has received biblically-based, clinically-informed training and certifications.
Unlike therapy, which focuses on diagnosing and treating mental health conditions, coaching is present, future-focused, and action-oriented—helping you set goals, strengthen resilience, and develop practical coping strategies. It’s about walking with you through life’s challenges, equipping you to move forward in faith, and connecting you to deeper levels of care when needed.
What You Can Expect:
- Biblically-Based Guidance (at your discretion): Applying God’s Word to real-life challenges.
- Goal-Oriented Support: Setting and achieving mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual goals.
- Collaborative Partnership: You know your life; I help facilitate the change you desire.
- Church & Community Focus: Building mental health-friendly spaces within the Body of Christ by partnering and educating the church.
- Stepped-Care Approach: Serving as a front-line resource and referring when higher care is needed.
- Areas of Support: Anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, addiction, grief, relationship struggles, PTSD, parents coaching, blended families, and more.
- This approach is designed to be both practical and deeply rooted in faith, offering hope, encouragement, and a clear path forward.
Relationship Coaching
Despite the stark statistics revealing that 64% of marriages may end in divorce, I want you to challenge that with the undeniable truth: Marriage Works. This beautiful journey, filled with love and connection, has the power to overcome challenges and thrive against the odds!
Marriage requires time and effort to grow. It’s a partnership based on mutual understanding and respect, where both partners recognize their roles. If a couple agrees to work together for a better relationship, they can continuously improve and grow.
Through open communication and shared experiences, couples can build a strong foundation that lasts. Facing life’s joys and challenges together deepens their bond and creates a loving environment where both partners can thrive.
As your coach, I will guide you with my experience, equip you with God’s word, and give you useful tools.
- Discover your love language
- Gain Insight
- Become accountable
- Learn how to be intimate and love genuinely
- Obtain new skills to practice daily.
- Coach your own marriage
- Pray together (at your own discretion).
Intrapersonal Coaching: Centers on the development of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and personal growth. It helps individuals understand their inner thoughts. They come to know their emotions and motivations. This understanding enables them to make conscious decisions aligned with their values and goals. Whether you seek to boost your confidence, manage stress, or clarify your life’s purpose, intrapersonal coaching offers tools for self-discovery. It also aids in personal transformation.
Key Benefits:
- Gain deeper self-awareness and clarity
- Enhance emotional regulation and resilience
- Set and achieve personal and professional goals
- Develop greater self-confidence and motivation
- Cultivate a balanced, purposeful life
Interpersonal Coaching: Focuses on enhancing the way individuals connect, communicate, and collaborate with others. This area of coaching helps individuals build stronger relationships, improve communication skills, and navigate social dynamics more effectively. Whether you’re looking to develop your leadership abilities or enhance teamwork, interpersonal coaching empowers you. It enables you to resolve conflicts with colleagues and interact confidently. You will engage meaningfully in both professional and personal settings.
Key Benefits:
- Foster stronger professional and personal relationships
- Strengthen communication skills
- Improve leadership and team collaboration
- Navigate and resolve conflicts with ease
- Build emotional intelligence and empathy
“Human relationships always help us carry on because they always presuppose a future.” Albert Camus
If each one of you in the relationship puts the other first, both will get ahead and become undefeated.
©️2025 Denise Kilby New Hope MHCLC Assoc. All rights reserved.
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