My perspective, as a person trained in several disciplines of therapy and coaching, is as follows: I believe that my role in working with people is that of a "guide" for a person to find and be able to walk their own path. My vision and experience with this belief is comparable to someone who hires a guide to help them do something that they have never done before (but always felt an attraction to) or tried to do and felt that they could not do it on their own. The guide must have had personal experience on this kind of path to be a guide. Ultimately, the goal for the guide is to reconnect the person to her or his own inner guide. The types of therapy/coaching I have trained in include: Self-Relations Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Reconnecting with Nature Coaching (Applied Ecopsychology), Generative Trance (Steve Gilligan), Buddhism, Insight Dialog Therapy, and solution focused therapy. I received a Masters of Social Work in 2006 and have worked in the field of therapy and/or coaching since then. I have worked with individuals, couples, and families. I have worked with a full range of symptoms (depression, anxiety, and so on).