Ms Michelle M Chapman-Newbigging, ACC
Professional Certifications and Licenses
Professional Facilitator | International Speaker
Certified Life & Wellness Coach – specializing in transformative growth
ICF Accredited ACC Coach
Certified Grief Educator
Certified Mental Health First Aid – Adult & Youth
Certified Emotional & Relational Intelligence Practitioner (WE-Q)
Trauma and grief-informed: Trained in trauma response and post traumatic growth (NICABM and IOC – McLean / Harvard Medical School affiliate)
Trained / supervised in the use and application of Therapeutic Parenting to help parents reconnect with children when there has been a relational disruption in parent-child attachment and contact (including children resisting contact with a parent) post-separation/divorce
25+ year corporate career as a change and transformation leader (5,000+ hours coaching experience)
Services Offered
Clients partner with me in a safe and trusted space to support change within themselves or their lives, for the things that aren’t working for them any longer. Often life presents us with unthinkable situations or moments that can leave us feeling stuck, grieving or in a place where we are unsure how to move forward. What we have certainty about in these situations is we want to feel better and live more freely.
As a specialist in change, transformation and post traumatic growth , I welcome clients who are looking for a confidential, compassionate and judgement-free space to explore what is showing up most strongly for them, so they feel equipped and empowered to shift with confidence, toward what matters most to them, including a life filled with possibility and vitality.
When there is a safe space to explore, it becomes possible to begin, or start again from a place of understanding, strength, confidence, knowing and being – a place within ourselves that feels like home.
Services I offer:
As a certified and ICF accredited Life & Wellness Coach, certified Grief Educator, experienced Therapeutic Parenting Coach and certified Emotional and Relational Intelligence Practitioner, I offer clients a wide breadth of coaching specialization that is trauma and grief-informed and transformative. This includes and not limited to: grief, loss, life transitions, career growth, new parenting, separation, divorce, blended family integration, life threatening illness, sudden death including suicide, parent loss, pregnancy loss, disrupted relationships including with children resulting from a difficult separation / divorce.
I offer online or in-person services in a 1:1 format and group coaching using an approach that includes dynamic, practical and evidence-based personal growth work for individuals and groups.
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