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Coaching

Turn insight into action.

Coaching at QST is practical, collaborative, and focused on helping you move toward clearly defined goals.

You might already understand yourself pretty well. You know what you want to change, build, or accomplish, and you're looking for structure, accountability, strategy, and someone thoughtful in your corner while you do it.

That's where coaching comes in.

What Can We Work On?

Coaching can focus on areas like:

  • Building sustainable routines
  • Accountability and follow-through
  • Career and professional goals
  • Life transitions
  • Dating and relationships
  • Identity exploration
  • Communication and boundaries
  • Creating structure with ADHD or neurodivergence
  • Sobriety and recovery-related goals
  • Building community
  • Clarifying values and priorities
  • Turning ideas into concrete next steps

What Coaching at QST Looks Like

We'll start by identifying what you want to accomplish and what has been getting in the way.

From there, sessions can include brainstorming, problem-solving, identifying barriers, building systems, setting goals, developing skills, and creating specific next steps between sessions.

Our coaching style brings together curiosity, accountability, creativity, and the same identity-affirming perspective that informs everything we do at QST.

Coaching vs. Therapy

Coaching is a goal-oriented service focused primarily on present and future action. Psychotherapy is a healthcare service that may include assessment, diagnosis, treatment of mental health concerns, and deeper therapeutic processing.

We'll be transparent about which service is appropriate for what you're looking for and help you understand the difference before getting started.

You bring the goal. We'll help you build the path.

Get in touch

Taking the first step looks different for everyone. Whether you’re ready to start therapy or just want to learn more about Queer Sober Therapy, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out and someone from our team will be in touch soon.

(847) 868-0586

Lakeview, Oak Park, Virtual

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