Rooted Guidance
Adoption and accountability coach for family and relationship struggles
| Hourly rate range | $65 to $110 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | |
| Works with | Parents |
| Also coaches | Life coach |
| Sessions | Online |
Rooted Guidance is an adoption and accountability coaching practice for people dealing with adoption wounds, family strain, and relationship struggles. The coach is an adoptee, a mother, and a stepmother, and draws on that lived experience in sessions. Work centers on blended family dynamics, co-parenting, identity questions, and emotional overwhelm. Sessions run by phone, video, text, or email. It is coaching, not clinical therapy.
What Rooted helps with
Rooted Guidance works with people carrying hard family and relationship stories, including adoption-related pain. Sessions give space to talk through these things and sort them out.
- Adoption wounds and identity struggles
- Complex family history
- Blended family and step-parenting dynamics
- Finding your voice and boundaries in motherhood
- Grief over a lost relationship
- Relationship struggles
- Softening difficult emotions
- Feeling lost or overwhelmed
Who Rooted works with
Clients are people facing adoption-related pain, family tension, or relationship problems. Many are mothers and step-parents working through blended family life. Others are grieving a lost relationship or feel lost in the chaos of daily life.
How Rooted works
Sessions come in two lengths. A 30-minute session covers one specific concern or emotion. A 60-minute session goes deeper into patterns, healing, and layered family or relationship dynamics. Clients can meet by phone, FaceTime, Zoom, text, or email. A free 15-minute call comes first to see if the fit is right.
Background and qualifications
The coach draws mostly on lived experience. She is an adoptee, a mother of three small children, and a stepmother to three more. She has worked through blended family life, co-parenting, identity struggles, and relationships that did not feel safe. No formal credentials are listed.
Rooted Guidance pricing
Programs and services
- Free 15-minute consultation
- 30-minute coaching session
- 60-minute coaching session
- Sessions by phone, FaceTime, Zoom, text, or email
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The CoachVouch take
Coaches from the lived experience of being an adoptee, a mother, and a stepmother.
Best for adoptees, mothers, and step-parents who want support with family and relationship pain outside of therapy.
Common questions
How much does Rooted Guidance charge?
Coaching with Rooted runs $65 to $110 an hour. Request an intro for an exact quote.
What does Rooted Guidance help with?
Rooted Guidance helps with adoption wounds and identity struggles, complex family history, blended family and step-parenting dynamics and finding your voice and boundaries in motherhood.
Does Rooted Guidance coach online?
Sessions are online.
How do I contact Rooted Guidance?
Request an intro on this page. It's free, and we'll connect you with Rooted and, if you want, 2 or 3 similar coaches to compare.
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