Vanessa Couto
Life and career coach and astrologer for people at life crossings in Portland
| Hourly rate range | $150 to $225 an hour |
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| Focus areas | |
| Works with | Creatives and Women |
| Also coaches | Career coach and Spiritual coach |
| Based in | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Credentials | MA in Counseling Psychology (depth psychology emphasis), Pacifica Graduate Institute; MA in Education; ICF Professional Certified Coach; Certified Life Coach |
Vanessa Couto is a coach and archetypal astrologer in Portland, Oregon. She helps creatives, solopreneurs and women in midlife bring what they love into their work and find a sense of purpose. She spent sixteen years in legal firms before she left to study depth psychology. She reads birth charts and romance novels for the story pattern underneath a person's life. She also hosts the podcast Romancing the Threshold.
What Vanessa helps with
Vanessa works with people who are at a turning point and want their work to match who they are. She helps them see the story they are living and find new options.
- Bringing what you love into your work or business
- Finding meaning and purpose in your livelihood
- Moving through a life crossing when one chapter ends
- Reclaiming parts of yourself you set aside
- Turning creative gifts into work or a business
- Reading a birth chart to understand your current season
Who Vanessa works with
Vanessa works with creatives, solopreneurs and women in midlife. Her clients are often between chapters of life. They want to be more fully themselves and bring what they love into their work, business or creative projects.
How Vanessa works
Vanessa reads for the pattern underneath a person's story. She offers a 90-minute astrology reading that treats the birth chart as the story of a life and its current season. She also offers Threshold Work for the crossing itself. She runs a three-part series, held over three Saturdays, on crossing into unfamiliar terrain.
Background and qualifications
Vanessa spent sixteen years inside legal firms before changing paths. She earned a master's in counseling psychology with an emphasis in depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her thesis was on the heroine's transformation in romantic comedies. She has studied archetypal astrology since her early twenties. She is an ICF Professional Certified Coach and holds a certification as a life coach and a master's in education. She now writes, teaches and reads charts from Portland.
Vanessa Couto pricing
Programs and services
- 90-minute astrology reading
- Threshold Work for life crossings
- Three-part Saturday series on crossing into unfamiliar terrain
- Classes and cohorts
- Romancing the Threshold podcast
- Free Substack writing
Vanessa Couto reviews
The CoachVouch take
She combines archetypal astrology, depth psychology and romance novel analysis in her coaching, after sixteen years working in legal firms.
Best for creatives and midlife women at a life crossing who want their work to reflect who they are.
Common questions
How much does Vanessa Couto charge?
Coaching with Vanessa runs $150 to $225 an hour. Message Vanessa from this page for an exact quote.
What does Vanessa Couto help with?
Vanessa Couto helps with bringing what you love into your work or business, finding meaning and purpose in your livelihood, moving through a life crossing when one chapter ends and reclaiming parts of yourself you set aside.
Is Vanessa Couto certified?
Vanessa Couto lists: MA in Counseling Psychology (depth psychology emphasis), Pacifica Graduate Institute; MA in Education; ICF Professional Certified Coach; Certified Life Coach.
What kind of coaching does Vanessa Couto offer beyond career coaching?
She reads birth charts using archetypal astrology and guides people through life crossings. She also teaches classes and runs cohorts.
How do I contact Vanessa Couto?
Send Vanessa a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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