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    Aviation Performance Coaching

    Stay Sharp. Protect the Career.

    "This isn't about being fragile. It's about staying sharp."

    Coaching vs. Therapy

    "Coaching is about keeping sharp pilots sharp. Therapy is when something needs to be repaired. Most pilots need a mix."

    Therapy focuses on healing—treating anxiety, depression, or trauma to get you back to baseline. Coaching focuses on optimization. It assumes you are already functioning well but want to perform better under pressure.

    Because coaching is not healthcare, there is no medical diagnosis involved, making it entirely separate from FAA medical reporting requirements regarding mental health conditions.

    Who This Is For

    • Upgrade Candidates: Managing the pressure and cognitive load of moving to the left seat.
    • Check-Airmen: Maintaining instructional quality and managing evaluator fatigue.
    • Performance Plateaus: Overcoming simulator stress or repeated check ride struggles.
    • Post-Incident: Rebuilding confidence after a scare or operational error.

    The 4 Coaching Modules

    Performance Under Load

    Techniques to manage physiological arousal during emergencies or evaluations. We train your nervous system to maintain cognitive bandwidth when task saturation peaks.

    Career Transitions

    Navigating the stress of a base change, equipment change, or airline transition. We focus on adapting to new operational cultures and minimizing disruption.

    Recovery & Sleep

    Optimizing down-time. We build practical protocols for circadian disruption, rapid turnarounds, and ensuring you are actually recovering during your time off.

    Decision Replay

    Objective debriefing of operational decisions. We analyze the human factors behind why a choice was made, removing shame and focusing entirely on future optimization.

    Integrating with Therapy

    "Performance drops are not a discipline problem. They are a regulation problem."

    Sometimes what looks like a performance issue (failing a check ride, missing calls) is actually an underlying clinical issue like severe burnout or anxiety. Because I am a licensed psychologist, I can seamlessly pivot our work from coaching to therapy if we discover that clinical intervention is what you actually need.

    Discuss Your Goals

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Coaching Is Not Psychotherapy

    General Information

    Coaching is a collaborative, goal-oriented process designed to support personal and professional growth, performance, decision-making, and skill development. It is intended to help clients move forward in areas such as career development, leadership, performance optimization, stress management, and life transitions.

    Coaching is not psychotherapy, counseling, or mental health treatment.

    Although the Coach may also be a licensed mental health professional, the services provided under this agreement are coaching services only. Coaching does not involve the diagnosis or treatment of mental health conditions. Clients seeking support for mental health conditions (depression, anxiety disorders, trauma) should seek services from a licensed mental health professional providing psychotherapy. Participation in coaching does not create a therapist-client relationship.

    Scope of Coaching

    • Professional development
    • Decision-making and goal setting
    • Stress management strategies
    • Performance optimization
    • Situational stress skills
    • Work-life balance
    • Personal growth and accountability
    • Leadership or communication skills

    If concerns arise that appear to fall outside the scope of coaching and may require mental health treatment, the Coach may recommend seeking services from a licensed mental health professional. If you are located in Texas, the coach is open to beginning a therapeutic relationship after ending the coaching relationship.

    Client Responsibilities

    Coaching is an active process that requires client engagement and participation. Clients are responsible for:

    • Identifying personal goals for coaching
    • Implementing strategies or action steps discussed during sessions
    • Communicating openly about progress and challenges
    • Making decisions and taking responsibility

    Confidentiality

    The Coach respects the privacy of all clients and will maintain the confidentiality of information shared during coaching sessions to the extent reasonably possible. However, coaching services are not governed by psychotherapy confidentiality laws, and coaching communications may not carry the same legal protections as therapy. Though this is a coaching relationship, as a licensed professional, I am a mandated reporter.

    Because coaching is not psychotherapy, coaching services do not include crisis intervention. Clients experiencing a mental health emergency should contact a licensed mental health professional, call 988, or seek emergency services.

    I do not have any authority to report our meetings to the FAA.