Coaching Psychology
Self-connection using all the senses
Online Australia - wide & globally
Meet your coach
Minolie
Coach & Educator
B. App. Sci. (Ex.Phys), MIPH, M.Sci (Coaching Psychology), RYT 200 and MHFA
Minolie Govender is the creator behind this offer. She has a background in Coaching Psychology, is currently completing her Masters degree at the University of Sydney and pursuing ACC accreditation through the International Coaching Federation.
The offer is based on Minolie’s own mental health journey combining clinical psychology with yoga philosophy and meditation, as well as her background studying the human body in exercise physiology and experience working in public health policy for the last ten years. This taught her what’s needed and what actually works in the mental health space.
Outside of the Coaching Psychology realm, catch Minolie chasing adventure or writing poetry about it.
This is a space for people going through major life transitions and who are overwhelmed by change, feel deeply and overthink, but are looking for clarity and direction.
Our offer
We combine psychology-based coaching with experiential techniques such as writing and sound as art therapy, restorative yoga, pranayama-based breathing techniques and low sensory experiences.
This is a space for people going through major life transitions and who are overwhelmed by change, feel deeply and overthink, but are looking for clarity and direction.
We believe that early mental health care can be done better. We are too focused on talk-based models or temporary relaxation that see the person and not social norms as the problem.
Through our own traumas and miseducation (such as social & familial expectations), we have become the way we are in order to protect ourselves. We aren’t the problem and no bathhouse will fix it (but they sure are fun!). We want easeful post-traumatic growth that’s here to stay.
If this resonates, reach out.
Who is coaching for?
We are committed to being accessible and inclusive of all individuals irrespective of their individual circumstances or characteristics, and can draw on a strong referral network if we are unable to work together to find the best fit for you.
We may be a good fit if you are looking for support with:
Transition and change
Anxiety, stress and burnout
Relationship and family issues
Grief and loss, letting go and moving on
What to expect
Indivdiual sessions are based on the following five principles which have been adapted from various models of change:
Ease
Stillness is gold, so our sessions will start with body based somatic therapies to ease your nervous system
Listen
In the stillness, you get to know yourself. You’ll learn the art of reflective practice to understand your experiences
Reflect
Add insight to your reflections by thinking creatively to add meaning to what you are observing within yourself using art therapy
Learn
From meaning comes understanding where you are and where you want to be. This is where you’ll understand what needs to change
Experiment
The magic lies between sessions where you make these changes and together in follow up sessions, we will reflect and refine until you are where you want to be
We combine techniques from across disciplines
We combine psychology-based coaching with experiential techniques such as writing and sound as art therapy and restorative yoga & pranayama-based breathing techniques.
This approach allows us balance understanding the past with experimenting with change into the future when working with you.
Sessions draw from a combination of the following:
Talk therapies and techniques
Solution Focused Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Visualisation meditations
Somatic techniques
Diaphragmatic breathing and Pranayama
Art therapy (writing and sound therapies)
Restorative yoga and assists
The thinking behind our practice
Our sessions are also guided by the following concepts that describe the thinking behind our practice:
Use of original yoga philosophy:
One thing we want to be very clear about is that the use of the word ‘yoga’ at ease, is not what it has come to be outside of India. We do not define and use yoga as an alternate form of exercise or for temporary relaxation.
Instead, we draw on yoga practices and philosophy that teach self-realisation by overcoming challenges of the day to day to free the mind.
In practice this looks like discovering your purpose and identity and connecting with yourself, through challenging what you know as truth about the world and your existence in it.
Trauma focus:
Trauma can be something extreme like a freak accident, but it can also be the impact of a build up of stressors such as the pressure of social expectations & cultural expectations, day to day work stress and relationship challenges.
It’s frames your day to day so you aren’t always aware of how it influences your thoughts and actions. This can mean your decisions may be based on self-limiting beliefs and come from a place of fear. However, you shouldn’t be limited by these experiences, even though this is what you know and are familiar with. Anything is possible, and there is an alternate reality.
Traumatic memories require sensory and emotional processing, so we combine talk-based coaching method with experiential techniques.
We see yoga not as an alternate form of exercise or for temporary relaxation, rather as a practice to challenge what you know as truth about the world and your existence in it, to free the mind.
FAQ
Intro chat
This is a free 15-minute chat online or via phone. It’s obligation free meaning you can take as much time as you like after the chat to make any decisions.
Sessions length and cost
An initial commitment to 6 sessions every 2 weeks is recommended. Over 12 weeks, this format will help you build a habit of reflection so it becomes more easeful and get into a rhythm of experimenting with change. Following this you are welcome to book sessions in as you like.
Location
Currently one on one sessions are only offered online.