Karen Welling’s coaching practice is dedicated to artists, athletes and others, and benefits children, teens and adults through face-to-face, telephone or video coaching. Welling supplements coaching with tools and techniques she’s acquired in her many years of experience as a psychotherapist.

Services provided: Coaching for creativity, performance, life balance, wellness, relationships, ADHD-related issues, career, education and more. Useful adjunct specialties include stress management techniques as well as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Emotional Freedom Technique acupressure (EFT), both of which are proven to produce rapid change. Tailored workshops are also available to groups.

Coaching/healthy living philosophy: “Coaching is an invitation to make changes by emphasizing the positive—the things you’ve already accomplished and the capacities you possess,” she says. “A coach acts as a guide throughout the process, asking questions that provoke feelings, thoughts and plans in the service of reaching your goals, as well as being a cheerleader for growth.”

Karen Welling, MSW, Welling Coaching, 403 Highland Ave., Ste. 202, Somerville. For more information, call 617-623-3703, email [email protected] or visit KWelling.com.