About Your Coach
Dr. Jen McWaters provides integrative, holistic coaching to help clients overcome mental obstacles, get unstuck, and transform their life and business. Dr. McWaters helps clients gain clarity on what they truly value and get the tools they need to overcome their fear and achieve a vibrant, thriving personal life and business.
Dr. McWaters empowers clients to take ownership of their health and overcome the blocks getting in the way of achieving optimal wellbeing, including physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual health. Most of her clients are successful business owners and other high-performers who struggle with burnout and want to harmonize life and work demands.
Dr. McWaters integrates holistic wellness strategies that target whole mind, soul, and body transformation, including nutrition, sleep hygiene, lifestyle, supplementation, movement, prayer, meditation, and relationship building and communication skills. Her extensive experience as a psychologist allows her to integrate therapeutic tools into coaching while providing a unique, strengths-based environment for clients to feel supported and championed to reach their goals and create sustainable transformation.
As a working mom and business owner who has overcome her own anxiety, mental blocks, and health challenges, Dr. McWaters understands the work it takes to create a successful business while prioritizing what she values most: her faith, family, and health. In her down time she enjoys reading, cooking, gardening, and exploring the outdoors with her husband, son, and dog.
Education: Doctor of Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University
Certifications: Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional (CIMHP)
Affiliations: Postpartum Health Alliance
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs
What is coaching all about?
Wellness coaching will help you explore what your goals and values are, identify the barriers (internally and externally) getting in your way, and facilitate co-creating solutions to overcome your obstacles. As a result, clients feel more energized and confident as they get their values, health and actions into alignment, and their business flourishes as a result.
What's it like to work with you?
As your coach, I'm committed to showing up to every session ready to work and encourage you along your journey. To facilitate change, I integrate therapeutic, motivational, and coaching tools tailored to your specific needs. My psychology background informs my coaching work, and I aim to strike a balance between deep empathy for my clients and also challenging them to get to their next level, infusing moments of humor along the way. There is a therapy mantra that describes how we are doing the best we can, and, at the same time, we need to do better. I think that coaching embodies this dialectic of self-compassion vs. change well. Still not sure about coaching? Sign up for a Clarity Call so that we can get to know one another better and see if we would be a good match to work together!
Do you offer in-person visits?
Currently all coaching services are offered securely and conveniently via Zoom.
What does it cost?
Pricing is determined by package, not by session. Your coaching package is specifically tailored to you and your goals, package pricing will be discussed with you after your Clarity Call. Payment plans are available. Coaching is an investment in yourself with the potential for a great return. Packages include weekly coaching sessions, in-between session contact to support your goals, as well as additional resources tailored to your needs.
If I'm not a person of faith or religious can I work with you?
Of course! I have had many clients who don't share that background and we still do amazing work together. I encourage you to schedule a Clarity Call to determine if we would be a good match in helping you reach your goals.
What's the difference between therapy and coaching?
Therapy and coaching share similarities and also have many differences. Therapy is typically problem-focused, may require a medical diagnosis for treatment, and can be open-ended. Therapists may take a more neutral stance, are licensed, and are trained to handle more serious psychological issues, trauma, and crisis situations. While coaches may have certifications and undergone training, there is no standardized requirement for what education needs to be completed to call oneself a coach.
In contrast, coaching is a non-medical service. A coach does not diagnose, stays action-oriented, is more directive, and emphasizes the present and future. Coaching clients are at a place in their lives where they are able to focus on their goals and take actionable steps, and their mental health concerns are being managed and/or symptoms are in remission. Many coaching clients have previously been in therapy or are in therapy concurrently.
Is coaching private?
My career in mental health is founded on the most ethical standards to protect the privacy and confidentiality of my clients. I abide by ethical standards established by the ICF Code of Ethics and, where applicable, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) laws when working with clients.
It is important to note that there are difference between the confidentiality and privilege granted to therapy clients vs. coaching clients. Although the coach-client relationship is confidential, there are legal limits to the confidentiality.
