Rochelle Baitzel, BCMMHC, CTIC
Next Steps Coaching
COACHING FAQs
Have quesions about Christian mental health coaching? You're in the right place.
Here are answers to some of the most common questions about what coaching is, how it works, and whether it might be a good fit for you.
NEXT STEPS COACHING
Christian Mental Health Coaching FAQs
Wondering what coaching looks like, how its different from therapy, or whether it might be right for you? Here are some answers to some of the questions I'm asked most often.
HOW IS COACHING DIFFERENT FROM THERAPY?
Coaching and therapy can both provide valuable support, but they serve different purposes. Therapy is provided by licensed mental health professionals who can assess, diagnose, and treat mental health conditions and often work with concerns that require clinical care.
Coaching does not diagnose or treat mental illness. Instead, our work focuses on increasing awareness, clarifying what’s keeping you stuck, building practical skills, and helping you take intentional steps toward the goals and changes you want to make.
For some women, coaching and therapy can work well alongside one another. If it becomes clear that your needs fall outside the scope of coaching, I’ll encourage you to seek the appropriate professional support.
UNDERSTANDING COACHING
Coaching is a collaborative process that helps you understand what may be keeping you caught in the same unhelpful patterns, overwhelmed by anxiety or uncertainty, or unsure of what to do next.
Together, we make sense of what's beneath the surface, examine what's true, gain clarity, and identify practical steps forward.
IS COACHING RIGHT FOR ME?
You don’t have to be in crisis or know exactly what you need before reaching out. Maybe you’ve been asking yourself:
Why do I keep responding this way?
Why can’t I stop overthinking?
How do I know what’s mine to carry?
How do I handle this relationship differently?
What do I do when I’m not sure what comes next?
Coaching gives you a place to slow down, get curious about what's happening, and work towards your next steps.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Our time together is a collaborative partnership. We'll talk about what’s happening in your life, identify what you want to work on, and explore practical next steps. You can expect thoughtful questions, biblical truth, practical tools, and space to process what you’re learning along the way.
COACHING FAQ's
WHY COACHING WORKS
Because knowing better and doing differently aren’t always the same thing.
You can know the Bible verse, recognize that you’re overthinking, promise yourself you won’t react that way again, or tell yourself to “just let it go” and still find yourself right back in the same pattern.
Coaching creates space to slow down and understand what’s driving the pattern, not just try harder to stop it. Through thoughtful questions, honest reflection, biblical truth, practical tools, and intentional practice, you begin to notice what’s happening sooner and develop the capacity to respond differently.
Over time, what you’re learning doesn’t just stay in the coaching session. You practice it in your real life, where lasting change actually happens.
The goal isn’t just insight. It’s learning how to live differently because of what you now see and understand.
HOW IS FAITH INCORPORATED INTO COACHING?
My faith is an important part of how I coach. We can bring what you’re experiencing into the light of Scripture, examine what’s true, and consider how your faith shapes the way you move forward.
Biblical truth isn’t used to dismiss difficult emotions or rush the process, but to help ground our work in the truth of who God is, His Word, and who you are in Christ.
WHAT CAN WE WORK ON TOGETHER?
Coaching can support you as you work through anxiety and overthinking, relationship struggles, boundaries, people-pleasing, perfectionism, control, life transitions, and other patterns that may be affecting how you think, respond, and relate to others.
MEETING FREQUENCY, LOCATION & COST
I offer flexible virtual or phone sessions tailored to your needs—meeting weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. Each 50-minute session is $125.
Still Wondering if Coaching is right for you?
Reach out
If something in your life feels heavy, keeps repeating, or you simply know that something needs to change, we can start there.
A complimentary 25minute discovery call gives us the opportunity to tak about what you're walking through, what you're hoping could be different, and whether coaching might be a helpful next step.