Before you hire a coach

Credentials matter. Scope matters. The way change is practised matters.

Cosmina’s work combines a psychology foundation, more than ten years in behaviour change, evidence-informed coaching, nervous-system awareness, and clear coaching-versus-therapy boundaries.

  • Understand what this coaching includes
  • Know when another professional is more appropriate
  • Choose the smallest suitable level of support
Compare the coaching paths
Cosmina explaining her coaching approach directly to camera
B.Psych (Hons)Psychology foundation
10+ yearsBehaviour change
Evidence-informedCoaching approach
Clear boundariesCoaching, not therapy

What the background means in practice

Training informs the questions. Scope determines the service.

Psychology foundation

Human behaviour, research literacy, and ethical limits inform the coaching approach. The service itself remains coaching—not psychological treatment.

Behaviour-change experience

The work moves beyond explanation into a response you can practise in conversations, boundaries, and decisions.

Evidence-informed restraint

No diagnosis, guaranteed transformation, or advice outside the coaching scope. Another professional may be the better first step.

Why insight alone can stall

Knowing why is useful. Feeling safe enough to choose differently is the practice.

Pattern

Make the protective belief, role, and relationship dynamic visible.

Regulation

Create enough steadiness to stay present with a new choice.

Integration

Use the choice in the conversation, boundary, relationship, or decision itself.

Scope and fit

Coaching supports reflection, practice, and behaviour change.

It does not diagnose or treat mental-health conditions, replace therapy or medical care, provide crisis support, or decide legal, financial, medical, or relationship outcomes for you.

Choose by the problem first

Use the most specific page before comparing duration.

Choose by depth

Compare the support before deciding what fits.