Typical coaching focuses on the left brain. Somatic work is right-brain focused, using the limbic system and the power of neuroscience to help unlock the emotional brain that’s holding you back.

You might be aware of the problem and what you need to do to change, but feel like you can’t sustainably change it. There’s a reason for that - the neural synapses haven’t been rewired: you’re just papering over an existing pattern with an interrupted new one.

With somatic work, the bottom-up approach gives you a new emotional learning - you have a new experience, imaginally, that enables you to:

1. Know what actually happened, and

2. Be able to relate and respond to the situation differently.

It’s less effortful and more long-term transformative.

Since I’m also a somatic therapist, there is a significant overlap in the techniques I use with my therapy and somatic coaching/mindfulness coaching clients. However, coaching allows for a more holistic approach where we can focus on all parts of you rather than being led by a mental health diagnosis. Coaching also allows for more flexibility and creativity, and it allows me to support people around the world.

I work with individuals, couples/romantic relationships (particularly interracial or intercultural couples), adult families and groups from all walks of life. Mostly I work with men, women and nonbinary folks in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. They’re business professionals, artists, actors, filmmakers, founders, activists, organizers, teachers, executives, creatives, therapists, students, and more. They span the racial, sexual orientation and gender identity spectrums. Folks come from different socioeconomic backgrounds and lead varied lives.

As your coach, I work with you where you’re at in the present moment. Unlike medical professionals and psychotherapists/psychoanalysts, I do not diagnose illnesses or prescribe medications. The coaching work we do may be life-enhancing and transformational, but I do not view clients through a lens of pathology or unresolved psychological issues. My lens is one of basic goodness and inner wholeness. In our work together, we may use somatic techniques to address nervous system dysregulation to enable the body to feel less stress and more balance. As a coach, we focus on your life as whole person today, facilitating a process that may open doors to a brighter tomorrow. At times, my clients have private psychotherapists and they find the coaching work we do together can help support them further.

If you’re interested in therapy, you can check out my recommendations for local IFS therapists, somatic therapists, BIPOC therapists, and Buddhist therapists.

You can find my current rate list here.

My regular rates are positioned to be in-line for these/equivalent services in New York City. At times, I also work with select clients on a reduced rate if needed, where we discuss what fee is practical and feasible for them to offer at this time, and for me to receive, with gratitude.

I reserve ten percent of my practice for reduced rates clients, and currently I am already at capacity. That said, if you still require a reduced rate, please at least let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

Being able to receive a full fee from someone who is able to provide that enables me to support a broader range of folks I otherwise may not be able to support (as well as to offer the public additional resources such as my free podcast & resources page, done on a voluntary basis).

Payment is requested via Stripe with credit/debit card, at the time the session is booked, and is due no later than 48 hours/two business days, prior to the session. Will reschedule session that same week only, if time is available.

Maximé Clarity is a virtual coaching practice; sessions take place online via Zoom with some intermittent in-person availability in my Park Slope, Brooklyn NYC office.

I see clients all over the United States and the world.

For coaching, everyone’s needs are different; there is no magic duration or frequency of sessions. I typically see individuals weekly and couples bi-weekly. We will know when it feels like the right time to tier down to less frequent sessions or to pause, but usually our work together is from a minimum of 6 months to a year or longer.

I have a 48 hour (two business days) cancellation policy without being charged. Payment is requested at the time our session is booked, due within 48 hours (two business days) of session time. Canceled sessions may be rescheduled if there's time available that same week, otherwise full fee is charged.

I have a hybrid practice of in person and virtual sessions. When seeing clients in-person, proof of vaccination is requested.