Laurie has been a coach for over 20 years, logging thousands of hours with her individual and group coaching clients. She received over 8 years of leadership and coach training as a sales coach from 2003-2011 and her first certification as a life coach through the school, Coach Training Alliance (CTA) in 2010. Laurie attended many additional classes over and above the fundamentals of coaching; Advanced Relationship and Marriage Coaching, Practical Disputes, Direct Communications, Cognitive Behavioral Coaching, many classes in the Neuroscience of Coaching, as well as so many others at the Institute for Life Coach Training (ILCT). She earned the Board Certified Coach Credential through the Center for Credentialing and Education in 2013 and continues to keep that certification current through ongoing learning. She is a member of the International Coach Federation where she's attended hundreds of additional hours of continuing coach education. She served on the Board of Directors for the New England chapter of ICF from 2015-2017.
Her clients include kids, teens, and adults and have ranged in ages between 6 and 80. She works with professionals across all careers and levels, as well as couples, parents and college students. She specializes in personal growth and development and helping people to build strong, healthy relationships.
Laurie co-piloted a coaching program at Suffolk University that offered support to senior management students as they completed their final capstone projects. She has worked extensively with women challenged by domestic violence and volunteered life coaching services to those experiencing homelessness for over 7 years. Laurie sits on the Board of Directors for
Champ Homes
in Hyannis, MA. The mission of Champ Homes is to provide transitional housing to adults on Cape Cod who are homeless or near homeless in a safe, compassionate and respectful environment.
Laurie draws on her Master's Degree in Education and child development in all of her work as our childhood is the foundation for our patterns and beliefs. She has a thriving international coaching practice in Sagamore Beach, MA where she works with people both in person, via Zoom video conferencing and over the phone.