Nervous system regulation coaching for founders, first responders, and professionals running on empty. When vacation isn't recovery and willpower isn't sustainable, this is the work.
This work is for people whose performance asks more from their nervous system than their nervous system can sustainably give. Founders eight years deep in a build that hasn't allowed real recovery. First responders whose dispatch cadence has compounded into chronic dysregulation. Professionals running on willpower because the alternative was unthinkable, and now the willpower is breaking.
Most clients don't arrive in crisis. They arrive in the fog stage, six to eighteen months past the initial disruption, with the world still demanding output and the body refusing to deliver it the way it used to.
Each phase requires the one before it. Skipping ahead doesn't compound. The protocol is paced to how nervous systems actually rebuild, not how willpower wants them to.
The first four to six weeks. We work the dysregulation directly. Sleep architecture, breath protocols, vagal tone practices, daily regulation work. Get the system off the floor before we attempt anything more structural.
With the system stable, we train. Polyvagal informed practice, attention regulation, the underlying wiring that lets recovery hold. The home neurofeedback program begins here for Intensive + Neuro clients, once stabilization allows.
Integration. The new patterns get woven into your actual life so they hold under real load. Sessions taper by design as your own capacity takes over. Sustainment plan and follow-up built in.
Each instrument measures a different layer of where your nervous system is right now. None are diagnostic. All are starting points for the work, re-measured as it progresses so change is visible, not vibes.
Burnout Assessment Tool. 23 items. Primary measure of burnout severity across exhaustion, mental distance, cognitive impairment, and emotional impairment.
Copenhagen Burnout Inventory. Secondary measure across personal, work, and client-related burnout. Triangulates with BAT-23.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Sleep across 7 components. Sleep is foundational to regulation. We don't skip it.
Brief depression and anxiety screens, intake only, self-referred clients. They flag whether clinical care belongs in the picture. Clinician-referred clients skip these.
Life-balance orientation and character strengths baseline. Where the load sits, and what you've got to work with.
Optional layer for clients with Oura, Whoop, or BrainBit hardware. Heart rate variability plus the Body Perception Questionnaire for autonomic state mapping.
These are coaching reflection and progress-tracking tools, not psychological assessment or diagnosis. For formal clinical assessment, see a licensed clinical psychologist or psychiatrist. Working with a therapist already? With your written consent I coordinate directly with them: intake summary, phase updates, and anything clinical routed back the same day.
“Adam brings a quiet power and presence that immediately puts you at ease. He asks instinctive questions that drive deep under the surface, allowing you to explore perspectives you might not have before. You'll feel safe, respected, and free to be candid about whatever's on your mind.”
“Adam has such a calming presence. He is open, welcoming, and creates a space that cultivates trust. Every session with Adam results in new awareness, renewed confidence, and personal growth.”
Every engagement starts the same way: the assessment battery, then an intake session that designs the shape of the work. From there, three ways to run the protocol.
First paid session, 55 minutes. Reviews your pre-session battery, designs the engagement, sets the rhythm. Continue session-by-session at $175, or step into a structured path below.
No outcome guarantees, by design: this is clinical-grade honesty, not marketing. What you get instead is measurement. Baseline, mid-point, and outgoing scores, in plain language, so we both see what's changing.
Scope boundaries, the measurement framework, and the coordination loop are documented for referring providers. Coaching stays coaching. Clinical stays yours.
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Clinical Psychology doctoral student at Hawai'i School of Professional Psychology, Chaminade University. ICF certified Associate Certified Coach.
21 years United States Air Force: 8 in electronic warfare, 13 as an EOD (bomb squad) superintendent. Medically retired with PTSD from institutional betrayal, not combat. The work I do now is the work I did on myself first.
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They overlap clinically and they're not the same. Burnout is primarily chronic dysregulation from sustained demand. Depression is broader and has different underlying neurobiology. For self-referred clients, brief intake screens help flag when clinical care should be part of the picture. If your scores suggest active depression, I'll refer you to a licensed clinical psychologist or psychiatrist alongside the coaching work.
No. I'm a clinical psychology doctoral student but not yet licensed, so the work here is coaching: non-diagnostic, non-therapeutic. The methodology is informed by clinical training (polyvagal theory, nervous system science, trauma-informed framework), but the engagement structure is coaching. If during our work it becomes clear you need therapy, I'll tell you and refer you.
Cleanly. With your written consent, I coordinate directly with your therapist: an intake summary, progress updates at phase transitions, and anything clinical-shaped routed back the same day. You also skip the intake symptom screens, because clinical monitoring stays with your clinician. The two tracks work the same territory from different sides.
Regulation work compounds at frequency, so the core protocol (stabilization and rebuild) runs weekly: enough touch points to actually rewire the patterns. The integration phase tapers to biweekly on purpose. By then the work is holding under your own power, and support steps back as capacity builds. The program ends with independence, not dependence.
The intensives run six months on a deliberate arc: weekly sessions through months 1-3, biweekly through months 4-6. Session-by-session and monthly clients typically run 12 or more sessions across 3 to 4 months for the core protocol, with some staying longer at maintenance cadence.
Phoenix is regulation work: nervous system rebuild for high performers running on empty. Cognitive Coaching is design work: workflow architecture for cognitively demanding professionals whose systems fight their cognitive style. Different problems, different methodology. Some clients combine both. Most pick one based on where the actual pain is.
If you're in acute crisis (suicidal ideation, immediate safety concerns, severe substance dependency), the right next step isn't coaching, it's clinical care. I'll refer you to appropriate resources and we can revisit the Phoenix work once you're stabilized. If you're in the chronic-but-functioning fog, you're who this work is for.
No. The protocol works without it. The Intensive + Neuro tier includes the full home program because training density deepens the Phase 2 rebuild, and some clients add neurofeedback separately at standard rates. If you're curious, we'll discuss fit during intake or a discovery call.
$600 per month covers four 55 minute sessions at weekly cadence. Stripe charges monthly until you cancel. Cancel anytime; the next charge stops and your remaining sessions in the current paid month stay valid through period end. If your situation needs a different structure, talk with me at intake and we'll figure it out.
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