Asked constantly, answered honestly.

Everything is priced on the site, on purpose. Programs run from $1,150 (Clarity Sprint, 4 sessions) to $2,950 (the full Career Change Program, 10 sessions); a-la-carte services from $375. Payment plans are available on every program, and the first conversation - a 30-minute consultation - is always free.

Therapy treats and heals, looking at where patterns come from; coaching is forward-looking work on decisions and action. We are not therapists and will never pretend to be - if something surfaces in session that belongs with a licensed clinician, we will say so plainly. Many clients run both in parallel, and the combination works well.

No, and we would keep walking past anyone who does - outcomes depend on markets and on the work you put in between sessions. What we do stand behind: our process, our numbers (87% of Job Search Sprint clients accept an offer within 6 months), and a 14-day money-back guarantee on program purchases - if the first session tells you this is not your tool, say so and we refund in full.

Both, your choice, switchable session to session. The studio is at 1872 N Halsted St in Lincoln Park (two blocks from the Armitage Brown Line); video sessions run on the platform of your preference. About 60% of clients are online, including clients in eleven states.

You do not have to know - that is what the free consultation is for. Thirty minutes, no prep, no obligation: we listen, tell you honestly which program fits (or that coaching is not the right tool yet), and match you to the coach whose specialty is your situation. The Stuck Map on this site is a useful two-minute head start.

Yes. Sessions are confidential under our coaching agreement and the ICF Code of Ethics, with the standard narrow limits (risk of harm, legal compulsion). When an employer funds your coaching, they receive invoices and attendance confirmations - never session content. That line is written into the agreement they sign.

Often, yes - professional development budgets commonly cover Step-Up Coaching and negotiation work, and severance packages sometimes include coaching stipends worth asking about. We invoice employers directly and keep session content confidential from them.

Every coach holds a credential from the International Coaching Federation (ACC or PCC) and works under its Code of Ethics, plus specialty certifications - CPRW for resume work, Gallup CliftonStrengths, SHRM-SCP, CCSP. Just as importantly, every coach has professional history on the other side of the table: recruiting, HR, consulting, engineering. Full backgrounds are on the Coaches page.

Honest answer: it varies by starting point. Clarity Sprint clients leave with a written direction in six weeks. Job searches typically produce offers in three to six months. Full career changes run six months to a year - ours is a deliberately unheroic, evidence-first version of the timeline, because fast changes in wrong directions are the expensive kind.

Thirty minutes, usually on video. You talk; we ask questions; together we name what is actually going on. You leave with our honest read - which program fits, which coach we would pair you with, and what it costs - or with our equally honest "coaching is not what you need right now, here is what might be." No scripts, no pressure, and no follow-up sequence with countdown timers.

Yes - about 60% of sessions are video, with clients across the US. Negotiation and job-search work is fully location-independent; only you can judge whether you want your clarity conversations with a view of the Brown Line.

Life happens and we assume good faith: reschedule free with 24 hours' notice, any time. Inside 24 hours, the session is charged except in genuine emergencies - the full policy is in the coaching agreement, in plain English.