A grounded, reflective coaching space

This coaching practice exists to offer a calm, thoughtful space for people navigating disability-related transitions, uncertainty, and responsibility.

It is not a space for fixing, prescribing, or rushing people into solutions. It is a space for reflection, clarity, and agency — held with care, honesty, and respect.

How I work

I work as a coach, not as a therapist, counsellor, medical practitioner, or legal advisor.

My role is to hold a confidential, non-judgemental space where clients can think clearly, explore complexity, name what is often left unspoken, and make informed choices at their own pace.

Coaching sessions take place virtually, using accessible video-call platforms or WhatsApp, depending on what best supports the client.

I do not provide medical, clinical, or labour-relations advice. Instead, I support reflective decision-making, language-building, and reconnection with self-trust during periods of change.

What shapes this coaching

I bring decades of experience working alongside persons with disabilities, families, workplaces, organisations, and public systems.

This experience informs how I listen, the questions I ask, and the way I hold complexity — without turning the coaching space into advice-giving, advocacy, or instruction.

Confidentiality is a foundational element of this coaching practice. What is shared in coaching conversations is held with care, discretion, and respect, creating a space where clients can speak honestly without fear of judgement or exposure.

Clients often describe the coaching space as steady, respectful, and relieving — a place where they can slow down, think clearly, and feel less alone in what they are carrying.

What this coaching is — and is not

This coaching is: - reflective and person-centred - grounded in dignity and agency - attentive to context, power, and lived experience - paced to suit the client.

This coaching is not: - therapy or counselling - medical or clinical guidance - legal or labour-relations support - crisis or emergency intervention.

A note on access, accessibility, and sustainability

Accessibility is taken seriously in this coaching practice. Reasonable accommodations are provided to ensure that clients can participate meaningfully in coaching sessions.

Coaching is offered in English and Afrikaans. Clients who require interpretation into other languages are welcome to arrange their own interpreters at their own cost.

This is paid coaching work. It asks for a willingness to invest time, energy, and resources in oneself.

I hold this boundary with care and with deep awareness of the economic pressures many persons with disabilities and their families face. Maintaining clarity here allows the coaching relationship to remain ethical, respectful, and sustainable.

Next step

If this approach resonates, you are welcome to explore whether we are a good fit.

A free, no-obligation Discovery Call can be booked here:

Book a Discovery Call
https://calendly.com/coach-lidia/coaching-calls 

Lidia Pretorius
Disability Empowerment Coach