Purpose &
Possibility
Developmental coaching to guide you through life transitions with steadiness, purpose, and possibility.
Methodology
Because we are always growing and changing...
I offer trauma-informed, developmental coaching designed to help you meet the present moment with clarity, while we partner in building the future you envision.
I coach the whole person because we are never just one thing.
Together, we start with a grounded assessment of what brings you to coaching, what possibilities you're ready to explore, and what might be holding you back.
We align on goals for what you want life to look and feel like at the end of our coaching engagement and what it will take to get there.
Through a structured development program of purposeful inquiry and action, we explore your world with steadiness and intention, moving you toward the future you imagine.
I know you have what it takes. If you'd like me to walk alongside while you come to know that too, let's connect.
Choose Your Plan
One Time Session
$250
3 Session Package
$1,250
Short term guidance or support
6 Month Program
$2,500
10 sessions and full 6-month coaching program design
To choose which plan is best for you, schedule a complimentary call. My fee scale is listed in five tiers influenced by the Bottle Model of (Alexis J. Cunningfolk) and the Anti-Oppressive Rate Questionnaire shared by Oumou Sylla. To discuss a reduced fee, schedule a complimentary call.
About Me
I come to coaching from a 25 year career in family defense.
From 1997 to 2022, I knew with a singleminded conviction what was mine to do. This certainty leant gravitational ballast to my life. It filled me naturally with a steadiness of resolve, even when storms raged, and kept me moving forward.
Then one day I could no longer feel its pull, and my career as I knew it came to a stopping point. At first I felt relieved, unburdened. Then I felt afraid, lost. Finally, when I could no longer see shore and still did not feel the familiar tug of movement, I dropped anchor. And here I am!
My experience as a lawyer for parents and their children shaped my approach to life and to the work of coaching. My clients taught me how to love. They taught me how to listen. And they taught me how to show up with a steady presence in the midst of hard times.
Over the decades, I've learned a tremendous amount about trauma and its impact on human development and relationships across the lifespan. I bring this trauma awareness into my coaching, and it informs the container I create for our work together.
I am also a mother. My two young adult children have been alongside me from the moment of their birth, coaxing me gently into a softer, more connected version of myself. It's been there all along, but sometimes it takes another person to invite you into your own wholeness.
"Working with Eliza felt like a structured and warm hug. She very quickly cultivated a safe and open environment … the passage of time slowed for me, as if taking a deep stretch, and I knew I could look forward to giving my otherwise hyperactive brain a breather in our next session."
-Gillian,
6 Month Program
hello@elizapatten.com
Based in Berkeley, CA | Working Globally
Getting started
Whether you're seeking greater meaning & purpose in your life, searching for a job or career aligned with your values or need help getting "unstuck";
Whether you're eager to launch your next big idea and would like to build confidence, or you’re battling burnout and need support finding balance;
Whether you're longing for deeper connection in your relationships or seeking to expand your community and want help getting started;
Coaching has the space and freedom to be many things to many people.
To find out if it's right for you, schedule a complimentary 30 minute call.