Hey, I’m Melanie.
Originally from Northern California, I currently reside on the island of Hawaii in beautiful Kailua-Kona. Prior to setting roots there, I spent quite a few years traveling while working abroad. I find that I learn best through experience - and I believe that travel is a wonderful experiential teacher! Currently, I am in school at Hawaii Pacific University for my Master’s degree in Social Work, with the intent to become a mental health therapist. I hope to weave together my somatic coaching skills with my therapeutic practice.
I also hold my Reiki Master Teacher certification and a 13-month Priestess training on leading Goddess Circles. Though VITA coaching is the core of my work currently, I tend to utilize all of my modalities together - creating the best results for my clients. I enjoy anything music or nature-related in my free time, especially if it involves a body of water.
My Approach
Vita Coaching
VITA coaching is so effective because it focuses on the somatic experience of the client, as opposed to the traditional types of purely mental, analytical processes that one would find in traditional talk therapy. With these somatic and meditative practices, I find that clients can address their emotional states with so much more ease and safety present. This allows for healing to occur, under the guidance of a trauma-informed practitioner. In the areas of Sex, Love, and Relationship, I find this somatic method to be so effective because we hold all of our stories in our bodies as well as our minds. Therefore, we need to approach the alchemical process of healing with targeted and multifaceted processes - in order to transmute our pain points at every level of being
What Does My Coaching Address?
Exploring sexual empowerment - what that means for the client, and how they can attain it in their body and experience
Addressing shame - because many of us undergo conditioning that is very negative around sexuality, and prevents us from accessing our sexual and relational authenticity and desires
Opening to deeper orgasmic pleasure - releasing freeze in the body and welcoming expansion that is safe and juicy
Getting the spark back in a long-term relationship
Attracting aligned partnership
Cultivating self-love and self-worth
Becoming more secure in attachment style
And so much more!!
While I am not a psychotherapist and cannot work with those who are actively struggling with severely impairing mental health challenges, there is still a lot we can do together with coaching! I am also happy to collaborate with your psychotherapist as needed.
Please reach out if you’re at all interested or curious.
bermanmel44@gmail.com
H.T., social worker
“My sessions with Melanie really make a difference in my day, week, attitude, and view on self-worth. Thank you for being such a positive and supportive light in my life. I am so grateful!”
Client Love
T.N., health coach
“I feel so supported and held by Melanie. I feel tender, vulnerable, and open after our sessions. So powerful! I am finally able to process what I was holding onto emotionally. She is so special.”
P.Y., psychotherapist
"Melanie holds incredible space for me and exudes softness, strength, and emotional depth in our sessions together. I come out of every session connected to my heart and desires and feel safe and seen. She has helped me reach a deep understanding of relationships and intimacy matters in my life and helped me see my own patterns compassionately and I highly recommend her coaching services!"
Get in Touch!
Schedule your free 1:1 discovery call by emailing me at:
bermanmel44@gmail.com
FAQ
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Feel free to reach out via email and I’ll be in touch within 48 hours. From there, we can schedule a free Zoom consult and make sure it’s a good fit to proceed into a coaching relationship.
bermanmel44@gmail.com
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I currently charge 55$/hour session. If you are interested in a specialized package format instead, we can discuss that too.
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I am very open to designing something that works for both of us! I typically see clients weekly or biweekly.