How does coaching at Held & Seen work?

Every engagement runs across 12 sessions of 60 minutes each, organized into four phases: Orientation (sessions 1–3), Architecture (sessions 4–6), Navigation (sessions 7–9), and Integration (sessions 10–12). Sessions are weekly or biweekly via Zoom. Each client receives a personalized engagement plan from session one and tailored between-session assignments. The engagement begins with a free 30-minute call to determine fit. Available in English and Spanish.

What is the difference between 1:1 coaching and group coaching at Held & Seen?

The framework is the same for both — 12 sessions, four phases, evidence-informed and trauma-informed. In 1:1 private coaching, every session is built entirely around the individual client. In group coaching, each cohort is limited to 8 participants and built around a single shared experience. Group coaching starts at $750 for the full program ($70 per session). 1:1 coaching starts at $900 for the entry phase (sessions 1–3) and $3,450 for the full 12-session program.

How much does coaching at Held & Seen cost?

Group coaching is $750 for the full 12-session program ($70 per session). 1:1 private coaching is $900 for the entry phase (sessions 1–3, credit applied toward full program) and $3,450 for the full 12-session program. A limited number of reduced-rate slots are held each quarter for clients who need it — discussed honestly in the free consultation, not on a form.

Is coaching at Held & Seen trauma-informed?

Yes. The entire coaching framework at Held & Seen is trauma-informed and evidence-informed. The coach, Yoyce Geronimo Galvan, holds an M.A. in Clinical and Counseling Psychology and completed graduate clinical training at Rutgers University's Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance. The approach is grounded in an understanding of how significant experiences shape the nervous system, relationships, and decision-making.

Is coaching available in Spanish?

Yes. All coaching at Held & Seen is available in English and Spanish. The coach, Yoyce Geronimo Galvan, is a native Spanish speaker. Sessions are delivered via Zoom and available to clients anywhere in the United States.

How is this coaching different from therapy?

Therapy typically addresses what happened — processing the past, understanding its impact, and working toward healing. Coaching at Held & Seen works with the present and forward. It is structured, practical, and focused on building what comes next. It is not crisis support and does not involve clinical diagnosis or medication management. It is a 12-session program with a clear arc and a concrete sustainability plan — not open-ended support.

¿Cómo funciona el coaching en Held & Seen?

El programa consta de 12 sesiones de 60 minutos cada una, organizadas en cuatro fases: Orientación (sesiones 1–3), Arquitectura (sesiones 4–6), Navegación (sesiones 7–9) e Integración (sesiones 10–12). Las sesiones son semanales o quincenales por Zoom. Cada cliente recibe un plan de trabajo personalizado desde la primera sesión. Disponible en inglés y español.

How It Works

Structured work. Built entirely around you

Held & Seen Coaching serves people navigating identity and belonging, caregiving and loss, and life after trauma. This work is specific because the pressures are specific. Every element of this practice from the structure, pace to design is based on what research shows helps people.

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Two ways to do the work. Same rigor. Same commitment.

Private 1:1 Coaching
Private, one-on-one sessions with Yoyce. The most flexible format: session content, pacing, and between-session assignments are built entirely around what you bring each week. Nothing here is shared with anyone else.
- 12 sessions · 60 minutes each
- Weekly or biweekly · virtual
- Tailored between-session assignments
- Available in English and Spanish
Everything shared in sessions is held in complete confidence.
From $250 / session
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Group Coaching
A small cohort of people navigating similar terrain. The same structured approach, with the added dimension of being witnessed and supported by others who understand, without explanation, what you are carrying.
- 12 sessions · 60 minutes each
- Small cohort
- Structured curriculum with group reflection
- Available in English and Spanish
Group agreements establish confidentiality from session one.
From $70 / session
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The work does not stop when the call ends.

Between each session you receive a tailored assignment: a reflection prompt, a structured exercise, or a specific practice, built around the work we are doing.

These assignments are not homework. They are the mechanism by which insight becomes behavior. The sessions create clarity. The between-session work makes it real.

How this work is built?

Evidence-Informed

The tools used in this work are drawn from what the research actually shows helps people in these specific situations. The research on trauma recovery, caregiver burden, minority stress, and identity-based discrimination is specific. It tells us that generic support does not work for these populations. It tells us that pacing matters, that safety precedes insight, that belonging is a measurable determinant of wellbeing. That research shapes every phase of this work.

Trauma-Informed

Trauma-informed does not mean every session is about trauma. It means the entire structure of the engagement is built with an understanding of how significant experiences shape the nervous system, decision-making, relationships, and the body's sense of safety. We begin with now, follows your window of tolerance, and you are the expert on your own life.

LGBTQ+ Affirming

This practice is built on minority stress theory: the research on what happens to the body, the nervous system, and the relational world of a person who spends years managing the gap between who they are and what the people around them can hold. This work is built around who you are.

Your experience of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, queer, pansexual, and being shaped by family and culture informs this work as a foundation, not background detail. You do not start from scratch explaining your life before the work can begin.

Family-Centered

Family-centered does not mean your family participates. It means the people and systems around you are understood to be part of what you are navigating. The goal is not to fix your family. It is to build your capacity to navigate the family and systems you actually have.

For Family affected by a loved on mental illness: caregiver burden is the predictable outcome of a role the mental health system was not built to support.

For LGBTQ+ individuals: the cultural and relational systems you move through are real forces with real weight.

For trauma survivors: the relational aftermath of what you experienced is a central part of the work, not a secondary concern.

This is coaching. Not therapy. The distinction matters.

Therapy is a clinical service. It diagnoses and treats mental health conditions. It is often focused on processing the past and understanding what happened and why, and working through its emotional weight.

Coaching is present and future-focused. We begin from where you are right now. The question coaching asks is not what happened to you. It is what you want your life to look like from here and what is getting in the way. What this practice offers is the structured, evidence-informed, forward-facing work that therapy was not designed to do and that most coaching frameworks were not built to do for people navigating what you are navigating.

Many people work with a therapist and a coach at the same time. They serve different functions and can operate alongside each other without conflict. If you are in therapy, this does not replace it. If you are wondering whether you should be, that is a question we can think through together on the free call. This is built for exactly that gap.

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