Michaela's Counseling and Connection Coaching

"When you meet someone that makes a difference in your life your world is touched in a special way. When you are with them you feel good. When you walk away, you feel better. It’s important to know that a counselor cares about how you feel when helping you solve your challenges, and wants to be there in such a way where you feel valued and your ideas are heard. I know Michaela Lonning is this person. She is a talented and compassionate practitioner. She was my student for over a year in two certification programs. Michaela always came prepared to every lesson, and liked to do extra reading and study around the topics we discussed. Her feedback was clear and objective, and her genuine sense of humor is a gift we all enjoyed. I was really impressed by her level of ethics and that she was very careful to honor the person with whom she worked. Some people had learning disabilities in the class. I could see how she responded to them as a person of value. Everyone felt valued by Michaela. When she graduated I felt like here was a person who is going into the world to do something meaningful and make a positive social impact. If you’re looking for a caring counselor who will treat you respectfully, be fun to work with, and help you grow, Michaela Lonning is the person."

"I have known Michaela for a couple of years and I have found her remarkably skilled as a relationship coach. She is passionate about her work, deeply committed and she is a wonderful blend of someone who has developed both her mind and her heart to their fullest potential. I have been in a coaching skills supervision group with her and my colleagues and I have marveled at the depth of Michaela's intuition, capacity for building strong relationships, and treating her clients with kindness and love."

"I know Michaela Lonning's work well, and her skillset reflects talents in assessment, coaching and helping people change. Her work demonstrates knowledge and skills received from training in coaching techniques and ideologies. As someone who has been involved in training her w/ her coaching practice, when I observe her work I am so impressed by her perceptiveness, kindness and a calm and studied manner of approaching complex human challenges. Her coaching interventions reflect compassion and an ability to help people relax and deepen into states where they can shed defensive patterns and thus change what is holding them back from moving forward in their lives. Her feedback with other students is always constructive, warm, clear and well received. As an alternative counselor, in addition to her innate gifts of intelligence, compassion and intuition, her knowledge-base allows her to articulate studied, astute observations as directional recommendations to clients which are typically spot on. I always know I can trust Michaela Lonning’s impeccable boundaries and creative actions in complex coaching circumstances. I recommend her character, work and professionalism without reservation and would be happy to refer clients to her for coaching."