About Caitlin

You got here by getting better at things. That strategy has a ceiling.

The people I work with are unusually good at learning. They pick up the skill, read the book, run the half marathon, get certified in the thing. It works for a long time.

Then it stops working. More effort doesn't fix it, and nobody around you can quite explain why.

What comes next is capacity: the ability to hold more complexity and more of yourself without reaching for another strategy. That's adult development, and it's what I do.

Who I work with

Physicians, executives, and educators who are already accomplished. Often the person an organization has decided to invest in.

Medical systems and universities have hired me to work with their physicians, especially academic physicians. If you're on the org side, deciding where development money goes for your strongest people, that's familiar ground.

My background

I earned a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Sciences, took a tenure-track professor position at 27, and chaired a psychology department by 33. Then I ran a school as principal and executive director, which taught me more about organizational dynamics than the research ever did.

I know how to hustle and how to meet the gold standard. I also know the point where the strategies that got you here become the patterns keeping you stuck.

How I work

I use STAGES International to map where someone is in adult development, Internal Family Systems to work with the parts of you that are at war with each other, and somatic practice to keep this in your body instead of your head.

We look at the lens you see your life through. Goals sit downstream of that.

Your hardest experiences can become real wisdom. That conversion is most of the work.

Working together

1:1 asynchronous coaching. We work over WhatsApp, in writing and voice, across your actual week instead of inside strict, scheduled hours.
$500 a month, starting with 3 months.

Teams and groups. Half-day and full-day work with a staff, a leadership group, or a department, built for your people and your situation.

Speaking and workshops. Keynotes and sessions on adult development. [link to Speaking and Workshops page]

Credentials

Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Sciences
Former tenured professor and psychology department chair
Former school principal and executive director
Master certified coach, 4,000+ coaching hours
Certified RYT 200 hr meditation teacher
Expertise: adult developmental stages, Internal Family Systems (IFS), leadership dynamics

Based in Columbus, Ohio, working with clients worldwide.

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