
Camilla Coakley, LCSW, CHC
Holistic Psychotherapist, Health & Life Coach
Founder & Owner of SoundMind/SoundBody
Hi there! I'm so glad you are here exploring our backgrounds. It is absolutely essential to find a good fit and a trusting connection when choosing a therapist or coach. Let me tell you a bit about my personal history. As an overachiever and recovering perfectionist, I know far too well, the voice inside my head that pressures me to do and be more. The voice that obnoxiously made me compare myself to others and harshly reminded me that I am not enough, that I needed to do more and achieve more. While living in New York City during grad school it all became too much for my nervous system. The pressure I put on myself took its toll on me emotionally and physically.  For a very long time, I did not know what feeling good felt like; I had grown so used to feeling depleted and stressed that I didn't realize how horrible I felt. I actually believed that brain fog, digestion issues, chronic exhaustion, feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and, at times, depressed was just my normal. Every day felt like I was pushing a gigantic boulder uphill... and I kept pushing until, thanks in part to my coursework in grad school, I realized my body was trying to tell me something. Tuning into the wisdom of my mind-body connection was transformational for me. My symptoms were a smoke signal from my body telling me I needed to slow way down and begin to nourish myself physically (good sleep, healthy food) and emotionally (take the pressure off and replace my inner critical thoughts with kind internal self-talk). I didn't experience relief until 1.) I made significant (and lasting) shifts in my diet 2.) I began working out for my mind (instead of just for my waistline), and 3.) I started seeing a therapist. This relief didn't happen right away, but over time it was as if a heavy, dark veil began to dissolve until it was completely gone. What I felt, and still feel, is a sense of well-being, a wellness that I didn't even know was possible, let alone something I could have as my new normal. It was an odyssey of starts and stops. I spent a lot of time and a lot money looking for that "magic bullet" that would "cure" me once and for all. Guess what? This was totally the wrong attitude to have. My attachment to the idea of a quick fix is ironically why it took me a decade to feel better. The metaphor I learned in childhood finally sunk in-- it's the tortoise, not the hare that wins the race.  This lesson has since become my philosophy: the choices you make daily can either be like compound interest-- building you a solid wellness bank account or your choices can have the opposite effect-- depleting your reserves, leading to emotional and physical illness.  Here's the thing, the behaviors that lead us to feel our best are often the ones that we have the most resistance to. Support is imperative for success. Reliable support is what helped me to overcome the physical and emotional obstacles that kept getting in my way of feeling better. My approach is an upgrade to traditional therapy. The results of my method can provide a stunning boost to your sense of self-worth, and a renewed sense of peace and lightness in your life. I look forward to connecting!
Camilla Coakley
My Background
I earned my Bachelors from Cornell University, my Masters from Columbia University, my personal training & health coach certifications from the American Council of Exercise and my certification as a mental health integrative medicine provider from the Mental Health Integrative Medicine Institute. I integrate therapeutic modalities such as cognitive behavior therapy, somatic experiencing, internal family systems, Buddhist psychology, nutritional psychology, nature therapy, walk and talk therapy, motivational interviewing, solution-focused therapy, emotional freedom technique (tapping), psychedelic assisted therapy (or guidance) and trauma-informed therapy. In order to best holistically serve my clients needs I blend these modalities with my training in yoga for mental health, holistic health coaching, life coaching, embodiment coaching, mindfulness coaching, accountability and adhd coaching. I paid my way through graduate school working as a personal trainer in New York City. I led boot camps and individual training sessions in Central Park. It was during these training sessions that it became clear that I was offering my clients much more than just ​​a workout. I was providing them with an opportunity to spend time nature (often pausing between sets to gaze up at the trees and clouds above) and also I was offering them the time, space and attention they needed to open up physically and emotionally to work through their life challenges. This was the seed that would years later, sprout my integrated mental wellness private practice. My years spent leading training sessions in Central Park solidified these two truths: a.) movement in your body creates movement in your life and b.) spending time in nature is essential for our emotional and physical wellness. Before starting my private practice, I worked at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. First as a clinician in the inpatient psychiatry ward and then as the director of the MOVE Weight Management Program-- a behavioral medicine clinic dedicated to helping Veterans lose weight. My time treating patients at the VA reinforced my belief that healing both the body and the mind is essential to lasting health and wellness. Patients looking for a quick solution repeatedly came back to my clinic until they were ready to dedicate the time and commitment needed to shift their mindset to making small and consistent positive lifestyle changes. I learned to help my patients to take it slow... aiming for 1% healthier shifts, that added up to amazing transfomations overtime. It was during my time at the hospital that I further cultivated my skills and solidified my passion and dedication for taking a holistic mind-body approach to helping clients work through issues of the past and move forward to living healthier, happier and more peaceful lives. I look forward to connecting!
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Jing Kerchner, CIMHP
Integrative Mental Heatlh & Wellness Coach
From a self-proclaimed worrier, I have become a self-proclaimed warrior. My journey through mental and physical struggles has shaped my passion for integrative mental health coaching. Through lived-in experience, I discovered that true healing requires a holistic approach—one that nurtures the mind, body, and spirit. Guided by my six pillars of health—sleep, nutrition, support, movement, nature, and mindfulness(SnSMnM)—I empower individuals to reclaim their well-being by tapping into the body's innate ability to heal itself. My coaching integrates mindfulness, motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and self-awareness. My goal is to help clients shift their focus from problems to finding solutions through a positive psychology approach.

Jing Kerchner
My Background
I started my career as an engineer and rocket scientist. After 20 years of designing software, a health scare and burnout led me to do a 180 career shift into holistic mental health coaching. Since leaving engineering, I have done a deep dive into studying and training as a mental health coach. I am certified as an integrative mental health professional (CIMHP). I have coach specfic training including, but not limited to, motivational interviewing and cognitive behavior coaching. I earned my certification as a mental health integrative medicine provider from the Mental Health Integrative Medicine Institute. I am currently in training at Nickerson Institute.
Loren Hall, CNC, CNHP
Nutritional Counselor & Homeopathic Practicioner
Loren Hall is a Certified Natural Health Practitioner and Certified Nutritional Consultant. Loren is passionate about living and thriving by natural means. She has worked and studied in the field of Natural Health and Nutrition for over 12 years and brings a unique approach to uncovering and approaching disharmony within the body by using Quest 4 Electro-Dermal Screening. Quest 4 is a computer based program that identifies areas within the body that are in and out of balance. Loren will then create an individualized program tailored to your body’s specific needs. Loren works with clients of all ages and specializes in weight loss and weight management, uncovering food sensitivities, allergies, restoring gut health, Lyme Disease, colon and bowel disorders, inflammatory conditions, depression, anxiety, ADD/ADHD, meal planning and health education.

Loren Hall
My Background
Nora Wright, LSW, CLC
Holistic Psychotherapist & Sound Healing Practitioner
Welcome! If you are here, I know it is because you are looking for more. I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce myself and share what ‘more’ in therapy means to me. As a young person, I found an interest in the mind-body-spirit connection. In high school, I studied meditation and practiced yoga. At Scripps College, I majored in world religions, and concluded that wellbeing comes, not from a cognitive understanding of love or peace, but from an experience of those things. That lived experience emerges from within us and stretches beyond us.   More than a decade and a half later, I am a psychotherapist and life coach, drawing from both traditional and complementary therapeutic approaches to enhance well-being and improve communication and connection in key relationships. I work with adults, couples, and parents of young children facing life transitions and unexpected challenges. My therapeutic approach combines mind-body-spirit wellness and resiliency through Pravada Shamanic Sound Healing. The authentic use of one’s own sound early on in session creates a deep state of relaxation, making it easier to release fear and grief, in order to create the life you really want. Pravada Shamanic Sound Healing provides a powerful therapeutic experience of self-trust that enhances and restores inner peace through greater awareness and self-acceptance. I base my work with couples on the evidence-based research of the Gottman Relationship Institute as well as on the Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) created by Dr. Sue Johnson. Having taught Kundalini yoga for more than ten years, my classes integrate live harp and flute music to restore the body’s balance. In collaboration with Bachan Kaur, I offer kirtans -- healing music concerts, meditations and personal development workshops in the U.S. and Mexico. I trained with Eduardo Osegueda of Fuerza Integral in Mexico and have a daily Qi Gong practice. Whether I see individuals or couples, relationships are at the core of our sense of wellbeing. Enhancing family health promotes personal growth, while finding peace and insight as individuals helps heal our family systems. I have trained and worked as a communication coach and mediator, while serving as a teaching assistant at the Harvard Program on Negotiation. I am the co-founder of the Family Hive of West Chester. The Family Hive prepares new families to enjoy a calm and confident birth, and to thrive as a couple in early parenthood through the Bringing Baby Home program. Bringing Baby Home is an evidence-based and research tested program that prepares new parents for the predictably stressful transition from childless couple to family.

Nora Wright
My Background
I am an integrated psychotherapist and bring to my practice a blend of traditional and holistic approaches. I have a Masters Degree in Social Work from West Chester University with a focus on counseling, and a Masters Degree in Urban Planning from Cornell University. I hold a certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy and have received focused training on processing grief and loss, including studying complicated grief through Columbia University’s Center for Complicated Grief. As a couples’ therapist, I have trained with EFT founder, Dr. Sue Johnson and at the Gottman Institute for Relationships. ​ I have extensive training in mindfulness and yoga practices, having lived and studied at spiritual retreat center and eco-village the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland. In 2012, I began an apprenticeship to Pravada Shamanic Sound Healing Practitioner founder and director Nina Umai Spiro. Her unique approach has provided me with many years of one-on-one teaching and supervision. I am a founding member of the Center for Spiritual Ecology in Huatusco, Mexico. The Center focuses on cloud forest, and personal, restoration. We offer workshops on meditation, sound healing and cultivating a deeper connection to the natural world.
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Camilla Coakley, LCSW
Therapist & Coach
I invite you to get your hands dirty
For those who are interested, we get outside and plant a native garden. Garden therapy allows you to spend time in nature and invites you to mindfully tend to your garden, bear witness, and know that growth and transformation are possible under the right conditions and with enough nurturing, slowing down, no need to rush. It is a profound example of bearing witness to change and growth - with intention, action, nourishment and patience things can blossime into something beautiful.

Nora Wright, LCSW
I look at your posture.
How you feel inside often shows up in how you walk, sit, and stand. By shifting your posture, you can let the body's intelligence help you access embodied feelings of strength, confidence, and security, which will directly and positively impact how we feel in our minds.

Our Whole Team
Our philosophy: Mental health isn't just about the mind
It's all connected! When we take care of our bodies, we can better heal our minds.
Each one of us is passionate and committed to offering clients a beautiful integration of mind-body therapy. We can't help ourselves when it comes to continued training and education. We stay current with effective integrative therapies that offer you profound and lasting results.
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Loren Hall, CNC, End of Life Doula
I'll actually ask you how are your poops?
The gut brain connection is very real. If you are not digesting well, this will negatively impact your brain health. Much of the work I do is aimed at helping you from the bottom up!

Camilla Coakley, LCSW
Therapist & Coach
I use laughter as a part of therapy.
Laughter is one of natures best medicine. I do serious work with my clients and yet my clients and I also laugh. I would argue that because I welcome (and encourage) humor and play intp my practice, my clients see more progress in less time. Not to mention the fact that my clients look forward to our sessions and they leave feeling better.​

Nora Wright, LCSW
Therapist & Coach
I am trained in sound-healing....
Each one of us is passionate and committed to offering clients a beautiful integration of mind-body therapy. We can't help ourselves when it comes to continued training and education. We keep learning so that we can offer you the best when it comes to integrating a holistic approach to mental wellness.

I start each session with mindfulness
Jing Kerchner, IMHC
Mental Health Coach
Getting present in the moment upon the start of therapy helps clients shift from the trying and striving mind to the being mind. It is in the being mind that we can explore what's working and what isn't , without harshness. It also helps clients learn to use these mindfulness exercises outside of sessions.
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I offer walk and talk therapy
Camilla Coakley, LCSW
Therapist & Coach
I believe in the therapeutic power of nature. So for interested clients, I love having sessions outside. I offer walk and talk therapy sessions in a nature preserve or park.

I offer cutting edge
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
Camilla Coakley, LCSW
Therapist & Coach
It isn't mainstream, yet, but the third wave in psychiatry is the resurgence of psychedelic assisted therapy. I have been trained and certified in psychedelic assisted therapy (psilocybin, mdma and ketamine). For appropriate clients this can be a game changer. Backed by science these medicines (in combination with therapy) help to disrupt entrenched patterns of rumination and negative thought loops. Psychedelics can accelerate therapy by allowing deeper emotional processing in a safe structured setting.
Clients struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and significant life events (end of life, divorce, chronic illness, etc..), with the help of psychedelics, can find more peace and healing in their mind, body, and spirit. Our minds can be tormentors and tend to get stuck in loops that prolong suffering; psychedelics can put a stop to that loop and shift perspective in a transformational way. ​​

I am an end of life doula
Loren Hall, CNC, End of Life Doula
Facing your death (or the death of a loved one) is daunting and emotionally overwhelming. So much of death and dying doesn't get talked about or processed before you/someone passes away. From logistics and practicalities to the psychospiritual exploration of the meaning of life, I offer support, space, and time for you to process the ending of your life.
I help you to process fears, regrets, and help you communicate your needs. Often, I facilitate deeper connection with your loved ones. I also work with families and caregivers as they, too, need support in navigating the death of a loved one.
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We take a strengths-based adn outcome-focused approach
Our Whole Team
Although we help you work through the core pains from your past, our approach also helps you focus on your present and future life. We look at both what is not working and what IS working for you in your life today and build from there.
Our aim is to help you go beyond just talking about your struggles. We help you integrate the takeaways from your sessions so that you can get unstuck and start relating to yourself and others in a healthier, more peaceful, lighter way.
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What makes working with us different?


Camilla Coakley, LCSW
Therapist & Coach
I invite you to get your hands dirty
For those who are interested, we get outside and plant a native garden. Garden therapy allows you to spend time in nature and invites you to mindfully tend to your garden, bear witness, and know that growth and transformation are possible under the right conditions and with enough nurturing, slowing down, no need to rush. It is a profound example of bearing witness to change and growth - with intention, action, nourishment and patience things can blossime into something beautiful.

Nora Wright, LCSW
Therapist & Coach
I invite you to notice your posture.
How you feel inside often shows up in how you walk, sit, and stand. By shifting your posture, you can let the body's intelligence help you access embodied feelings of strength, confidence, and security, which will directly and positively impact how we feel in our minds.

Our Whole Team
Our philosophy: Mental health isn't just about the mind
It's all connected! When we take care of our bodies, we can better heal our minds.
Each one of us is passionate and committed to offering clients a beautiful integration of mind-body therapy. We can't help ourselves when it comes to continued training and education. We stay current with effective integrative therapies that offer you profound and lasting results.
​

Loren Hall, CNC, End of Life Doula
I'll actually ask you how are your poops?
The gut brain connection is very real. If you are not digesting well, this will negatively impact your mental health. Much of the work I do is aimed at helping you from the bottom up!

Camilla Coakley, LCSW
Therapist & Coach
I use laughter as a part of therapy.
Laughter is one of natures best medicine. I do serious work with my clients and yet my clients and I also laugh. I would argue that because I welcome (and encourage) humor and play intp my practice, my clients see more progress in less time. Not to mention the fact that my clients look forward to our sessions and they leave feeling better.​

Nora Wright, LCSW
Therapist & Coach
I am trained in sound-healing.
Each one of us is passionate and committed to offering clients a beautiful integration of mind-body therapy. We can't help ourselves when it comes to continued training and education. We keep learning so that we can offer you the best when it comes to integrating a holistic approach to mental wellness.

I start each session with mindfulness
Jing Kerchner, IMHC
Mental Health Coach
Getting present in the moment upon the start of therapy helps clients shift from the trying and striving mind to the being mind. It is in the being mind that we can explore what's working and what isn't , without harshness. It also helps clients learn to use these mindfulness exercises outside of sessions.
​

I offer walk and talk therapy and nature therapy
Camilla Coakley, LCSW
Therapist & Coach
I believe in the therapeutic power of nature. So for interested clients, I love having sessions outside. I offer walk and talk therapy sessions in a nature preserve or park.