Career Transition Coaching
Supporting your next professional chapter with clarity, confidence, and nervous system awareness.
Career transitions can stir up more than logistical changes — they awaken deep emotions. Whether you’re leaving a long-term role, exploring a new direction, or questioning what truly aligns with who you are, it’s natural to feel both excitement and uncertainty.
As a trauma-informed performance and career transition coach, I work with individuals who want to navigate these moments with greater self-awareness and emotional safety. My approach integrates somatic awareness, parts work, and voice-based exploration, helping you reconnect to your inner guidance and cultivate a sense of grounded confidence as you move forward.
This is not about forcing motivation or rushing clarity — it’s about listening to what your body, voice, and intuition are already trying to tell you.
What Career Transition Coaching Helps With
Change — even when desired — can trigger old patterns of fear, perfectionism, or self-doubt. You might notice:
Feeling stuck between wanting change and fearing it
Questioning your sense of identity without your current role
Overthinking decisions or second-guessing yourself
Experiencing overwhelm, exhaustion, or difficulty focusing
Feeling “numb,” disconnected, or creatively blocked
These are not signs of failure — they’re your nervous system’s way of seeking safety in the unfamiliar. Career transition coaching offers tools to regulate these responses while building emotional and mental flexibility for what’s next.
Elisa’s Trauma-Informed Approach to Career Change
My coaching approach is rooted in compassion and body-based awareness. Every session honors the whole of who you are — not just the “professional” self but the human being navigating real emotions beneath the surface.
1. Somatic Awareness and Nervous System Regulation
When the body feels safe, clarity emerges more naturally. Together, we explore simple grounding practices and gentle somatic tools that help you recognize and regulate nervous system responses — such as tension, restlessness, or freeze.
These moments of presence allow you to connect more deeply to your authentic impulses and make decisions from a state of regulation rather than reactivity.
2. Working with Inner Parts and Patterns
Through parts work, we bring awareness to the different “voices” within you — the one that wants change, the one that fears it, and the one that feels uncertain. Instead of trying to silence or override these parts, we approach them with curiosity and compassion.
This internal dialogue helps you access self-trust, integrate conflicting motivations, and move forward in alignment with your deeper values.
3. Voice and Expression Work
Your voice is more than a communication tool — it’s a reflection of your inner state. Using somatic voicework, we explore how your voice can become a pathway to authenticity and confidence. This may include gentle vocal exercises, breath work, or reflective dialogue that reconnects you with your ability to speak and take up space — both literally and symbolically.
4. Emotional Safety and Gentle Goal Setting
Unlike traditional coaching that focuses heavily on productivity or achievement, my work emphasizes emotional pacing. We collaborate to set intentions that feel realistic and safe for your system. Progress is measured not only by external results but also by how supported, centered, and congruent you feel along the way.
Who This Coaching Is For
Career transition coaching can support you if you are:
Leaving a role or industry and unsure what comes next
Returning to work after burnout or a career break
Seeking greater alignment between your values and your work
Building confidence to step into leadership, visibility, or entrepreneurship
Balancing creative expression with stability and security
Wanting to navigate change without abandoning your emotional well-being
You don’t need to have all the answers. This process is about learning to trust your timing, your sensations, and your truth.
What to Expect in Sessions
Each session is an invitation to slow down, reflect, and reconnect. You’ll be guided through a process that might include:
Gentle somatic grounding to attune to the present moment
Exploration of emotions or body sensations related to change
Dialogue with inner parts or voices that carry resistance or desire
Identifying old narratives about success, failure, or worthiness
Reclaiming your voice — literally and figuratively — in your professional journey
Clarifying next steps that feel aligned, not forced
The pace is entirely collaborative. My intention is not to “fix” but to create space for your own wisdom to surface.
Career Transition Coaching Outcomes
Every person’s journey looks different, but clients often describe experiencing:
Greater clarity and inner calm around decisions
More confidence in expressing their needs and desires
Reduced self-criticism and increased self-trust
Improved ability to stay regulated under stress or uncertainty
A renewed sense of purpose and possibility
When the mind quiets and the body feels safe, change becomes a creative process — not a threat to survive.
Why a Trauma-Informed Approach Matters
Traditional career coaching can unintentionally bypass emotional realities — focusing on performance and goals without acknowledging the nervous system’s need for safety. A trauma-informed approach respects that our histories shape how we respond to change.
Instead of pushing through resistance, we learn from it. We work with sensitivity rather than against it. The process becomes less about striving and more about becoming present — with your own body, emotions, and direction.
This awareness allows transformation to unfold with integrity, rather than through pressure or force.
Meet Elisa Monti
I’m Elisa Monti, a trauma-informed performance and career transition coach with a background in voice studies and somatic awareness. My work bridges the science of nervous system regulation with the art of authentic expression.
For over a decade, I’ve supported clients in reconnecting with their voice — not only as a sound but as a living expression of who they are. My approach weaves together curiosity, compassion, and body-based awareness to help people find safety in visibility, confidence in change, and trust in their own timing.
My coaching is available online globally, offering a supportive space for those navigating professional transitions, visibility fears, and emotional or creative blocks.
Begin Your Career Transition Journey
If you’re ready to move toward a more authentic and aligned professional chapter, I invite you to connect. Together, we’ll explore what’s emerging, what feels safe, and what needs gentle attention as you take your next steps.
You don’t need to have the entire path mapped out — just a willingness to listen inward and begin.
Book a Consultation to start your journey toward clarity, confidence, and grounded change.