Art|Sound|Energy
Herbal Support
Areas of Expertise: Creative Arts Coaching
EFT, Somatic, and Herbal Approaches
​I use art & sound therapy for coaching, EFT, Reiki, somatic, narrative, and holistic approaches to help clients move forward from grief and loss. This work complements trauma-informed coaching by integrating conscious and unconscious work to balance body, mind, and spirit. This doesn't mean dwelling on your past; it means turning your strengths into something positive. My signature coaching style combines my extensive experience in the creative and healing arts, as well as bodywork, to facilitate personal growth, self-regulation, and transformation. It takes Whole Person Coaching deeper. I invite you to try my signature approach, as you may find greater meaning and connection with yourself and others on your path after loss, trauma, illness, or transition.
Grief & Trauma Coaching
Trauma-informed coaching is a specialized approach that acknowledges how past trauma affects individuals and integrates that understanding into the coaching process. Creative arts coaching and somatic work can help with anxiety and stress that come with trauma. Trauma can keep us from regulating our nervous system well. Nina Risch focuses on creating a safe, supportive, and empowering environment for clients to work towards their goals while navigating the effects of trauma. Coaches trained in this approach have a deeper understanding of how trauma can affect a person's thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and relationships. ​
Whole Person Centered Holistic Health Coaching
Whole Person Coaching is a holistic approach that integrates various coaching tools and techniques to address different aspects of an individual's life. It recognizes each person's complexity and acknowledges the interconnected dimensions of mental, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual well-being.
Reiki Energy Healing
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction, relaxation, and healing, based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us. When this energy is low, we may feel stressed or unwell; when high, we can experience happiness and health.
The term "Reiki" combines "Rei" (God's Wisdom) and "Ki" (life force energy), meaning "spiritually guided life force energy." A treatment involves gentle, healing energy that promotes relaxation, peace, and well-being. Reiki is safe and effective for various illnesses and works alongside other medical treatments.
Learning Reiki involves an "attunement" from a Reiki master, allowing individuals to access this energy for self-improvement. It is open to everyone, regardless of intellectual or spiritual background. Although spiritual in nature, Reiki is not a religion and does not require belief.
Mikao Usui, the founder of Reiki, added ethical ideals to the practice to encourage harmony and personal responsibility in healing. These ideals emphasize the importance of actively participating in one's own healing journey.
Traditional Herbalist
Whether you’re addressing a specific health concern or integrating herbs into your wellness routine, I offer a holistic approach that complements your current medical care. With 25 years of experience, I guide you toward sustainable, effective solutions using plants' healing power. Let’s work together to create a path that nurtures your health and vitality.
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You must be willing and interested in changing your diet and lifestyle, not just looking for herbs as a ‘fix’ for your problems, but seeing them as allies in the bigger picture. They are an ongoing relationship between you and your practitioner, who will guide you as you navigate your health journey and help you find the herbs and other healing modalities that best fit you and your health picture.
EFT & Tapping
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) and tapping are used in trauma-informed coaching to help clients regulate emotions, reduce stress responses, and process traumatic memories in a gentler way. A coach guides a client to tap on specific meridian points while they focus on a traumatic memory or emotional distress, which can calm the nervous system and lower the intensity of the feelings associated with the trauma. EFT tapping is a somatic intervention that reduces psychological distress by self-stimulating acupoints on the face and upper body while focusing on bodily sensations or a distressing thought or feeling (Stapleton, 2020). It can help clients regulate their nervous systems by stimulating acupoints. It is an effective self-help technique for immediate relief of distressing symptoms outside the clinical setting.
Art Coaching
Art-based creative arts coaching uses creative expression to deepen self-awareness, support emotional processing and release, promote grounding, and unlock insights for personal and professional growth. It moves beyond traditional verbal coaching by using art forms such as drawing, painting, collage, and even music to help clients connect with their subconscious, explore complex emotions, and develop new perspectives. This can be much more transformational than many anticipate. Many clients see positive results using creative arts.
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Art Therapy
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By creating art, the client gains insight into their inner self and identifies patterns of behavior and thought that may contribute to current difficulties. Art therapy uses art-making for expression and exploration. As a practitioner, I will guide you in using art materials to explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a safe, nonjudgmental environment. You do not need prior art experience or skills to benefit from art therapy. The focus is on the process of creating, not the final product. The artwork doesn’t need to be beautiful or good because it doesn’t matter.
Sound Therapy
Modern science is increasingly aligning with this holistic understanding of well-being. The Biopsychosocial Model, now widely accepted in medicine and psychology, recognizes that biological, psychological, and social factors shape health, not just physical factors. From a vibrational perspective, these dimensions of health are not separate—they are different expressions of the same unified energetic field. Biological processes involve cellular oscillations and organ rhythms, psychological states manifest as thought and emotional frequencies, and social interactions create vibrational exchanges between individuals and their environments.
Sound therapy is an effective modality for restoring balance, fostering harmony, and promoting overall well-being. Vibrational energy reaches the interconnected dimensions of the human experience—mind, body, and spirit. By creating harmonious resonance within the individual, sound therapy supports a profound journey toward holistic health, inviting individuals to reconnect with their inner essence, release energetic blockages, and cultivate inner peace and vitality.
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Somatic Approaches
Somatic coaching is a holistic approach to personal and professional development that integrates the body, mind, and spirit. It focuses on tapping into the body’s wisdom and intelligence to support growth, transformation, and healing. You may be familiar with some grounding, breathwork, and visualization techniques, but somatic approaches aren't limited to those; sound and movement can be used depending on your interests and preferences. Somatic coaching involves working with clients to explore their bodily sensations, movements, and patterns, as well as their thoughts, emotions, and beliefs. Through somatic exercises, guided inquiry, and mindful awareness, clients learn to listen to their bodies' signals and messages, which can reveal underlying patterns, barriers, and strengths. This approach is successful for those living in fight-or-flight, freeze, or fawn mode due to Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma.
How Nina Can Help
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As a coach, I help people understand what they are truly capable of. This helps clients use their strengths, skills, and talents to turn mere survival into a fulfilling life.
As a holistic practitioner, I take a client-centered approach that builds self-confidence and promotes a more authentic life on mental, emotional, spiritual, energetic, and physical levels.
I help people who feel lost in their grief, relationships, health, career, and artistic journey find a new path by shifting their thinking and creating actionable steps to move forward.
For clients who feel dysregulated, I use breathwork, herbal support, Reiki, art, or sound therapy to help them understand and manage their emotions, as well as heal from and move past trauma.
I work closely with all my clients to help them restore self-confidence and achieve their health, well-being, art, and spirituality goals.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Gigi
I felt supported and safe. Nina helped me explore and understand my situation more with the right questions that opened up more insights to me. I had all the time and room that I needed within the session to go as deep into the topics as I needed.
Mike
I didn't really know what to expect going into my first coaching session, and Nina made it feel easy and natural. I enjoyed the way she guided me to learning more from myself, and in my own words, which I usually get lost in.
Kareem
Nina was very intentional about allowing me to be myself during the session and she acknowledged when I came up with solutions on my own. Nina highlighted things that I did not perceive as strengths for me, but have helped me overcome challenges in the past.
