Services
How I Can Support You
Personalized support to help you grow, achieve your goals, and create a life that feels aligned with who you are. Together, we'll focus on your strengths and create a clear path forward, with tools and strategies that fit you.
Coaching
Personalized support to help you grow, achieve your goals, and create a life that feels aligned with who you are. Together, we’ll focus on your strengths and create a clear path forward, with tools and strategies that fit you.
Choose coaching if: You want to achieve specific future goals, improve performance, and take proactive steps toward success.
Coaching can help you:
Set and achieve personal or professional goals
Create balance and fulfillment in your everyday life
Navigate ADHD or other neurodivergent challenges
with confidence
Start a career
Develop as a leader or grow your career
Build emotional intelligence and self-awareness
Counselling
Life can feel overwhelming at times, especially when you’re moving through change, challenges, or navigating the world as a neurodivergent person. Counselling will help with specific life challenges, helping you understand your feelings, and support with current problems – giving you a safe, supportive space to explore what’s on your mind and heart
I can support you with:
Understanding and managing ADHD and executive functioning challenges
Reducing stress and avoiding burnout
Finding your way through career or life transitions
Building resilience, self-confidence and emotional intelligence
Strengthening communication and relationships
Learning how to maximize your strengths
I do not diagnose, assess, or treat mental health disorders.
I do not provide psychotherapy, psychiatric care, or crisis intervention.
If you are experiencing symptoms such as severe anxiety, depression, trauma, or suicidal thoughts, I will recommend you seek the help of a licensed mental health professional (e.g., Registered Psychotherapist, Social Worker, or Psychologist).
Click here for information on when to seek additional help.
Consulting
Partnering with leaders and organizations to build healthy, human-centred workplaces where people thrive.
Consult with me for:
Manager effectiveness training & development
Employee development training programs
Emotional intelligence workshops
Trust building workshops
Culture transformation strategies
Building human connection, capacity & belonging - Improving employee engagement and retention.
Investment & Financial Accessibility
Choosing to work with a coach, counsellor, or consultant is an investment in yourself, your future, and your well-being. Because I believe in accessibility, equity and inclusion, I’m open to conversations about affordability. If you’re committed to the work but unsure about cost, please reach out—we’ll explore options together.
Coaching
Can be booked as single session or in packages designed to support your growth over time. Longer-term packages often bring greater value and impact. There are options for sliding scale fees depending on individual circumstances.
Single Session: $200 (sliding scale available depending personal circumstances and number of sessions booked)
3-Month Package (6 sessions)
6-Month Package (12 sessions
(Packages include email support between sessions.)
Consulting
Fees vary depending on the scope of the project, team size, and organizational needs. Together, we’ll design an approach that fits your goals, budget, and timeline.
Hourly: $150–$200 (Depending on type of engagement)
Half-Day Workshop/Facilitation: $600–$800
Full-Day Engagement or Project Consulting: Starting at $1,200
(Custom proposals available for culture transformation, leadership development, or capacity-building initiatives.)
Counselling
Can be booked as single session or in packages designed to support your growth over time. Longer-term packages often bring greater value and impact. There are options for sliding scale fees depending on individual circumstances. Single Session: $200 (sliding scale available depending personal circumstances and number of sessions booked)
· Single Session: $200 (sliding scale available depending personal circumstances and number of sessions booked)
· 3-Month Package (6 sessions)
· 6-Month Package (12 sessions
(Packages include email support between sessions.)
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Contact me
Tools
Link to tools, i.e. Coaching Intake Form
When to Seek Additional Help
I do not diagnose, assess, or treat mental health disorders.
I do not provide psychotherapy, psychiatric care, or crisis intervention.
If you are experiencing symptoms such as severe anxiety, depression, trauma, or suicidal thoughts, I will recommend you seek the help of a licensed mental health professional (e.g., Registered Psychotherapist, Social Worker, or Psychologist).
I maintain a list of trusted mental health resources and can help with referrals if needed.
How to Access the ConnexOntario Helpline
Phone (24/7): 1-866-531-2600
Text: Text CONNEX to 247247
ConnexOntarioToronto Central Healthline
Live Chat & Email: Available through their official website
Make an Appointment With Me
Client Testimonials
If there is one phrase to capture Velda’s coaching method, it is self-empowerment. Through difficult yet necessary conversations, Velda was able to help me reframe my thinking to understand my own power and accountability in my career. She will Challenge you to envision a confident version of yourself and encourage you to follow through in your day-to-day. She offers a valuable perspective and mindset that can only help to strengthen your personal career goals as you navigate the next steps you want and need to take to find fulfilment. Your path is what you make of it - Velda is here to help you find clarity in that.
M.W. Administrative Team Lead
Working with Velda as my career coach was transformative—she gave me practical tools to navigate acute challenges with clarity and confidence. Her guidance equipped me with lasting resilience, preparing me to face future career hurdles with strength and purpose. Velda gracefully rebuilds confidence and helps you recognize and build on your unique strengths. Her vast experience, coupled with her passion for coaching, candid conversations, and empathetic nature make her an ally in any professional journey.
S.L.Senior Manager, Knowledge Management
Read our latest blogs
Thriving as a Neurodivergent Professional
Focus: Neurodivergence and empowerment.
Outline:
Your discovery of your own neurodivergence and how it shaped your perspective.
The challenges neurodivergent individuals face in workplaces designed for “someone else.”
Strength-based strategies: reframing challenges into opportunities.
Coaching approaches that honor individuality instead of “fixing” people.
A list: 5 empowering tools for neurodivergent professionals to thrive.
The Heart of Coaching — Creating Spaces for Growth
Focus: Your coaching philosophy.
Outline:
Why safe, trusting spaces matter for real growth.
The difference between being “fixed” vs. being supported to thrive.
How you combine psychology, adult education, emotional intelligence, and lived experience.
Stories (anonymized) of clients who moved through transformation.
A call to action: How to know if coaching is right for you.
Consulting with Compassion — Designing for People, Not Just Processes
Focus: Your consulting + design thinking approach.
Outline:
Why traditional consulting often misses the mark.
How design thinking starts with empathy — stepping into the client’s shoes.
Examples of award-winning, psychologically safe training programs you’ve developed.
The balance of business goals + employee wellbeing.
A framework: The 3 pillars of compassionate consulting.