What is Coaching?

At SASH, Coaching is designed to empower you in reaching your health and wellbeing objectives, and assisting you in making positive changes in your life. This means your Coach will work closely with you on a personalised level, leveraging on your individual strengths and values, and equipping you with the necessary tools to achieve your wellness goals.

Once you've entered the SASH service, your Care Coordinator will determine if Coaching is the correct approach for you, then assign you to a Coach based on availability and the support you require.  

Your Coach will then guide you through incremental steps towards reaching your goals, providing guidance and support throughout your journey, ultimately empowering you to succeed. They will give you encouragement, perspective, guidance and feedback without judgement to help you make positive progress. 

At SASH, we offer up to 12 one-to-one sessions of Coaching. 

Some (but by no means all) of the topics normally discussed in coaching include: 

• Managing or reducing porn habits and reliance 
• Managing triggers and relapse if engaging in recreational drug use, including chemsex 
• Exiting sex working 
• Developing healthy approaches to eating, routines, boundaries and relationships 
• Rebuilding strength following domestic abuse 

The Coaching Team also provide support to people living with additional needs due to learning disabilities and/or autism on a 1-2-1 basis or in a group setting.  

Support needs often approached here revolve around: 

• Relationship and sex education 
• Consent and boundaries 
• Abuse and exploitation awareness (including online safety) 
• Reproductive health 
• Understanding appropriate and inappropriate (such as what is acceptable in public vs private) 
• Marriage and parenting 
• Sexual orientation and gender identity