What is the holistic counseling that Adam provides?

Holistic counseling focuses on your whole being, which includes your mind, body, and spiritual landscape (how you create meaning). True wellness comes from addressing all aspects of oneself, not just one. Life is complex and made up of a myriad of interconnected and interrelated factors. When a narrow focus is placed on any one particular issue, growth and healing often falls short. Holistic counseling, however, works to understand the interconnectedness of your life to achieve true growth and lasting change.

Think of it this way: if you're feeling stressed, we won't just talk about your specific stressors. We might also explore how your diet, sleep, or relationships are impacting you. And, although Adam does not diagnose or treat mental illness or disorders, we'll work together to create a personalized plan that helps you grow toward greater growth, balance, and progress in all areas of your life in order to help you get where you want to be.

You are more than a list of symptoms that need to be treated. You are a full and complete, meaning-filled human being and you deserve to evolve, heal, and become your best self in an equally complete way.

What is a typical holistic counseling session like?

Typical holistic counseling can be divided into three phases. Initial sessions involve a lot of intake questions and conversation focused on understanding your overall wellness in mind, body, and soul. Clients often present issues or concerns that they have and explore them in initial sessions as well. These opening sessions help in formulating a personalized plan and strategy to help clients achieve their goals.

Follow up sessions (the second phase) focus on working through a personalized plan for care (knowing that this plan may need to change and/or pivot depending on how subsequent sessions unfold), furthering initial points of exploration, and work on moving forward toward client wellness. Sessions can be online or in-person sessions and both can utilize conversation, guided questioning, personal exploration, guided meditation, education, breath work, and processing. (In-person sessions with Adam, often involve a cup of tea in a beautiful garden—presuming the weather is kind).

What is the coaching service that Adam Scheldt provides?

Coaching is like having a personal guide in your corner to help you achieve your goals. Coaches help you figure out what you want, create a plan, and stay motivated to get there. They're like a supportive partner in your personal and professional growth, and often educate clients in a myriad of tricks, tools, and strategies to help them achieve their goals.

Coaching can help you get “unstuck” and create the life (and career) you want. Adam frequently helps clients with everything from career changes, relationships, and stress management, to just generally feeling more fulfilled in various aspects of life.

What is a typical coaching session like?

Coaching is a target-oriented partnership in which you are empowered to accomplish goals. In coaching sessions you work together with your coach to identify your goals, explore your challenges, and develop strategies for success. Coaches ask powerful questions, help you see things from new perspectives, and keep you accountable.

Coaching is not therapy. Clinical therapy works to stabilize and remediate mental health problems through the use of diagnoses and/or treatment plans. Coaching is about moving forward, and while it acknowledges the past, it does not dwell on it. Good coaching understands where you’ve been in life, focuses on your present and future, and helps you create a plan to achieve your goals and dreams—whatever they may be. It's more about empowerment and taking action.

Initial coaching sessions work to explore and establish a groundwork and framework for future achievement. Follow up sessions develop and execute your personalized roadmap to success, including progress reviews, actionable next steps, and exercises to help along the way. When clients feel that they have achieved their goals or they feel that they are sufficiently able to achieve them on their own, the coaching relationship generally winds down and concludes.

What is it like to work with Adam as a coach?

Coaching often focuses on personal, professional, interpersonal, or internal goals. Many coaches specialize in one specific area or another. Adam Scheldt Wellness, however, has a more generalist approach, and works with his clients to achieve success and wellbeing in any area of their lives. Adam’s specialization is his compassion-based methods that foster understanding, grace, and exploration in order to chart a pathway forward.

What are personal training sessions like?

Personal trainers work with you to help you achieve fitness goals. Generally, they are not required to have state licensure, but are often accredited through a number of organizations that provide initial and on-going professional education. Personal trainers are not healthcare providers per se, but they definitely affect your health and wellness.

It’s important to be frank, open, and honest with your personal trainer about any health issues or concerns you face so that they can calibrate how they work with you. Similar to a coaching relationship, personal trainers help you to identify your goals (in terms of physical fitness), plan strategies to help you work toward those goals, and directly assist you with accountability and achievement.

What is it like to train with Adam Scheldt?

Adam offers limited personal training in conjunction with other services to help clients achieve their goals and improve their overall wellness. His approach to training works to meet client goals regardless of their fitness level in a supported and holistic way. Most of his workouts, strategies, and recommendations are gentle and designed to compliment other wellness efforts, utilizing body weight exercises, cardio, stretching, mindfulness, and more. Adam has crafted effective workouts and exercise programs for absolute beginners as well as an olympic athlete.

What should I do if I need to cancel or reschedule a session with Adam?

It’s best to reach out as soon as possible. You can cancel or reschedule your appointment online through Adam’s online scheduler. Cancelations with less than 24-hours notice will be assessed and billed a $40 fee. Clients who do not show up for appointments will likewise be assessed a fee of $40.

Can I book Adam to speak at my event?

Yes. Adam regularly speaks at groups of varying sizes—from small intimate gatherings to audiences of thousands. He has spoken on a range of topics from organizational change, staff retention, and healthcare to self-care, personal growth, and inspirational talks. Rates and cost vary depending on the event. If you are interested in having Adam speak, click here to reach out or use the contact information at the bottom of this page. Likewise, you can click here to download more information.

Does Adam offer teaching?

Absolutely, Adam holds a masters degree in education and is deeply passionate about sharing knowledge. He frequently teaches his own courses both in-person and online. He is also available as a scholar in residence, teaching at seminars, or presenting at conferences. In some instances, Adam also offers private learning for individuals and small groups, catering to their specific educational goals.

Does Adam officiate lifecycle events?

Yes. As an ordained rabbi, Adam often officiates at weddings, memorial services, baby naming, anniversaries, and more. As you might imagine the officiation services he offers are warm, inviting, and personally tailored to the people and families that he works with. Adam works to instill both comfort and meaning in every ritual moment. To learn more, you can click here, or reach out using this link.

Is Adam on social media?

You can find Adam on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. His posts are filled with useful information as well as announcements about new publications, classes, and releases.

Does Adam provide clinical mental health services?

No, while Adam holds multiple certifications in counseling and coaching modalities, and has many years of counseling experience both in and out of the healthcare industry. His services do not take the place of clinical mental health interventions, and are not intended to be used as such. The holistic counseling and coaching work that Adam engages, however, provides substantial benefit to clients, helps them reach their goals, and often serves as an effective complement to clinical mental health interventions and services.