Amanda Kocsis
RLT Couples Coach, Innerchildwork/Parts Work/IFS, Reiki Level III Practitioner, Pottery Instructor, Healing Arts Facilitator, and Artist
About
I am Amanda Kocsis, owner, coach, practitioner, and instructor of Internal Truth Healing, LLC, and Charmed & Unfurled Designs. My business principal is that healing and transformation can take place through many modalities and you are the driver in your healing journey.
- Relationship coaching changes patterns and transforms relationships internally with the self and externally with others.
- Reiki energy is a soothing, relaxing healing that helps with mind, body, and emotions.
- Working with clay and pottery allows for a therapeutic, hands-on creative outlet, teaching us to let go of outcome and accept what is in front of us, allowing for creative energy to come out.
Why do I do all three of these modalities?
I don't believe there is a one-size-fits-all approach to anything in life. Human beings are all so different, not just physically or mentally, but also our from life experiences, childhood trauma, and ancestral/family trauma factors into how we show up and operate in life.
I have personally experienced rounds of counseling, coaching, trainings, medications, books, programs, etc....All to find out that not one approach is going to solve any of my issues I was seeking to resolve. I tried for 25 years only to learn I don't fit in a one-size-fits-all "box."
And that's when I realized I had a choice:
- Option A: I could pretend that the one-size-fits-all approach worked for me, only to feel like a failure for the rest of my life and hate myself (that was me for 25 years).
- Option B: I could complain about it, be frustrated, and be the "victim" for the rest of my life because nothing worked (that was me from age 25-35)
- Option C: I could do something about it by driving my own healing journey to find the things, the tools, the mentors, the approaches, and communities that do work for me, no matter how weird, messy, or contradictory it may be. It's my life and I want to be in charge of my life (....and not rely on a professional who kept a thin manila file folder with my misspelled name on it, who had to reread his barely-there notes every single time I came to visit because he couldn't remember who I was or what I needed help with, regardless of seeking out his help for over a year....I was just "another" client.....Sorry....I digress!)
So, I finally chose option C- to take charge of my life and not box myself into something that never fit to begin with. Had I not chose option C, I wouldn't be here doing what I'm doing had I not experienced life-changing transformations in my own life, which I received from all three of those modalities. I do what I do because I come from years of experience through the hardship, through the learning, and by getting to the other side of it as well- the transformation. And the way I work is, I need to experience it first-hand and learn from it before sharing, coaching, or teaching.
I am here to let you know that you have more than just two crappy choices; you also have option C. Another way, another option to explore. You will not be just "another" client to me. Your life experiences are valid and have meaning that got you to where you are now. And I will learn with you to where you want to go from here. Think of me as your guide to find the areas or patterns that you keep stumbling on in your life. I help you find the origin, discover what your truth is, and then use tools to empower yourself and your relationships to navigate life with confidence, strength, and assurance with yourself.
RLT Couples Coaching & Individual Coaching
I am a certified Relational Life Therapy (RLT) Couples Coach, from the Real Life Institute, by my mentor and author of "US", Terry Real. I specialize in inner child work coaching, IFS/Parts, and relational empowerment. I am also trained to do 1:1 relationship coaching.
I work with individuals or couples to help navigate relationship challenges, dynamics, boundaries, and communication to transform their relationship. I also coach on trigger issues, doing inner child work, parts work (also known has Internal Family System or Parts work).
What I love about RLT Couples Coaching is that it doesn't treat the couple on the surface level; it goes much deeper and faster with each person and the relationship all at the same time.
Individual coaching helps the person feel safe while going deeper to understand the origins of behaviors and learning ways to work with and change those old ways.
To learn more about RLT Couples Coaching or inner child work sessions, see my list of "packages."
Reiki Energy Healing
I am formally trained as a Third Degree Reiki Practitioner of the Usui Shiki System of Healing & Animal Reiki practitioner. I started my reiki journey and practice in 2017. Personally, I found reiki helped me manage my mental health, reducing anxiety and depression. It's a universal energy healing modality, that is gentle to use on anyone, any age, and its benefits have no bounds as it helps the individual where they need it.
Reiki Energy Healing is a soothing energy modality. It does not replace medical treatment. I like to compare reiki energy healing like a "supplement" to help boost relaxation for the body to heal. When the body is in a relaxed state, it can heal better and energy can flow. Reiki sessions can be virtual (long-distance) or in-person at my Healing Arts Studio in Green, OH.
And don't forget our furry loved ones- our pets! I also specialize in reiki energy healing sessions for animals and pets, which are much different and shorter sessions since animals are highly sensitive to energy. The healing benefits of reiki energy helps animals similarly like with people: anxiety, sickness, injury/pain, sensitivities to medications, or even when in transition of leaving this earthly life. Reiki animal sessions are both beneficial to the animal and their owner. Sessions are usually at the owner's home, the animals' natural environment, or can be virtually.
Pottery, Clay, Therapeutic Art at Charmed & Unfurled Designs
Lastly, I have 20+ year experience with pottery and clay work that comes from an educated and professional background. I have a bachelor's degree in Art Education, multi-age, grades K-12, from the University of Toledo. I have taught various art classes and ceramics/pottery at Findlay City Schools, grades pre-K through 12 grade, as well as art instruction and coordinator at the Findlay Art League. I also created and taught adult pottery and ceramic courses through Millstream Career Center in Findlay. Professionally as an artist, I create pottery and jewelry, showcasing and selling artwork at art festivals and local galleries in Ohio.
Clay can be an amazing medium work with on a therapeutic level! Pottery and clay work is a beautiful metaphor for life. I have found it's taught me to let go of outcome, accept what is in front of me, and to persevere. Clay starts off from the earth, as this lump of "nothing." It has no form yet as a person works with it with their hands, adding water, it changes and become very malleable. It gets messy during the process, yet it takes shape. Other elements are added to change the state of the clay: air is used to dry it and fire is used to transform it to ceramic. At any given point, there could be some some cracks that develop when drying, or it could explode/shatter in the kiln during a firing due to an unforeseen air bubble....yet trusting that you are part of this process, it can become something beautiful and functional.
Charmed & Unfurled Designs, is the creative extension of Internal Truth Healing, LLC. It is the creative aspect of the business, which includes the pottery studio for students to take classes. It is my pottery studio that is open to Green, OH!
If you'd like to learn more about Internal Truth Healing, LLC, and what would be a good place to start, please schedule a free 15 min. "Discovery Call." I look forward to working with you on your journey to finding your internal truth, healing, and creativity!
Packages
Free 15 min. "Discovery Call"
Schedule a Free 15 min. "Discovery Call" today to get a feel for who I am and how I work, if you feel comfortable having me be a guide in your life, ask questions, and get clarity on what services/package would benefit you most.
Individual Coaching- 1 Session
Not sure how much coaching you want to do or where to start? Individual coaching or couples coaching? Unclear on what value this coaching will be for you?
Then give it a try to see for yourself so you can get a better gauge. You'll see if my personality and coaching style could be a good fit for you. I will put you to work on our first session, because the real work and transformation happens on your own after the sessions, should you choose to do things differently. Then if you like this approach, choose one of my packages to get more results (which you will also save more money too), deeper transformation and more value in your life!
Then give it a try to see for yourself so you can get a better gauge. You'll see if my personality and coaching style could be a good fit for you. I will put you to work on our first session, because the real work and transformation happens on your own after the sessions, should you choose to do things differently. Then if you like this approach, choose one of my packages to get more results (which you will also save more money too), deeper transformation and more value in your life!
24 Coaching Sessions (12 months)- "The Soaring Phoenix"
The "phoenix" has been depicted in stories for centuries to represent one that has rose from the ashes transformed to continue soaring. A year for transformation is what this is all about! These 24 sessions encompasses the foundation and groundwork from both the "Get Grounded" and "Relationship Transformation" packages, along with the healing and restorative "Reiki Reset" package all in one! Set with intentions with the primary focus on what you are wanting to transform, get continual support and accountability throughout those 12 months to become a better, healthier, and authentic you!
"Reiki Reset" (6 sessions)
Press the "Reset" button- please! This is for those individuals who have hit a breaking point in their day to day and can feel it in their core they need additional help to release anxiety, fear, or blockages. Included in this package are 4 Reiki Energy Healing sessions and 2 coaching sessions. A personal care package is included and will be sent to your home with practices and instructions. By the end, you will feel refreshed, reset, and empowered to implement practices in your daily routine to maintain a much more grounded "you" even in these busy, chaotic times!
Inner Child Healing Jouney (Part 1 & Part 2)
Ever wonder why certain phrases, actions, or behaviors bother you so much....so much that you get instantly angry, sad, or scared/frozen? We all have a younger part of ourselves within, also called your "inner child," that shows up when we get triggered and feel those intense feelings of anger, sadness, or fear. That younger part of you has been hurt before yet never healed or was not nurtured in the way you needed. Now it's your time to connect with that inner child to heal. This brings wholeness to your emotional and psychological self, which will help you transform in many other ways in your life!
Individual Reiki Healing Session (In-Person or Virtual)
Reiki Energy is a very gentle practice with the use of the practitioner's hands hovering over or lightly touching the client's body and energy points. Reiki energy creates a relaxing, soothing and healing experience for the individual receiving it. A reiki energy healing session is a unique experience for every individual. It can have a positive healing impact on the individual physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and so much more!
Relational Life Therapy (RLT) Couples Coaching -12 Sessions
Are you struggling in your relationship with your partner, spouse, family member, or close friend? Do you both want the relationship to not only work, but also repair to get harmony and to mutually respect each other's needs? Is this even possible without giving up?! The answer is....yes! The challenge is if you are willing to rock the boat and do things differently to see results, that will last and transform your dynamic. I am here to guide you and you partner back to safety, connection, and intimacy in a transformed way!
6 Individual Coaching Sessions- "Finding Your Truth" with IFS & Relational Coaching
Let's get grounded! These 6 sessions will help you understand how to work with yourself when you get triggered, feel anxious, or have fears. Those intense feelings are connected to what's called our Internal Family System (IFS), which means that we are made up of different "parts" that makes us who we are and how we've managed doing relationships. (Great visual: think of the Disney movie, "Inside Out"). Some parts have been operating one way for years, even decades, stemming from our childhood. Now it's time to upgrade your internal system, to find your truth, work with those parts, and understand how to find your truth in your relationships.
12 Coaching Sessions/6 months- "Relationship Transformation"
You're ready to dive deep and truly achieve transformation in your relationships, including how you show up with yourself.
Kid's Pottery Classes- Ages 8-17 (4 Sessions)
Children ages 8+ can learn how to throw on the potter's wheel to create a glazed finished pot in these 1:1 customizable classes. Only 2 students max per session.
Adult Pottery Classes-Ages 18+ (4 Sessions)
Adults 18+ can learn how to throw on the potter's wheel to create a glazed finished pot in these 1:1 customizable classes. Only 2 students max per session. No experience required; all levels are welcomed!
Mommy & Me/Daddy & Me-Messy Day Out-Age5-7 (1 session)
Don't want to commit to a weekly class or have the mess at your house for your 5-7 yr. old? Want to make a fun, memorable, messy day out with your little one? Then this is the class for you and your 5-7 year old!
Fall Plate Workshop
This 2 day workshop will teach how to create a one-of-a-kind fall plate, that will last you every fall season! No experience needed. All materials included.
Testimonials
I came to Amanda because I was feeling lost and very confused in my life. Over many years, I had slowly distanced from who I knew myself to be due to trying to adapt to ease others' emotional states. I was struggling, and I found Amanda. From the first meeting, I felt completely at ease, completely seen and heard, and fully encouraged. We set goals during that first meeting which seemed unattainable to me. After 6 months of active work with her, I see the successes I have earned working toward those goals. I am proud that I feel strong and confident enough to go forward without regular meetings with her, especially because I am about to enter a very difficult next few months. I will so miss my time with Amanda, but I am extremely strong and confident in the tools she provided and the work that I've done. I am no longer lost. AND, I know Amanda is there for me if I need a future check in or want to put in some additional work as my life continues. Thank you, Amanda!
- Beth, GA
Amanda provides gentle, loving, challenge to see all my parts, learn to love them and grow in understanding how I work. This is amazing parts work that is allowing me to show up in a new way as an adult, be more regulated and have more self compassion and understanding of how I work on the inside and what makes me, me. She is amazing! I grow and learn every time I meet with her.
- Krista, MA
"I had done some inner child work through workshops and workbooks but nothing compares to the in person guided meditations Amanda provides. Alongside with the support and integration after. On top of that, when she provides the recaps emails they are SO helpful. It allows me to go back through and expand on my experience via my journal. Having done this work with her has allowed me to have a better connection to my inner child and also to spot the inner child of another person. This has improved my relationships tremendously. I will continue to work with Amanda for years to come and refer her to anyone who is interested in this work. She is my most valuable resource."
- Julio, CA