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Life coaching

Life Coaching in Dallas–Fort Worth & Across Texas

Structured, goal-focused coaching with Iram Bint Safia — practical support for goals, habits, and life transitions, offered alongside the clinical care the Center for Integrative Psychiatry is known for.

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A life coaching session focused on goals and next steps
LegitScript certified4.9 Google ratingIn-network with major insurersServing Texas since 2015Two DFW offices + statewide telehealth
What it is

Structured, forward-looking support for the practical side of your life — goals, routines, and someone in your corner who holds you to the plan.

A coach and client mapping out goals

What is life coaching?

Life coaching is structured, forward-looking support for the practical side of your life: setting goals, building routines that stick, and having someone in your corner who checks whether you did the thing you said you'd do. A coach doesn't treat symptoms or explore the past the way a therapist does — a coach helps you decide where you're going and holds you to the plan.

At CIP, coaching exists because getting well and building a life you want are two different jobs. Our clinical team handles the first; coaching supports the second.

Before you book

Three things we want you to know.

Life coaching is not therapy, counseling, or a medical service — it doesn't diagnose or treat mental health conditions. It's typically not covered by insurance; coaching at CIP is self-pay. And it works alongside clinical care, not instead of it. If you're looking for treatment, start with a psychiatric evaluation or therapy — we offer both, and we'll help you figure out which fits.

Who it helps

What can you work on with a life coach?

Coaching is for the forward-looking, practical work — the parts of life you want to move, not symptoms you need treated.

Life transitions

A new job, a move, a divorce, an empty nest, a return to school or work.

Goals that keep slipping

Projects, career moves, or personal commitments that need a plan and a deadline someone else knows about.

Structure & routines

Building daily and weekly rhythms that hold up under real life.

Accountability

Regular check-ins with someone whose only agenda is the goals you set.

Confidence & follow-through

Practicing decisions, conversations, and habits until they feel like yours.

What to expect

How coaching works — and where therapy fits

A one-on-one life-coaching conversation
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The difference

Life coaching vs. therapy

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The short answer: therapy treats mental health conditions; coaching helps you set and reach personal goals.

Coaching focuses on goals, habits, structure, and what's next; therapy treats symptoms and mental health conditions.
A coach is not a licensed clinician; a therapist is state-licensed (LPC, LMFT) and regulated by the State of Texas.
Coaching looks to the present and future; therapy works with the past and present, as clinically needed.
Coaching is typically self-pay; therapy is often covered by insurance.

Not sure which you need? Call us at (469) 557-2646 — routing people to the right kind of support is literally our job, and there's no wrong door.

The CIP clinical team
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Alongside clinical care

How coaching fits into care at CIP

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Many coaching clients also see a CIP prescriber or therapist — for example, working with a therapist on anxiety while using coaching to rebuild work routines.

Because your coach is part of the CIP team, coaching stays in its lane.
If something clinical comes up in a session, we help you bring it to a clinician instead of letting a coach improvise around it.

That's the quiet advantage of coaching inside a psychiatry clinic rather than from a standalone coach: there's a licensed team down the hall, and a culture of knowing the difference.

Insurance & access

Cost, payment, and access

Life coaching is a self-pay service — insurance plans don't typically cover coaching, and we won't pretend otherwise. Rates are transparent; call (469) 557-2646 for a quote. For our clinical services and what your plan covers, see the insurance and payment page.

CIP sees Texas residents only, and the clinic does not accept Medicaid. Coaching sessions are available in person at 580 S Denton Tap Rd, Suite 280, Coppell, TX 75019, or by secure video anywhere in Texas.

Self-pay — call for a quote
Not typically covered by insurance
Texas residents only
We do not accept Medicaid
Meet the team

Meet your coach

Structured, goal-focused coaching for adults — practical sessions built around your goals, your pace, and honest accountability.

Meet the whole team
Iram Bint Safia
Iram Bint Safia
Life Coach · Coppell & telehealth
Related services

Related services

Therapy & counseling

Licensed therapists for treating what coaching can't.

Medication management

Psychiatric evaluation and prescribing with our clinical team.

Nutritional psychiatry

Food-and-mood support from our integrative team.

Questions & answers

Life coaching — common questions

Coaches vs. therapists, insurance, online sessions, and how many sessions you'll need.

The welcoming CIP clinic reception

No. A therapist is a state-licensed clinician who treats mental health conditions; a coach helps you set and reach personal goals and is not a licensed healthcare provider.

No. Conditions like anxiety and depression are treated by our clinical team through therapy and medication management — and coaching can run alongside that treatment if it helps.

No — coaching is typically not covered by any insurance plan, so coaching at CIP is self-pay. Call (469) 557-2646 for current rates.

Yes, and many people do. They cover different ground — treatment with your therapist, goals and accountability with your coach — and at CIP both happen within one team.

Yes. Sessions are available by secure video anywhere in Texas, or in person at our Coppell office.

It depends entirely on your goals — there's no fixed package. You and Iram will map out a realistic cadence in your first session, and you can stop whenever coaching has done its job.

Take the first step

Ready to work on what's next?

If you have goals that need structure — or you're not sure whether coaching or therapy is the right starting point — send us one short form and we'll help you choose. We respond within one business day.

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