Clinical Foundation
24+ Years Clinical Practice
Registered Occupational Therapist since 2002. Dalhousie University. The framework was born inside the clinical environment, not imported from executive coaching.
The Trifecta
The Trifecta of Expertise
You are not learning A Coach Approach from theory alone. You are learning it from a clinician who lived The Expert Trap, built a better path inside real practice, and proved it across education and coaching at the highest level.
Pedagogical Mastery
Master of Adult Education
St. Francis Xavier University. Every module, exercise, and assessment is built on evidence-based adult learning principles that produce measurable skill acquisition.
Elite Coaching Standard
ICF Master Certified Coach
Top 3% of coaches globally. 2,500+ documented coaching hours. The framework is built to the highest professional coaching standard in the world.
The Story
From Expert Trap to Fixer to Partner
Growing up in Grand Falls/Grand-Sault, New Brunswick, Hélène learned early that progress comes from discipline, trust, and teamwork. Competing in synchronized figure skating internationally shaped the calm-under-pressure mindset she now brings to clinicians who want to lead better conversations without carrying the whole outcome alone.
Over 24+ years as a practicing occupational therapist, she saw the same pattern repeat: smart, deeply caring clinicians working harder and harder to fix problems for people instead of partnering with them to create change. That recognition of The Expert Trap did not come from theory. It came from practice.
In 2019, she created Dive Into a Coach Approach® to give clinicians a practical way to shift from fixer to partner. The mission is direct: train 150,000 clinicians by 2030 so more patients experience care that builds ownership, follow-through, and sustainable outcomes.
Since 2016, Hélène has served as a Clinical Instructor at UBC, where she teaches the Coach Approach seminar to graduating therapists. The method is now carried not only into continuing education, but into the next generation of clinical practice.
At home in British Columbia, she is skiing with her husband and two kids, playing beach volleyball, and living the bilingual life in French and English. That same grounded, human energy is what makes A Coach Approach feel usable in real clinical rooms—not just inspiring in theory.
Outcomes
What This Means for the Clinician in Front of You
87%
Burnout Reduction
Graduate-reported across 1,000+ clinicians
90%
Confidence Increase
Self-reported clinical confidence improvement
96.6
Instructor NPS
28 of 29 participants rated 9 or 10
0
Detractors
Zero detractors across all NPS surveys
Recognition
Proof the Method Stands Up to Scrutiny
The credibility behind A Coach Approach is not borrowed. It is earned through clinical practice, adult education, and recognition from the coaching bodies clinicians trust when they want evidence—not hype.
2023 Emerging Coach Educator Award
Recognition for advancing coach education with rigor, clarity, and real-world application.
ICF Coaching Impact Award
Evidence that the work is changing practice where it matters: in conversations, outcomes, and professional growth.
Triple Accreditation
ICF CCEs, AOTA CEUs, and NBHWC CUs—so your learning counts where your profession measures it.
ICF CCEs
Coaching education aligned to the profession’s highest global standard.
AOTA CEUs
Continuing education recognized inside occupational therapy practice.
NBHWC CUs
Approved continuing education for health and wellness coaching professionals.
Start Here
A Coach Approach Starts With a Different Conversation
“When you get the most out of yourself and learn how to put your best foot forward, that is when I am at my happiest.”
If you are ready to stop carrying every outcome alone and learn the method that helps clinicians move from fixing to partnering, this is your door in.
Start Your Dive