Larry Porter Coaching

Life coaching when the next step is unclear

Life coaching is focused work around what feels stuck, what keeps repeating, and what needs to change next. Dr. Porter helps individuals and couples name the patterns shaping their decisions, relationships, work, and faith, then move toward practical next steps.

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What coaching can help clarify

You do not need the perfect label before reaching out. Most people start with a situation that feels costly, confusing, or hard to keep carrying alone, such as relationship conflict, repeated patterns, or decisions that no longer feel clear.

  • Recurring conflict

    When the same conversation keeps turning into distance, defensiveness, or unresolved tension.

  • Patterns that repeat

    When you can see the loop, but still need help changing how you respond inside it.

  • Major transitions

    When a new season has changed your role, identity, or responsibilities and you need steadier footing.

  • Pressure at work

    When stress, expectations, or workplace relationships are shaping how you show up.

  • Leadership tension

    When responsibility calls for clearer communication, stronger boundaries, and calmer decisions.

  • Faith discernment

    When faith, calling, obedience, or a difficult decision needs a grounded conversation.

Types of life coaching we focus on

These are the main coaching categories that Dr. Porter works with people on. If your situation crosses more than one area, that is completely fine and normal.

Individual Coaching

For people who want greater clarity, steadier direction, and a more grounded way to move through life.

Areas of focus

  • Understanding patterns that keep showing up
  • Navigating decisions or life transitions
  • Clarifying goals and personal direction
  • Practicing a more grounded way of showing up

Couples & Relationship Coaching

For couples and close relationships that need healthier communication, clearer expectations, and stronger connection.

Areas of focus

  • Working through recurring tension or conflict
  • Improving communication and emotional honesty
  • Clarifying expectations and needs
  • Rebuilding trust, patience, or connection

Work & Leadership Coaching

For people who want to navigate workplace relationships, responsibility, communication, and leadership with more clarity and integrity.

Areas of focus

  • Navigating difficult workplace dynamics
  • Communicating with more clarity and confidence
  • Managing conflict or tension at work
  • Understanding your own patterns under pressure

Faith & Discernment Coaching

For people who want faith to be part of the conversation around identity, purpose, relationships, decisions, or calling.

Faith can be included when desired, but it will not be forced or awkwardly added.

Areas of focus

  • Discerning God's guidance without forcing certainty
  • Bringing prayer, Scripture, and wisdom into decisions
  • Clarifying calling, obedience, doubt, and desire
  • Noticing where faith and daily life have drifted apart

How life coaching works

Once the situation is clearer, the work usually unfolds in three movements that help turn insight into practical change.

  1. Step 1

    Clarify what needs attention

    Name what feels stuck, what you want to be different, and what progress would look like in real life.

  2. Step 2

    Understand the patterns

    Look at the habits, assumptions, and dynamics that may be shaping the way you respond.

  3. Step 3

    Practice a steadier way forward

    Turn insight into clearer choices, healthier patterns, and grounded next steps.

Some common questions about life coaching

This work is coaching, not therapy. Dr. Porter's work is informed by decades of clinical experience, but coaching is focused on clarity, growth, relationships, decisions, and practical movement toward the future you want to build. If therapy appears to be the better fit, that can be discussed honestly.

Coaching plans are tailored to the person, couple, or situation. Because the work is shaped around your goals, the support you need, and what kind of rhythm makes sense, pricing is discussed after Dr. Porter has a clearer understanding of what you are looking for. The discovery process is designed to help clarify fit before any coaching plan is recommended.

These coaching services do not bill insurance. Because this is coaching rather than therapy or medical treatment, clients should not assume it will be covered by insurance or eligible for HSA/FSA reimbursement. Some plans have specific rules, so you may want to check with your insurance provider, HSA/FSA administrator, or tax advisor before using those funds.

People come for different reasons: a relationship that feels strained, a decision that feels unclear, a pattern they keep repeating, a work dynamic that is hard to navigate, or a season of life that no longer feels aligned. The starting point is not a pre-set program. The work begins by clarifying what you want to be different and what may be getting in the way.

Yes. Coaching can support couples and close relationships when people want better conversations, clearer expectations, healthier patterns, and a more grounded way to move through tension. The focus is not blame. The focus is understanding what is happening, what each person wants to move toward, and what needs to change for the relationship to become healthier.

Yes. Many people want to show up differently at work, with more clarity, confidence, patience, honesty, or steadiness. Coaching can help you better understand workplace dynamics, recognize your own patterns, and navigate relationships with greater intention.

No. Faith is part of Dr. Porter's foundation, but it is handled with maturity and restraint. For clients who want faith included, it can be part of the conversation around meaning, identity, relationships, decisions, and discernment. For clients who do not want that dimension emphasized, it will not be forced.

Yes. Sessions are designed for remote work, so clients can meet with Dr. Porter from wherever they are. The first step is to answer a few brief questions so the discovery call can begin with a clearer sense of fit and focus.

Ready to find out whether coaching fits?

Answer a few brief questions so Dr. Porter can understand what you are hoping to work through and whether a discovery call is the right next step.

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