Ethics & Standards

As a member of the International Association for Counselors and Therapists and the Ethical Coaching Collective for Integrative Hypnosis & Change Work, I am committed to upholding the Ethics standards of these certifying bodies and maintaining the Vital Skills described below through continued learning and the organization's supervision support. Learn more –>

Notes on Inclusivity & Accessibility

You are welcome here.

Everyone deserves to be met with curiosity, compassion, and respect.

You are welcome here in the fullness of who you are. My work welcomes people of all backgrounds, identities, bodies, beliefs, and lived experiences. I've had the privilege of working with women, trans and non-binary people, LGBTQIA2S+ clients, autistic and ADHD individuals, and members of the Global Majority.

A Note About This Work

Coaching and hypnosis are educational and personal development services and are not psychotherapy, counseling, or medical care.

For many people, this work complements therapy beautifully. If you're currently receiving mental health care, I'd be happy to talk with you about whether my work is an appropriate addition to your support team. Your confidentiality is always protected.

A Note About Fees

I know conversations about money can feel vulnerable.

Many of the people I work with are artists, musicians, educators, students, and people navigating seasons of change. Because of that, I offer a limited sliding scale for my private one-on-one work.

If we both feel excited about working together, we'll have an honest conversation about fees and approach it with openness, honesty, and creativity. My hope is simple: let's find a fee that feels respectful, sustainable, and wholehearted for both of us.

I'd much rather have an open conversation about money than have someone quietly decide this work isn't possible for them.

Vital skills

I coach in a way that takes into account both the conscious and unconscious minds.
I have a functional understanding of how the brain and nervous systems work, and my coaching can effectively guide change through the interplay of mind and body.
I have a skillset that is evidence-based.
I coach in a non-hierarchical, client-centered way, empowering the client with the awareness and tools to direct their own path and change their own minds instead of creating a dependence on me.

Ethical Standards

I do not coach without consent.
I do not sell coaching without consent.
In marketing and selling, I will treat people the way I would treat my clients: with respect, transparency, thoughtfulness, and genuine care for their well-being.
The best that anyone can be in our presence is our thoughts about them. I base all our work with clients in unconditional positive regard. If I cannot feel unconditional positive regard for someone (and that’s okay because I'm human), I refer them out to someone who can.
I understand that neither human development nor coaching happens in a social and political vacuum. I will be outspoken about my values and make business decisions that reflect them. I will never put profit above values.
I believe in every human’s capacity for healing, change and growth, and the reality of miraculous quantum change, AND I do not bypass slow, steady, repeated work and cultivation of the grounded presence it takes to stay with things that take time.
I stay fiercely awake and present to pain and suffering inherent in life and the world, but I do not let it overwhelm me and stop me from believing in the magic and fun of coaching work.
I am open to all possibilities but I am dogmatic about nothing.
We don’t do gurus. We don’t do cult-y thinking. You are the best authority on you, the client is the best authority on themselves, and we do not endorse outsourcing decision-making or responsibility for how we experience the world and create our reality to anyone else.
I would rather be curious than be right.
I do not aim to be a perfect practitioner or perfect human; I aim to learn, do a little better than yesterday, and have fun.

Still curious?

Shanna Pranaitis