Kerri McKenna Reece is a life and trauma recovery coach, harm reduction specialist, energy leadership master practitioner and mentor who respectfully provides a safe and loving space for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and trauma to reconnect; get grounded in who they truly are. Kerri has earned a reputation as one of the best coaches working in the field of Trauma Recovery today. She intuitively connects deeply with her clients, expertly guiding them through a collaborative recovery process enabling them to uncover their true authentic self, their inner capacity, resilience, and sense of wellbeing, lending them the skills they need to live without the conflict of fear, shame, guilt, or self-doubt. Her expertise provides a measure of freedom from the devastating aftereffects of trauma, while equipping them with the tools needed to better heal their wounds and face future challenges.
Kerri’s own story began with a traumatic childhood. She is a survivor of complex PTSD. The abuse she suffered was chronic, repetitive, and on-going. She had no social support or protective factors. Kerri knows what it’s like to endure crippling adversity, to grow up in an unsafe environment, to live in constant fear, and feel truly helpless and hopeless. She knows how hard it is to move beyond the emotional upheavals and the broken family dynamics. She understands the adverse impact of toxic shame, the crippling depression, and the self-destructive coping methods one learns in order to survive. She knows the detrimental effects trauma has on learning, behavior, and health well into adulthood. Kerri has experienced firsthand the devastating impact that trauma and pervasive developmental trauma can have on a person, and the overwhelming despair it produces. She spent years redefining her pain, getting past it, building a life she loved, and along the way discovered a profound calling leading her to help others.
Inspired by her own journey of healing, lessons learned, and insights gleaned from working with top coaches, advisors, therapists, and physicians specializing in childhood development and trauma, Kerri became a certified professional life and trauma recovery coach and founded her own company, Kerri Coaching.
Kerri has held leadership and mentor roles for two decades, and has acquired expertise in energy management, pervasive/developmental trauma, attachment theory, neuroplasticity, cognitive behavior therapy, and complex PTSD, all of which she leverages to create her unique, highly effective coaching programs. With a fast-growing clientele that includes young adults, business executives, entrepreneurs, empty nesters, and retirees, she equips trauma survivors in all stages of life with healthy tools to aptly navigate the challenging aftereffects. She guides them, facilitating a dialog that enables them to gain a new self-awareness around what they’ve suffered and how it’s adversely impacted them throughout all aspects of their life.
Kerri is an accredited Instructor and a Certified Professional Trauma Recovery Coach Supervisor through IAOTRC where they uphold the highest quality of ethical standards within the field of Trauma Recovery Coaching. Kerri is also a Certified Course Facilitator and Trauma Recovery Coach through Tim Fletcher Co. She has also received her Certified Professional Coach certification from iPEC, one of the largest ICF-accredited coach training schools in the world and has an additional certification with the Energy Leadership™ Index (ELI). Kerri is also accredited through the ICF as a professional certified coach, and she’s earned a Certified Trauma Informed Coaching certification through MTHS.
Today, Kerri provides a safe, loving, inspiring space for trauma survivors to heal and thrive. It’s a connected, empowering space full of breakthroughs and paradigm shifts leading to a new sense of well-being. Clients can relate to Kerri’s story and are inspired by the strength and healing she has found on the other side. Her philosophy: “We heal deeply when we honor our pain, when we feel it, gain awareness around it, and learn from it. It is only then that we survivors can truly lay it to rest”. Based on the teaching of Dr. Gabor Mate, Kerri has innovated proven coaching programs that help complex trauma survivors address the biological, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of healing. With 20+ years of substantial healing and resilience to build upon, Kerri remains immersed in the world of making a difference.
When Kerri is not helping others heal, she’s in the gym or outside, camping, hiking, biking or swimming. She loves to spend time with her friends and family, get lost in a good book, and spend long days at the beach.
To learn more about Kerri’s coaching business, including her methodology and services, spend some time looking around this website.
