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About

Rae Gaelyn Emerson is a trauma-savvy coach, consultant and supervisor, with advanced training in couples relationships, divorce recovery, traumatic loss, complicated grief, human sexuality, problematic sexual behavior and partner betrayal trauma. For thirteen years (and counting), Rae has worked with individuals and couples reeling-and-healing from various forms of relational trauma: issues like abandonment, abuse, addiction, betrayal, deception, divorce and infidelity.

In addition to her frontline client work, Rae serves as the Vice President for APSATS’ Board of Directors. As an APSATS Certified Partner Coach (CPC) since 2016, Rae is now an APSATS Consultation Supervisor (CPC-S), honored to provide professional support for an emerging generation of APSATS coaches and therapists.

Rae is an active member within the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She holds ICF's highest credential (Master Certified Coach, or MCC), and frequently volunteers her time as a subject matter expert for ICF's Credentials and Standards committee. Rae is also a Certified Mentor Coach (CMS, MCS) and formally-trained coaching supervisor. Within these roles, Rae is seeking to “raise the bar” for qualified coaches who work within the fields of mental health, sexual health and relational health.

Most recently, Rae enjoys co-hosting a biweekly podcast called "Ask the Betrayed." Together with her longtime friend and colleague Sharon Rinearson, the two jump headlong into the crossroads of their personal-meets-professional experience, musing out loud about the nuance of life beyond betrayal trauma.

Rae lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota—where she’s madly in love with her job, her guy and two very spoiled cats.

For more detail about my coaching approach, please visit my website: www.healingtalksback.com.

Specialties

• Abandonment & Neglect
• Abuse
• Divorce
• Grief
• Infidelity
• Marital and Premarital
• Partner Trauma
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Sex
• Sex/Pornography
• Work

Services offered

Education and certification

• Life, Relationship and Divorce Recovery CoachingImpact Coaching Academy, 2014
• Multidimensional Partner Trauma Model (MPTM)Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists (APSATS), 2015
• A Doorway of Hope Facilitator TrainingA Doorway of Hope, 2017
• Abandonment Recovery: Stages of Grief After Loss of LoveSusan Anderson, Abandonment.net, 2017
• Gottman Method: Levels 1 & 2, Couples and Addiction, Treating Trauma and AffairsThe Gottman Institute, 2019
• Advanced Topics in Problematic Sexual Behavior (ATPSB)Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, 2019
• Reframing PTSD as Complicated GriefCentre for Loss and Life Transition, 2019
• Grief CoachngInstitute for Life Coach Training, 2019
• Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery CoachingThe Mindfulness Academy for Addiction and Trauma Training, 2020
• Early Recovery Couples Recovery Model (ERCEM)Carol Sheets, 2023
• Couple-Centered Recovery for Coaches (Original Format)Dr. Jake Porter, Daring Ventures, 2023
• Restoring Truth: Disclosure Guide TrainingKintsugi Recovery Partners, 2024
• Deceptive Sexuality and TraumaInstitute for Sexual Health, 2025
• Certified Partner Coach Supervisor (CPC-S)APSATS, Partner Trauma, 2016
• Advanced Topics in Problematic Sexual BehaviorSASH, Sex/Pornography, 2019
• Certified Holding Space PractitionerCentre for Holding Space, Work, 2021
• Sexuality Attitude ReassessmentInstitute for Sexuality Education and Enlightenment, Sex, 2023

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