Working with David
David has worked in the coaching space for over 25 years and loves Narrative Coaching. And yet, he is way more than just a coach.
He brings all of who he is and what he knows to work with people like you. He is keenly perceptive, radically present, and deeply compassionate.
Working with David is like having your own private retreat.
He invites people into the truth of what IS as the foundation for what MATTERS. He creates sacred spaces in which people can do the real work.
Whatever threshold you are facing, David will meet you there.
David works with people who are seeking spiritual guidance, deep inner work, and support for major choices in front of them in service of others.
This moment is your curriculum.
What is it asking of you in living your one life?
Schedule a free 30-minute consultation with David.
Coaching Session (60 min)
Davidholds sacred spaces in which people get to the crux of their issue and make real change in real time. He is a master of using what is present to help you cross the threshold before you.
He will exquisitely notice your stories as they are being told to discern openings for change. He will work with the narrative material that emerges in service of what you need most right now. He will invite you to step into it.
David brings to his work not only his mastery of Narrative Coaching, but also decades of experience in Jungian Shadow work, Three Chairs work, grief counseling, somatic sensing, serious play, and more. It all is available for you.
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"My background in GATES work (Grief, Attachment, Trauma, Embodiment, and Shadow) enables me to offer safe, generative spaces and processes in which people can find the healing, wholeness, and freedom they are seeking."
- Dr. David Drake
Coaching Packages
Some of the issues we face in our life take more than one conversation to get to the core of what is being asked of you.
Drawing on his deep background in rites of passage, David will guide you through a process to cross the threshold in front of you.
He will help you: (1) prepare for the work to be done; (2) step into what is calling you; and (3) bring to life what you discover on the other side of the threshold.
Explore offersWhat those who have worked with David say . . .
Maureen Owen
"David’s work addresses the depth of our humanity. It goes beyond being transactional or simply working toward a goal. It endeavors to get to the core of who we are as human beings and what it means to have a human life."
Rachel Lawlan
"I had no idea how immersive and transformative this experience would be. What I’d been taught about how to coach did not sit well with me - it was all too rational and left-brained - and I wasn’t enjoying coaching or growing my business as a result. Narrative Coach provided an entirely new way of being with and inquiring into other people and their stories. It has made me a less anxious, more effective coach. It is experiential, immersive, and relational experience. I found it really quite magical."
Martin Wale
"Perhaps the biggest difference has been in myself, in coaching and more broadly. I can just be, or just notice things - my whole approach has shifted."
Carolyn Sargentson
"There is something about being able to stand with a client and feel into my own capacity to be trusted, to be leaned on, as I hold space for their process. And I know that when I find that "sweet spot" in me, they can feel it, too. Something moves, and what wants to happen begins to happen. It is as though nothing exists in the moment but me, and them, and the space - the field - between us. This work expands my own ability to stay present and to work with myself as an instrument - that is all I can trust in those moments and all that the moment need."
Dr. Rupinder Kaur
"The focus on the whole and the systemic is not new, but the way David cuts through the noise to be in the moment, the here and the now, is potentially life transforming for me as a coach and if leveraged in our coaching conversations with clients can be ecstatic for the client and soul satisfying for the coach."
Special Rates for Special Times!
The US election and its devastating aftermath make clear the challenges we face. This is why we are transforming The Institute in some important ways.
In addition, for the rest of 2025 we are offering reduced rates to individual clients who want to work with David.
Come experience the magic in spaces beyond coaching where we co-create the experiences and experiments that will serve you best.
To get started: Schedule a free consultation session with David if you would like to explore options or book the coaching offer that best fits your needs if you are ready to go.
