Mindfulness Coaching and Attachment Repair

Looking to develop your mindfulness practice?

With mindfulness coaching, we provide support for you to navigate the intricate paths of the mind. Mindfulness coaching is a form of emotional wellness support that helps you explore, develop, and maintain a meditation practice. It's about bringing awareness to the present moment without judgment.  

    • Understand mindfulness: clarify core concepts and ideas.

    • Develop a practice: Guide you through meditation, movement and other techniques.  

    • Integrate mindfulness: Teach you how to apply mindfulness in daily life and on retreat.

    • Overcome challenges: Support you in dealing with obstacles in your practice and high-stress situations.

    • Set goals: Help you define and achieve your mindfulness objectives. Follow a detailed roadmap for your meditation journey, tracking specific stages of meditation and the challenges and breakthroughs associated with each one

    • Reduce stress and anxiety  

    • Improve focus and concentration

    • Enhance emotional regulation  

    • Boost self-awareness and self-definition  

    • Increase overall well-being 

    • Insight into the nature of reality: As meditation deepens, practitioners begin to see through the illusions of the mind, gaining a clearer understanding of reality.

    • Compassion and wisdom: The practice fosters a profound sense of compassion for oneself and others, as well as wisdom in navigating life's challenges.

    • Spiritual growth: Ultimately, meditation aims at realizing the true nature of mind, leading to a profound transformation of consciousness.

  • As an online mindfulness coach, I provide the following: 

    • Imparting Knowledge: Understanding meditation teachings, including the stages of meditation and the potential challenges at each level.

    • Providing Guidance: Offering tailored advice to students based on their individual experiences and progress.

    • Addressing Challenges: Helping students overcome obstacles that arise during meditation, such as distractions or conceptualizations.

    • Guiding towards Realization: Ultimately, the mindfulness coach's role is to reveal the nature of the mind to itself, guiding students towards direct realization.

Meet Your Mindfulness Coach

Stas is a mindfulness coach with extensive meditation and mindfulness experience. He spent over a year on meditation retreats, practicing in the Vipassana, Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions, and studying with multiple teachers including Gil Fronsdal, Shinzen Young and Dustin DiPierna. Stas trained with Dr. Daniel P. Brown of Harvard Medical School and David Elliott for treating attachment disturbances using the Ideal Parent Figure Protocol and mindfulness practices.

Why engage in mindfulness practice?

Beyond the immediate benefits of greater well-being and emotional regulation, mindfulness practice is a profound opening into the true nature of reality. Working closely with an online mindfulness coach can help you bypass intellectual understanding and directly access the true nature of mind, free from conceptual constructs, a type of experiential wisdom. This fundamental insight offers insight into the root cause of suffering and a gradual path to freedom. 

Meditation practice reveals the sacred and interconnected nature of all things and beings. Cultivating these insights opens the mind and heart to wisdom and compassion, the essential qualities for living a meaningful life. Repeated exposure to such experience transforms ordinary consciousness into awakened awareness until this state becomes stable and effortless. This is not an altered state of mind, it's the true nature of mind as it is, without obscuration. Mindfulness is not just a practice, it's a profound journey of self-discovery and freedom. It's a path to awakening one’s true potential and realizing the connectedness of all things. 

  • Stas trained with Dr. Daniel P. Brown of Harvard Medical School and David Elliott for treating attachment disturbances using the Ideal Parent Figure Protocol and Mindfulness Practices. He completed a year long chaplaincy class and works with clients of Santa Cruz Hospice experiencing life transitions. Stas trained with Drs. Howard and Miriam Steele to administer and score the Adult Attachment Interview and Carol George in the Adult Attachment Projective: AAP. Stas holds a PhD in Science and a masters in Social Work. He is committed to inclusivity, cultural sensitivity and has experience working with substance use and co-occurring disorders as a registered substance use counselor. Stas is based out of Santa Cruz, California where he enjoys surfing and leading an environmentally-conscious lifestyle.

Stas Fedechkin MSW, PhD

Services available in English and Russian

Specialized Coaching Services

Gold standard for determining adult attachment style. The interview is conducted one-on-one and lasts approximately 1-2 hours

Adult Attachment Interview

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Explore 18 core schemas and mindfulness practices to work through maladaptive behaviors and views. Identify and positively repattern difficult interpersonal motifs

Schemas & Relationship Themes

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Develop a practice towards awakened states, greater emotional well-being and sharpen your metacognition

Mindfulness Training

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 Meditation Training

Stas initially became interested in mental health and later attachment theory by attending a local meditation center. His interest eventually led him to working at an intensive residential mediation center, where he spent over a year on meditation retreat, practicing in the Vipassana, Mahamudra and Dzogchen tradition, studying with multiple teachers including Gil Fronsdal, Shinzen Young and Dustin DiPierna. 

Stas is a skilled clinical social worker and psychotherapist, known for his compassionate and client-centered approach. With a background in mental health, he runs a successful private practice where he helps individuals navigate emotional challenges and achieve personal growth. Stas is dedicated to fostering a safe and supportive environment, empowering his clients to explore their inner selves and find lasting well-being.

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Stas provides Ideal Parent Figure facilitation, Consultation, and Mindfulness-based techniques for individuals, couples and groups
Rate: $250 for 50 minute session. Sliding scale available on request
Contact at stas@mindfulattachmentcoaching.com