Compassionate Guidance for Your Journey.

Work with Dave Provost, a trauma-informed coach and veteran educational leader with more than 30 years of experience working with individuals, families, educators, and organizations. Dave’s approach is informed by extensive training in Compassionate Inquiry, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Polyvagal Theory, and trauma-informed practice, bringing together an understanding of attachment, nervous-system regulation, and the ways our past experiences shape our present lives and relationships.

Dave works with clients both in person and online, in the U.S. and internationally. Prior to founding Circle to Self, he spent more than three decades working with students, parents, educators, and nonprofit organizations. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and is the father of two college-aged children as well as a professional musician and singer-songwriter.

“You had the unique ability to meet me in that difficult moment without judgement while simultaneously seeing my best possible self. Thank you.”

“We will forever be grateful for your openness to fully embrace and support our child at a time in our lives when that has sometimes been hard to find. Thank you for all you do to help her grow and thrive.”