I’m Ken Knoechel, a psychodynamic coach with graduate-level clinical training who helps Christians who are feeling stuck, anxious, or reactive to recognize unconscious conflict patterns and design the lives they naturally desire.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health, I bring psychodynamic precision to coaching conversations. Unlike most coaches, I can recognize the unconscious patterns driving your behavior because I’m clinically trained to see what others miss.

I took my psychodynamic expertise and brought it into coaching instead of staying in traditional therapy. Why? Because therapy often keeps people analyzing the past and coping with symptoms. My psychodynamic coaching will help you recognize conflict patterns and consciously begin creating patterns of the person you desire becoming.

My Journey

My understanding of unconscious patterns began with my own prodigal journey at age 16. The partying and chasing after immediate gratification created a blinding veil over my heart, preventing me from seeing God. By my mid-twenties, I experienced significant losses when my mother died suddenly from cardiomyopathy and my sister from a fatal overdose.

At 26, a devastating car accident resulted in multiple injuries, two strokes, and two brain injuries. I spent three weeks in a coma, a forced pause in my prodigal journey. This became the pivot in my turning point. Through these experiences, my nervous system is still recognizing how God is using my past to provide an exceptional understanding of Him and His way.

Now, I observe how God is using my experiences to continue changing my heart to shape a wonderful life. I have learned principles that integrate psychological insight with biblical wisdom that will bring you into greater awareness of your relationship with others, with God, and with yourself.

After six years at Kettering Health Psychiatric Hospital and completing my graduate studies at Wright State University (with my undergraduate work at Liberty University), I now offer virtual coaching from Chattanooga, Tennessee.

When not working with clients, I’m exploring the world with my wife or renovating our home, constantly discovering new experiences that expand our horizons.

What Makes My Work Different

I identify the unconscious patterns that are creating the feelings of anxiety and reactivity between your mind and heart. While most approaches focus on behavior modification, I help you recognize how defense mechanisms, transference dynamics, and attachment patterns are unconsciously driving your reality. When you become aware of these patterns, you can naturally begin creating the life you desire.

Your freedom to choose was designed by God. When you recognize the unconscious patterns limiting this freedom, your relationships and reality begin transforming in beautiful ways.

Ready to recognize your patterns and design the life you naturally desire? Let’s connect.