ABOUT US
Feel the love.
We are educators, coaches, consultants, clinicians – each committed to personal authenticity and self-compassion.
In turn, it’s what we bring to you, so you can find your way and feel hopeful about the future.
Elaine Morgan, Ed.M., NBC-HWC, CEP, NPSP
– Peer Support Specialist
– Coach & Mentor
– Neuro-diversity Specialist
Elaine, our founder can relate to your journey as a parent because she’s been there.
As a parent and a professional working with young people and families for almost 40 years, Elaine has always been deeply passionate about Special Education and Family Life Education.
While parenting her own seven children, she experienced going through the typical struggles and more. After living in a place of fear and making multiple poor decisions based on searching web sites, she eventually found the right help via an independent educational consultant.
At that point, Elaine combined her journey as a parent with her years of professional experience and founded Morgan Guidance Services. In 2012, Elaine committed to guiding families because she believes no one should be alone when making critical life impacting decisions for a loved one.
“Parents deserve to be well informed and prepared to make the best possible decisions for a son or daughter.”
Then: Mom living in overwhelm, needing clarity.
Now: Supporting parents for peace and wellbeing
Our Team
Then: Worried mom, desperate for the right school
Now: Guiding parents to the best options
Sonja Martin, MS, LPC, ASDCS
Peer Parent + Therapeutic Consulting + Autism Specialist
With over 2 decades of experience in the behavioral health field, Sonja is passionate about creating an environment where families feel safe to collaborate, grow together, and maximize their potential. As a parent of neurodivergent teens, she has a unique combination of personal and professional experience in supporting families with mental health and neurodevelopmental challenges.
Sonja completed her Master of Science in Counseling Psychology at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, and has held clinical therapist and supervisory roles in community mental health, pediatric psychiatric inpatient, private practice, and crisis intervention services.
She has advanced training in autism and neurodiversity, pathological demand avoidance, trauma, attachment, interpersonal neurobiology, forensic interviewing, cognitive coaching, and neuropsychological assessment.
Sonja lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, their two teenage sons, and their mini schnoodle and goldendoodle. She enjoys gardening, hiking, home decorating, furniture upcycling, and traveling.
Then: Frustrated when students didn’t get the right support
Now: Fierce advocate for optimal learning opportunities
Kathy LePage Psychologist
IEP Advocate + Educational & Therapeutic Consultant
With over 20 years of experience as a school psychologist, I’ve dedicated my career to supporting children, adolescents, young adults, and their families through some of their most challenging moments. I hold a doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and have worked extensively in central Iowa, where I specialized in evaluating and supporting students with complex learning and mental health needs.
My expertise extends beyond direct work with students and families. As a lead practitioner in social-emotional and behavioral health, I’ve provided professional learning to educators across the field, helping them better understand and support struggling students and their families. I’ve also mentored and supervised school psychologists new to the profession, sharing the lessons I’ve learned from years in the trenches.
But here’s what truly shaped my current path: watching families struggle to find help beyond what schools could provide.
For years, I witnessed a heartbreaking pattern—brilliant students paralyzed by anxiety, creative minds shut down by learning differences, and parents who knew their child needed more support but had no idea where to turn or who to trust. Maybe you’ve been told to “wait and see.” Maybe you’ve tried everything your school suggested, but your child is still struggling. Maybe you’re facing a crisis and feeling completely alone.
I saw something crucial through all of this: mental health and learning are inseparable. You can’t address one without the other.
From Fear to Hope to Action
As a school psychologist and a Therapeutic Consultant, I am all about finding solutions that support emotional healing AND academic success, mental health recovery AND learning needs, immediate crisis intervention AND long-term thriving.
Then: Feeling helpless, watching someone I love lose their way
Now: Coaching young adults to reach their potential
Jana El Rifaii
Life Coach for Young Adults
Jana El Rifaii is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the esteemed ICF, International Coach Federation. She helps teens and young adults—including those who are neurodivergent or navigating executive-function challenges—build self-awareness, follow-through, and confidence as they move toward independence.
Her coaching blends structure and empathy, offering practical tools for planning, time use, and accountability within a calm, judgment-free space.
After witnessing firsthand how compassion, acceptance, and the right structure can help someone move from struggle and disconnection to self-acceptance and genuine thriving, Jana changed careers from mathematics to create that kind of space for others.
She blends empathy with structure, offering practical tools for planning, time use, and accountability within a calm, judgment-free environment. Her person-centered approach fosters self-trust, motivation, and lasting change. Parents describe her style as steady, supportive, and quietly transformative—helping their teens and young adults build clear routines, make thoughtful choices, and develop confidence that endures well beyond coaching.
Then: Seeing families struggle during crisis
Now: Bringing peace by organizing a myriad of details
Virtual Assistant
Family Communication Specialist
Info coming soon!
Peers + Professionals
We are your peers, fellow humans + parents, walking life on planet earth like all our clients. As neuro diversity specialists, we are highly credentialed professionals, consummate learners, always attending trainings and taking courses.
Success for Children, Teens and Adults
We use a whole-person approach. We support client needs AND strengths. We hold a big picture perspective and a long term view as we plan so our clients have the opportunity to reach their potential in school and in life.
Support & Guidance for Parents
We believe you are the expert on yourself. You know your loved one, quirks and all. Much of our work is about empowering you. You invite us to join your team. We offer our years of life and professional experience to your situation. You gain clarity, become well informed and have the peace when making critical life impacting decisions for your loved one and for yourself.
Highly Individualized
Because we have years of experience and training in numerous approaches, we can give what you need. We can pivot when you need us to pivot. You have many options and can choose what fits for you. If you need something we can’t provide, we will be honest and tell you.
