Life & Death Coaching
with Dr. Devin Guthrie
My Story
Like many who feel called to help heal, my journey began with a wound: chronic pain. Starting as a teen, when most people’s attention is taken up trying to make it through the day, my pain demanded I dig beneath the surface to find a reason to live. The meaning I chose was meaning itself: What makes life meaningful and how can I help people live meaningful lives?
Years later, as a Clinical Psychology PhD student, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy gave me the tools I needed to do more than just have a life’s purpose worth suffering for. I finally stopped suffering and started to enjoy life, even though I still had chronic pain.
Now, as a Life & Death Coach, it’s my turn to help you. Whether your pain is physical, mental, or existential, I want to help you stop suffering and start living.
My Approach
I graduated from Texas A&M University's Clinical Psychology program with a
Master's degree. Then, I completed my PhD in Personality Psychology with a
research focus on Existential Psychology. I'm trained to practice:
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Existential-humanistic therapy
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Somatic-experiencing therapy
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Narrative therapy
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Emotion-focused therapy
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Functional-analytic psychotherapy
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Modern psychoanalytic therapy
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Cognitive behavioral therapy
My experience as a therapist forms the foundation of my life and death coaching. While my focus has shifted from treating mental illnesses to transforming and enriching people’s lives as a whole, my approach remains grounded in evidence-based best practices for mental health professionals.
I specialize in working with clients who are:
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Disabled/chronically ill
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Neurodivergent
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LGBTQIA+
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Religious minorities
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Research focus:
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What makes life meaningful in spite of the inevitability of death (or, as I’ve come to see it, how the inevitability of death makes life meaningful)
Publications on:
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Treating death anxiety, eco-anxiety, and chronic pain
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Promoting meaning in life, authenticity, purpose, existential mattering, and appreciation of everyday life
