Founder of Enduring Strength, LLC, Marideth Kates is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and health, life, and nutrition coach. She has provided youth, college students, and athletes individual and group therapy for 23 years. Marideth utilizes a faith-based approach in traditional outpatient therapy sessions as well as her coaching/training services. She has a special interest in supporting high-performing middle, high-school, and college student athletes who struggle with perfectionism, performance anxiety, injuries, eating disorders, relationships, time management, overall stress, etc. In her coaching/training, she collaboratively creates customized programming that incorporates, high-touch communication before and after sessions, encouragement and support in between sessions, flexible and convenient scheduling, fun meeting spots, and the integration of goal-oriented activity and therapeutic healing work. Marideth values bringing laughter and joy into sessions to provide a comfortable and safe space. She has additional training and experience in supporting youth with Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and 504 plans, training in health and wellness, personal training, eating disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Behavioral Therapy, Strengths-Based Therapy, Family Therapy, Attachment Therapy, Group Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, etc.