Desiree Lepsey is a Certified Trauma-Informed Life Coach and the founder of the iSeeYou Initiative & Coaching. Through a lens of lived experience, she brings understanding of how healing is shaped by dignity, agency, and the slow rebuilding of trust. Her work focuses on relational health – supporting individuals as they strengthen self-trust, practice healthy boundaries, and develop more secure connections with themselves and others, particularly after experiences marked by coercion, betrayal, or chronic stress. With a focus on justice and dignity, Desiree also speaks to the ways “power-over” dynamics can be unintentionally reinforced through policies, systems, and everyday helping practices.
Her guiding framework: Present, Engaged, and Committed offers practical, relationship-centered strategies and ready-to-use language that support trauma-informed care across disciplines. Through coaching and speaking, Desiree equips advocates, social workers, educators, and academics with tools to reduce retraumatization, build trust without pressure, and foster environments where meaningful change can take root.
Presentation: Present, Engaged & Committed: Building Trust Without Reenacting Control
