I help people build meaningful relationships.
Coach. Consultant. Speaker.
EVERYTHING IS RELATIONAL
Grow your relationship with
Build self esteem and self compassion
Identify your strengths and skills
Develop executive functioning skills
Identify relationship goals
Grow your social skills
Develop tools to build meaningful relationship
Identify your life’s purpose
Build job skills
Get job search support
Who I Work With
Adults with intellectual disabilities who want to develop the interpersonal skills to build meaningful relationships
Young adults struggling to experience community and belonging in times of transition
Adults wanting to come out of isolation and build deeper friendships, dating relationships and family relationships
Teens struggling to make friends
Organizations and faith communities who want support in cultivating a culture of belonging and inclusion
Parents/Caretakers looking for support in helping their loved one with with disabilities grow and succeed.
The Social Growth group is designed for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who want to learn the social, relational, and emotional skills required to build and grow meaningful relationships with friends, family and more.
What People are Saying
“Our 18-year-old autistic son has worked intensively with over 100 professionals over his lifetime. Melissa is exceptional in how she delights in him as a friend, first.. who happens to be intentional about teaching the higher-level, global skills of being a reciprocal social partner and friend.
Melissa is a quick study, highly intuitive, and dynamic. Our son enjoys his sessions because Melissa keeps him engaged with creative activities, respect, and high expectations. This is not drills and checklists!
I’m thrilled Melissa has opened her own practice. She is uniquely qualified and gifted to teach the ‘hidden curriculum’ that friends with cognitive disabilities find most challenging.”
— Diane Dokko Kim, disability ministry consultant and author of Unbroken Faith: Spiritual Recovery for the Special-Needs Parent
“Melissa Brosch is magnetic! Melissa makes everyone she encounters feel cared for and known and they leave having grown through the experience. Melissa is a dynamic and engaging communicator who is able to dig below the surface of issues in ways that keep you both laughing and wanting to ask more questions. She is a co-learner, a challenger, and a great friend to everyone she meets. I have worked with Melissa for over 20 years and any time spent with her will be beneficial and encouraging.”
— Eric Wakeling, Senior Pastor of Calvary Church of Santa Ana
"It has been my privilege to know Melissa as a member of the Disability Ministry Conference team and as a friend. As chairperson of the DMC, and as a pastor in her own congregation, Melissa has used her gifts and passion to build connections, particularly connecting marginalized individuals to the greater community. The same passion and skill Melissa brings to connections on an organizational level, she also brings to individual relationships. I highly recommend Melissa for anyone looking to improve connection both at the individual as well as the organizational level."
- Michael J Hoggatt, MS, MPA, PhD, President-Disability Ministry Conference, Director-Hoggatt Consulting, Professor/Chair of Disabled Students Programs & Services-Saddleback College
Locations:
Virtual, Offices in Orange and Santa Ana, CA