For coaches, counselors & faith-integrated practitioners

Know where the work is, before session one.

Stronghold is one adaptive assessment that scores 230+ measures of who your client really is: identity, attachment, the origin story, the nervous system, faith, and more. Get certified, and walk into the first session already holding the map.

One ~20 minute assessment. A full Clarity Report. Macy AI reads it with you.

230+Measures scored
9Life domains
19Assessment modules
~20Minutes, one sitting
Why practitioners get certified

One platform. The whole client.

Stop stitching together a screener, an attachment quiz, and a values worksheet. Get certified once and run the depth from a single platform built for your practice.

The whole-person map

230+ measures in one sitting, returned as a plain-language Clarity Report you can hand a client without a translation step.

Macy, your AI co-pilot

An assistant that reads each client's results, drafts your session notes, and answers questions in your voice, never replacing your judgment.

A real practice platform

Booking, a client CRM, the couples and founder modules, and report delivery, all in one place instead of five subscriptions.

A credential clients trust

Become a Certified Stronghold Practitioner and get listed in the directory clients search when they are looking for someone like you.

What it measures — and what they get

Six areas of life. One assessment.

Stronghold maps the whole person across six areas, written the way a good coach would say it — never a clinical label. Every area ends in something concrete your client walks away with. Measures adapt to the person answering.

Personal Growth

The deepest layer

Self-awareness, emotional health, resilience, boundaries — the patterns a person keeps running and the ones running them.

Personality typeEmotional healthHow anger comes outQuiet shameSelf-awareness & blind spotsBouncing back

What they get: a named personality archetype, an emotional-health map in plain language, and the pattern underneath it — the thing they've felt for years but never had words for.

See it in Renee's report →

Marriage & Relationship

Both partners, mapped

Communication, conflict, intimacy, trust, connection — and for couples, the exact collision pattern between two people.

Attachment styleHow you handle conflictHow you talk to each otherMaking up after conflictFeeling safe togetherCloseness

What they get: their attachment, communication, and conflict styles plus their love language — side by side with their partner's, and the repair path for the loop they're stuck in.

See David & Sarah's couples report →

Career & Leadership

603 career profiles

Work style, purpose, leadership, occupational interests — a full career module inside the assessment, not an afterthought.

Career fitKnowing your directionWhat drains youHow you leadLetting go of controlLiving what you are made for

What they get: a career-fit read on three dimensions — Steward↔Builder, Structure↔Autonomy, Support↔Lead — matched against 603 real career profiles, plus the founder and leadership views for owners and teams.

See it in Marcus's founder report →

Family & Parenting

The origin story

Attachment, parenting, family of origin — the early story still shaping how a person shows up today.

Childhood woundsFather's influenceMother's influenceComing of ageFinding your voiceWhere your triggers come from

What they get: a family-of-origin map that connects today's triggers to where they actually started — the section practitioners say opens the most doors in session.

See it in a full report →

Faith & Spiritual Life

Turned up or left quiet

Meaning, purpose, spiritual practices, beliefs — a real spiritual layer for practitioners who work there, invisible for those who don't.

Faith depthSpiritual maturityHow you see GodForgiving your parentsFaith used against youMeaning

What they get: a picture of where faith actually sits in their life — depth, maturity, wounds, and how their view of God was shaped — in language that works in a church office or a coaching room.

See how it reads in a report →

Physical & Financial

9 validated check-ins

Body stewardship, health habits, money mindset — plus quiet, validated wellbeing screens running in the background.

Financial healthYour money mindsetPhysical wellnessCaring for your bodyMood check-inStress & overwhelm check-in

What they get: an honest read on money and body patterns — and nine validated wellbeing screens (mood, worry, stress, alcohol, and more) where the practitioner sees the flag and the client just sees a check-in.

See the wellbeing view →
Every client walks away with six named reports
Personality ProfileAttachment StyleCommunication StyleConflict StyleLove LanguageLife Purpose & Vision

Generated from one sitting, drawn from 230+ scored measures — plus validity and safety checks that stay with the practitioner.

Don't take our word for it — read a full sample report for every edition:

IndividualRenee, 38The Shepherd archetype — carries everyone, least known in every room. CouplesDavid & SarahThe pursuer and the wall — both partners side by side, plus the repair path. Business OwnerMarcus, 44A founder fused with his company — identity, delegation, exit readiness. Teams · 360Trevor & his teamA capable VP whose self-view and his team's experience quietly drifted apart.

Fictional people, real structure — every archetype, measure, and section is exactly what the platform produces. Depth your clients feel, language nobody flinches at.

See it for yourself

This is an actual page from the report.

Not a mockup — the real structure, from the sample individual report. Renee is fictional; everything else is exactly what the platform produces.

Stronghold · Clarity ReportRenee, 38 · Individual edition
Personality archetype

The Shepherd

People are drawn to you because you make them feel seen. You carry others naturally and often invisibly. You are often the most trusted person in the room — and the least known.

The strength

Deep empathy, natural caretaker, creating safety for others, loyalty, genuine warmth.

The shadow

You disappear inside other people's needs. You say yes when you mean no. You have given so much away that you are no longer sure who you are when nobody needs you.

The Human OS — one score per area of life
Purpose78
Relationships54
Body34

"Your coaching must start with a question nobody has asked you: what do YOU need? The answer will feel foreign. Stay with it."

Fictional person, real structure. Six life domains, 230+ measures, a named pattern — read all of it. Read Renee's full report →
The four wires

Which one runs you?

Everyone carries all four — King, Warrior, Seer, Healer — in a blend that's theirs alone. Stronghold measures your exact mix and how it interacts with your attachment, stress patterns, and EQ.

The King

"While others are still discussing options, I've already moved."

Natural leaders — decisive, direct, driven to results. The strength is vision and momentum; the shadow is steamrolling people and dismissing emotion as weakness.

Read about the King →

The Warrior

"Every room is better when I walk into it."

Social connectors — energy, enthusiasm, warmth. The strength is bringing people alive; the shadow is needing the spotlight and outrunning the quiet.

Read about the Warrior →

The Seer

"I'd rather be right than fast."

Analytical thinkers — accuracy, quality, careful deliberation. The strength is depth and precision; the shadow is analysis paralysis and impossible standards.

Read about the Seer →

The Healer

"I know what everyone needs — except me."

Loyal supporters — harmony, relationships, service. The strength is steadiness and care; the shadow is losing yourself in everyone else's needs.

Read about the Healer →

Your blend resolves into one of twelve named types — the General, the Flame, the Compass, the Fortress… Meet all 12 types and find yours with a practitioner.

How certification works

Three steps to certified.

1

Apply

Tell us about your practice and who you serve. Certification is a fit for coaches, counselors, and pastoral practitioners.

2

Get trained & certified

Take the full assessment yourself, then work through the training on reading the report, running the platform, and guiding the conversation.

3

Run it in your practice

Send the assessment, get the Clarity Report, and walk into session one already knowing where the work is. Your listing goes live in the directory.

Who gets certified

Built for the whole-person practitioner.

Faith-integrated coaches

Pastoral counselors and Christian coaches who want rigor and a real spiritual layer, not one or the other.

Counselors & therapists

Solo LPC, LMFT and LCSW practitioners tired of stitching four tools together for one intake.

Executive & life coaches

Coaches who need depth beyond a personality quiz, including the founder and team layers.

Group practices & churches

Counseling centers and ministries who want every practitioner on one shared platform.

Want to take Stronghold?

Work with a certified practitioner.

Stronghold is delivered by certified practitioners, never as a self-serve quiz. That is how your results get read by someone trained to use them. Find a practitioner below, or send us a note and we will help you connect with the right one.

We will point you to a certified practitioner who fits. Your details are private and never sold.

Built by a practitioner, not a quiz factory

"I built Stronghold from two decades of sitting across from people who were done living the pattern. I wanted the depth I could never get from one tool, said in language that never pathologizes the person in front of me. Now I am certifying the practitioners who want the same thing."

Dr. Johnathan HinesFounder, Dr. Hines Inc.
Straight answers

Questions, answered plainly.

Coaches, counselors, pastoral counselors, and faith-integrated practitioners who want one deep, trustworthy assessment instead of stitching several tools together. You get certified to administer Stronghold, read the results, and use the practice platform with your clients.

Yes. Every certified practitioner completes the full Stronghold assessment first, so you know exactly what your clients experience and how to read every part of the report before you ever send it.

230+ measures across nine areas: who you are, your strengths, how you connect, where you came from, work and money and body and spirit, wellbeing check-ins, you as a couple, you as an owner, and your team. It covers identity, attachment, the nervous system, the origin story, control and boundary patterns, faith, and more, all in plain coaching language.

No. Stronghold is a screening and self-assessment tool that supports a practitioner's work. It does not diagnose or treat any condition and is not FDA-cleared. If a client is in crisis, refer to licensed care and call or text 988 in the U.S. for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Yes. Certification includes the couples layer and the founder layer. The assessment adapts to each client, so a couple gets the collision map and a business owner gets the founder dashboard, from the same platform.

Stronghold is administered by a certified practitioner, not sold as a self-serve quiz, so your results are always read by someone trained to use them. Find a certified practitioner in the directory, or contact us and we will help you connect with one.

Stronghold was built by a practitioner who takes faith seriously, and it works whether or not your clients share that faith. It includes a real spiritual layer that can be turned up or left quiet. Nobody gets preached at.

Carry the map, not the guesswork.

Get certified in the one assessment that shows you the whole person before the first session, and run it from a platform built for your practice.

Already certified? Find your listing in the directory.