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Built For The People Who Need It Most

Collins Coaching & Consulting, LLC is a therapy, life coaching, and special education advocacy practice based in Arlington, TX. We work with individuals and families ages 5 to 99 who are dealing with mental health challenges, navigating personal transitions, or fighting for their child's rights in the education system. Founded in 2022 by John and Tracy Collins, this practice exists because we saw too many people falling through the cracks and decided to do something about it.

One Practice, No Runaround

Most families dealing with mental health, personal development, and special education end up bouncing between providers who don't talk to each other. We built this practice to eliminate that. Therapy, coaching, and advocacy all live under the same roof, which means your therapist knows what your advocate is working on and your coach understands the full picture. You tell your story once, and we carry it across every service you need. No repeating yourself, no starting over, no gaps in your care.

Where It All Started

This practice started in 2022 as a life coaching business and grew into something much bigger. When John earned his LMSW, therapy became part of what we could offer. Tracy's decades in education and special education made advocacy a natural extension. What began as one service built on a belief that people deserve better support has grown into a full practice that can meet families at every point of need. The mission hasn't changed, we've just built more ways to deliver on it.

John M. Collins Jr.

John M. Collins Jr. is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Mental Health Life Coach, and the co-founder of Collins Coaching & Consulting in Arlington, TX. He holds a Master of Educational Administration and is an Advanced Certified Trauma and Resilience Practitioner, Certified Specialist in Restorative Practices, and Certified Crisis Prevention Institute Instructor. He is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.



John describes himself as a spiritual cultivator and facilitator of resilience, and that's exactly how he shows up for his clients. His work is rooted in helping people find the overcoming power they already carry and learning to walk in it. He brings that philosophy to every therapy session, every coaching conversation, and every family he works with.



Collins Coaching & Consulting started in 2022 as a certified mental health life coaching practice and has since grown into a full clinical and advocacy practice under John's leadership. Whether he's working with a child navigating anxiety, an adult processing trauma, or a family learning to communicate again, John meets every client with the same belief: that real change starts from the inside out.

Tracy M. Collins

Tracy M. Collins is a co-founder of Collins Coaching & Consulting and brings more than two decades of experience in education, special education, and social-emotional learning. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Louisiana Tech University, where she graduated cum laude, a Master of Education, and a Texas principal certification. Her career in education began as a special education paraprofessional, and it was there she discovered her passion for reaching and developing young people.



Tracy spent years as an assistant principal across multiple Title I campuses in large school district in North Texas, where she saw firsthand that students can't learn when their basic needs aren't being met. She responded by building systems that addressed those gaps: hiring the first Family Engagement Specialist at her campus, providing meals for families at evening meetings, creating academic enrichment activities designed for whole-family participation, and implementing child care services so parents could actually attend. She also brought Hope Squad, a national suicide prevention program, to her campus and created a Student Care Team built around the CASEL Framework of Core Competencies.



Tracy calls herself an empowerment and enlightenment coach, and her work at Collins Coaching & Consulting reflects everything her career has been building toward. She helps clients recognize their own worth and stop apologizing for it. Her deep understanding of the education system, family dynamics, and social-emotional development makes her an invaluable advocate for families navigating special education and life transitions.