If you’ve landed here then you’re probably considering getting support for yourself around your mental health, or your mental growth. Either way, this is the first step in starting to understand what it all means and prioritising yourself. I am a trained therapist and coach, therefore able to support the many different challenges a person faces in life. Sometimes you might need support when life becomes particularly tough – therapy can help to alleviate emotional distress and to repair and heal. It might be that you’re not experiencing emotional distress but want to grow or move forward in some way – this is where coaching can help to motivate and energise you towards your goals. It might be that therapy is necessary for you, or coaching feels like the better fit. Or maybe, a blend of both! Therapeutic coaching can help with self discovery and intentional growth.
I work with each individual in a unique way, but always encourage deep, exploratory conversations to really help you gain clarity over your thoughts, feelings and emotions. These discussions can reveal what might be holding you back or keeping you stuck in repeating patterns and behaviours that you’re finding unhelpful. I am able to draw on a number of tools from my therapy and coaching training to help you understand, process and develop new skills.
As a trained psychotherapist and coach I am able to work in many different areas, often including:
- Increasing self-awareness and confidence
- Understanding conflict, communication and family dynamics
- Setting healthy boundaries in your relationships and the workplace
- Understanding and managing anxiety (including social anxiety, health anxiety, panic attacks)
- Grief, loss and other life transitions (bereavement, job loss, relationship breakdowns)
- Low mood, low self esteem, low motivation, feeling stuck and without direction in life
- Recognising unhelpful behaviours and patterns such as people pleasing, perfectionism, relationship conflicts
- Regulating moods, understanding emotions and increasing resilience
- Understanding your values and strengths, in order to live a more fulfilled life
Sometimes, we need the space to grieve, vent, process and heal; therapy can help with deep healing and understanding the past as well as working through and processing some difficult emotions if you’re feeling stuck, unhappy and keep repeating behaviours that aren’t helpful. In essence, therapy is most useful when you aren’t coping as well as you would like, emotionally distressed or feel like you need to work through some very personal, difficult emotions.
Other times we may want to understand, gain clarity, and figure out a plan of action to move forward. Coaching is about goals, change and working towards a preferred future, and providing the structure to get there. Often, these two modalities work really well together, working at depth as well as offering an energetic, motivated space to move forward.
Therapeutic coaching as a blended approach can help you to achieve your future-focused goals, while providing the benefits of traditional therapy. It can give you clarity about where you are now, where you would like to be and what is getting in the way, whilst providing you with effective tools to gently work through those obstacles (which we often come across along the way), so that you can move towards the change you want to experience.
I aim to empower my clients with a toolkit of skills and coping strategies, a renewed outlook, and increased self-awareness to help with life’s challenges outside of the therapy room. I have trained in many different styles of therapy and coaching, but what is more important than any tool or skill is the ability to deeply listen, and provide the space for you to understand your own thoughts and feelings in a way you may not get in any other relationship. This is where therapy is a fundamental part of the change process.
My experience of working within private practice, the NHS, mental health settings and the business world means I am able to draw on many approaches when helping my clients find ways to change. If you want to make changes to your life but you’re unsure how, feel free to get in touch to explore how we can work together to start the journey.
I work with AXA, Aviva, Vitality and BUPA.
