About me
My real qualifications is my lifelong journey for self identity of purpose amidst often times overwhelming circumstances and experiences that quite frankly threatened to overwhelm completely. I now know there are people out there who get that. I had been searching for direction and a break from the endless treadmill of life/s difficulties which barely left time to find out and ask question I really needed answering to bring order, sense and purpose to all these experiences. I was granted some much needed time out to to bring all aspects of my life into balance, but that break was not what I was expecting.
The break which came with permission to down tools, was with the diagnosis of aggressive cancer. Hardly the break you might think, but that finally forced me to cut myself some slack.…they do say be careful what you wish for. Suddenly forced to confront my mortality.. I examined the idea and it seemed to boil down to one final theme..as I faced the big question (for me)…was I really going to check out without ..a sense of fullfilment , ..of doing what I came to do? whatever that was, .This turned out to be what I feared most when the chips were down.
That was the new beginning of getting serious about…whoever the heck I was , or was going to be and do whatever the heck I was going to spend the rest of my life in doing, and enjoy it. The beginning of becoming, and of discovering and developing the right combination of coaching tools to shape the journey
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Health & Wellbeing Coach
(BPS) British Psychological Society
Rebound Therapist
(MRTI & NASC)
Member of Rebound Therapy Institute and National Association of Sports Coaches
Bounce-Back Wellbeing
What’s unique about my coaching style is that it centres on Self kindness and re-connecting with and listening to yourself and loving and accept yourself.
That doesn’t mean no changes are desirable. It is easy to experience feelings of inadequacy, and self doubt when we cant make changes or meet challenges we feel we should, cope better, especially if we use to be able to. Most of us just need to cut ourself some slack, take some time out to process (and with a little support) bounce back.
Holistic Well-being Coaching
I work with people who encounter problems that arise when unexpected changes and reverses come, motivation is difficult, self identity questioned, and confidence is threatened or takes a beating. All this can leave us emotionally, physically, or spiritual, depleted, or even socially disconnected and mentally vulnerable.
Rebound-Well Coaching is based on experience of all this and not just study and learning and all bore out of personal necessity in difficult times…and lets face it, we all have them.
Rebound Well provides a safe place or space to start your own rebound well journey and begin to develop and use strategies and tools for negotiating your personal experience, and developing real and sustainable bounce back ability.
This is what I believe we all need.
BACKGROOUND EDUCATION
(CPsychol) Chartered Psychologist
(BPS) British Psychological Society
MSc. Soc. Research Methods
BSc. Psychology (Hons)
PGCE
(Psychology /Health & Social Care)