Personal Coaching

People come to coaching for many reasons. Sometimes they are referred by their employer, sometimes a set of coaching sessions is a gift from a friend and, most often, people come to coaching for support to achieve a particular outcome. By working with a coach you can identify the invisible blocks that limit your performance and stop you reaching your potential.

I provide personal coaching in two main areas:

Coaching to Achieve Your Goals
  • Clarifying and setting real and purposeful goals
  • Building motivation, self confidence and self belief
  • Developing the mental strategies of world class performance
  • How to thrive on pressure and focus on success
Coaching for Your Future
  • Career evaluation with MBTI 
  • Improving relationships with MBTI
  • Relaxation and stress management
  • Success and happiness with VIA Strengths
  • Knowing your personality style with LAB Profile

For teams involved in a process of change I deliver bespoke team coaching programmes.
To support managers and leaders to focus on what matters and eliminate the negative I provide executive coaching.
For deeper issues or recurring patterns I provide confidential, supportive counselling and positive psychotherapy.

What Exactly is Coaching?

There tends to be as many definitions of coaching as there are coaches, however for me NLP based Coaching involves:

“Helping people reveal their inner potential and put into action the emotional states, thinking patterns, beliefs and behaviours that will help them achieve their goals”

In practice each session has three elements. Firstly we agree the coaching topic and the evidence criteria - i.e. how we will know when we can stop coaching. Secondly I will use observation, questions, stories, exercises and wisdom to help you develop your own solutions. Finally you will commit to specific actions to take. For many people taking the time to define what you 'really' want and being accountable for what you say you will do are two of the most valuable parts of the process.

My Coaching Approach

As a registered Coaching and NLP trainer and Neuro-Linguistic Psychotherapist my work is, not surprisingly, strongly influenced by NLP (read more about NLP here). My work with business leaders and world class teams and competitors has brought many ideas into my coaching, from the personality therories of Carl Jung to the research based findings of psychologists like Carol Dweck and John Medina. I am also a stong advocate of strengths based coaching from the VIA Institute on Character and field of positive psychology and Happiness Coaching and Success Intelligence from Robert Holden PhD.

Coaching Programmes

Some individuals like the coaching direction to emerge after we have agreed the initial goal and number of sessions. Other people and business prefer to sign up for a coaching programme designed to increase performance and help people achieve their potential. Whatever suits you, as long as we have a clear outcome in mind, either way is better!

example 1 session
DISCOVERY programme

  1. Complete a self-assement LAB Profile, MBTI or VIA Strengths self assessment prior to the session.
  2. Exploring what makes you tick and how to use your strengths in your work / life / relationships / goals.

example 3 session
GOAL FOCUS programme

  1. Taking stock of where you are now and deciding what is important to you
  2. Setting a direction and being really clear about what exactly you do want
  3. Building motivation, commitment and support to achieve your goals

A free copy of The Fulfilling Goals Workbook is included to support the coaching process and means the sessions are purposeful, effective and focused on you and your future goals.

example 6 session
PERSONAL PERFORMANCE programme

  1. Define and explore your end goal and ensure it is in alignment with identity and purpose
  2. Conduct a belief audit and shift limiting beliefs to empowering beliefs
  3. Create anchors for resourceful states to support performance
  4. Review and improve strategies for resilience and peak performance
  5. Practice relaxation and visualisation to model new or improved behaviours
  6. Refine your approach to celebrate successes and learn from setbacks

    A free copy of The High Performance Workbook is included to support the coaching process and means the sessions are purposeful, effective and focused on you and your future goals.

Coaching Format

Coaching WalksI usually provide coaching for a set number of sessions. Three, six or eight sessions is most usual with sessions about 2 to 4 weeks apart. There are three options for the sessions:

Professional

EMCC LogoI have been involved in development and training for over 16 years working with individuals and groups. I am a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist and INLPTA Registered NLP, Coaching and Business Communications Trainer. As a member of NLPtCA and EMCC I have regular supervision and abide by their code of ethics and conduct.

Confidential

Each session is confidential and an opportunity to have uninterrupted time to focus on yourself, your issues and what you want.

investment

Personal Coaching is an investment in yourself and your future. I keep my fees for private clients deliberately low as follows:

  • For each coaching session, £50 per hour 
  • For a coaching set of 3 one hour sessions, paid in advance £125
  • For a coaching set of 6 one hour sessions, paid in advance £250
  • For a 3 hour coaching walk in the South Lakes area - £125
Pay in advance for your sessions

Next Steps

When you are ready, please give me a call on 07899 856518 to discuss your situation and how explore how coaching can help you achieve your future goals. If I don't think I am the best person to help you then I'll suggest another coach - I only want to work with people who I can do my best work with. We can then arrange a first meeting and design a coaching programme that meets your particular needs.