Coaching shares a broad approach and has some similarities with therapy however there are significant differences.

Therapy helps people who are suffering from significant psychological symptoms. In therapy the focus is on understanding past experiences, attempting to move away from pain by understanding its causes and looking at old wounds from the current time. Therapy is often undertaken on a weekly basis and can last several months to years.

Coaching helps you look and move forward, defining clear life enhancing goals and focusing on supporting you to move in the right direction with a positive mindset. Coaching often involves a few weekly sessions to start, or to achieve specific goals, with many of my clients choosing to have infrequent top up sessions to assess progress, deal with changed circumstances and further enhance their lives.

Unlike most therapy, coaching works through supporting the development of newly learned skills and behaviours. Being in therapy or suffering from depression and anxiety, does not preclude someone from benefitting from coaching, especially as I have considerable experience in supporting people with these conditions. Therapy and coaching can work brilliantly together, supporting individuals in both dealing with past traumas and moving forward in tandem.

I’ve weathered many of the storms of life that people endure and I’ve been actively seeking out the best techniques and modalities of support and growth for many years. In doing so, not only have I gained incredible support for my own journey but also have gained the skills and experiential knowledge and expertise to assist others as well. My life has been positively transformed and my life’s passion is to now help others transform their lives as well.

Life long learning is something I aspire to. I initially trained with the Irish Institute of Neuro Linguistic Programming to the level of Master Practitioner and Life and Business Coach over 10 years ago and subsequently gained a Diploma in Mind Coaching from the International Association of Mind Coaches. In the last several years I have embarked upon a programme of intense training in a variety of personal development and life enhancing/healing modalities, working with people who are considered at the top of their respective fields of work.

These trainings include Non Violent Communication, the Therapeutic use of Mindfulness with the Irish Mindfulness Academy, Wheel of Consent (Consent and Boundary training) and facilitator training with Dr. Betty Martin, creator of the Wheel of Consent, Expand the Box and Possibility Lab training with Clinton Callaghan, Design Human Engineering with Richard Bandler; co-creator of NLP, Radical Honesty Training with Brad Blanton, Somatic Counselling with Deej Juventin and Mental Health First Aid training. I now possess a large library of coaching tools that support a more mature, confident and centred approach to processing emotions, coping with life’s challenges, and becoming more resilient and effective in life and relationships.

I have integrated all the knowledge, skills and expertise I’ve gained so that I can offer support and guidance to individuals and couples – allowing unique approaches for each individual case.
The modalities I use are complimentary, integrating my presence, skills, maturity, expertise and experience to guide and support others in finding the solutions to life challenges that work best for them and their particular circumstances. One size does not fit all and I am equipped to offer a bespoke service to individuals and couples to find the best solutions for positive and permanent growth.