What Coaching Is
Coaching is a collaborative process that helps you think deeply, reflect clearly, and make meaningful changes in the areas that matter most to you. It is not about being told what to do, but about discovering your own clarity and direction through thoughtful questioning, honest reflection, and supportive conversation.
As your coach, my role is not to give answers but to create a safe and reflective space where you can explore your thoughts, challenges, and decisions. Together, we uncover patterns, understand what holds you back, and experiment with approaches that genuinely work for you.
Coaching is future focused and action oriented. It helps you align with your values, strengthen your self-awareness, and take purposeful steps towards your personal or professional goals.
What Coaching Is Not
Coaching is not therapy, mentoring, or consulting.
It is not therapy, which focuses on healing past experiences or addressing mental health issues. It is not mentoring, which involves giving advice or guidance based on personal experience. It is not consulting, which provides expert solutions or ready-made answers.
Although I am currently undertaking counselling training, I do not combine counselling and coaching at this stage. My sessions remain focused on coaching, meaning they are future focused and centred on helping you move forward rather than processing or exploring past experiences. Once I am fully qualified as a counsellor, I will be able to offer a combined approach.
Who Coaching Is For
Coaching can support anyone seeking clarity, direction, or change. I work with leaders navigating complex responsibilities, academics balancing research and life, and individuals in transition or wanting to reconnect with purpose and energy.
People who come to me are often looking to make changes in the following areas:
- Managing and structuring their work and life more effectively.
- Finding meaning in their life or work, and gaining clarity about their direction.
- Turning clear goals into consistent action and sustainable progress.
- Managing ADHD-like symptoms without medication, or finding ways to function better even after taking medication.
About ADHD-informed Coaching
ADHD-informed coaching draws on an understanding of how attention, motivation, and emotion work in different minds and situations. It is not just for people with ADHD. In today's world, constant information flow and multiple responsibilities challenge many people's cognitive capacity. This approach helps you understand how your mind works, how you think, focus, and respond, so you can discover ways of working and living that play to your strengths.
For clients with ADHD, whether formally diagnosed or self-identified, this approach provides deeper insight into specific patterns and challenges that may otherwise go unnoticed. It supports greater self-awareness, confidence, and the ability to create sustainable systems that truly work for them.