Welcome
"I am a Coach, Organisational Psychologist, and OD Practitioner working with professionals to navigate work, leadership, and identity".
About me
I am a Coach, an Organisational Psychologist and an enthusiastic observer of organisational oddities .
I work with leaders who want to understand who they are becoming at work, not just what they are achieving. My approach is depth-oriented and together, we will explore the stories of power and identity shaping your experience of work and leadership.
I am particularly interested in leadership identity and the work people do (or avoid) to integrate management and leadership ideas and responsibilities into their self-concept. I work with individuals and teams to slow things down, notice patterns, and create space for something new to emerge.
Before working in Organisational Development I spent my early career in the early years sector.
Learning in the early years looks like walking alongside someone and creating a safe and stimulating learning environment, rather than dictating and directing. I find this approach works best with adults as well and coaching fits with this idea.
Professional Memberships:
I am a member of OPUS (An Organisation for the Promotion of Understanding in Society) which aims to develop a deeper understanding of conscious and unconscious organisational and social dynamics; and to promote reflective citizenship – using this understanding to act authoritatively and responsibly as members of society and organisations within society.
I am a member of the Association for Coaching, a professional body committed to advancing best practice, ethical standards, and reflective learning within the coaching profession. Through this membership, I align my work with rigorous professional standards and ongoing supervision, supporting thoughtful, responsible, and evidence-informed coaching practice.
Influences
Narrative coaching, re-positioning the story Narrative coaching is an approach that views people as living through and making meaning via the stories they tell about themselves, their work, and their relationships. Rather than focusing primarily on setting and achieving predefined goals, narrative coaching explores how these stories shape identity, possibility, and action. The coach helps clients surface dominant narratives, examine underlying assumptions, and potentially “re-author” their stories in ways that open up new perspectives and choices. Change emerges not from goal pressure but from shifts in meaning and self-understanding.
The (very nearly) impenetrable world of Jacques Lacan. The works of Jacque Lacan can be fairly impenetrable. For some this idea in itself is appealing, as it challenges us to make our own meaning (some argue this is the best we can ever do). For the most part I start with a Lacanian view of subjectivity (the bits and pieces that make us... us and how we experience our conscious and unconscious lives). This of course shapes the way I coach. Most relevant to Coaching are the concepts of: Lack (a definitive part of human existence, that frames the human condition - a sense of never quite feeling complete. Desire - a positive force of activity where joy is taken in the doing or making. Demand - Perhaps in contrast to desire....Much of what brings people to coaching is not desire, but demand: a wish to finally get rid of discomfort, to be finished, fixed, or complete. My approach to coaching then, is less about fulfilling these demands than about helping desire re-emerge and the process of becoming can be done, made, or explored without the fantasy of an ending.
Clean Coaching, your words your solution Clean coaching is a minimalist, non-directive approach derived from David Grove’s Clean Language methodology. It emphasizes using the client’s exact words and metaphors while avoiding the coach’s interpretations, assumptions, or leading questions. The coach asks carefully structured “clean” questions that help clients explore their own thinking with clarity and precision. Rather than steering toward solutions or goals, clean coaching creates a psychologically spacious environment in which insight arises from the client’s internal landscape, often revealing unexpected resources and directions.
