Approach and Tools

My work is relational, trauma informed, and grounded in over 20 years of experience supporting thoughtful adults through complexity, transition, and stress. I do not follow a single model. I draw from a range of approaches, always in service of what actually supports you.

Core principles

Relational first: Change happens through being met, not managed. Relationship is the foundation of this work.

Nervous system aware: We work at a pace that supports safety, clarity, and capacity rather than overwhelm or performance.

Grounding before insight: Understanding follows regulation. We stabilise first so insight and choice can emerge naturally.

Context matters: Your history, culture, relationships, and current pressures all matter. Nothing is done in isolation.

Tools and approaches I may draw from

Depending on what supports you, I may draw from:

• Trauma informed coaching and nervous system aware work

• Somatic and felt sense approaches to support grounding and regulation

• Wide variety of self-awareness approaches

• Adult and vertical development models, including Growth Edge approaches, Global Leadership Profile, Adeption’s Mindset Indicator.

• Narrative Enneagram as a lens for meaning making and relational patterns

• Action inquiry and reflective leadership practices

• Values, strengths, and identity based exploration

• Systems and relational thinking

• Highly sensitive person (HSP) informed coaching

Tools are always used lightly and in service of relationship, context, and what actually helps you think and function more clearly.

If you’re looking for more specific detail, I’ve popped a list of my professional credentials, qualifications and background on my About page.