Coaching
I am a coach and mentor who helps clients work positively towards their goals and aspirations with the aim of leading happier, more fulfilling lives. My approach draws on more than 15 years’ experience of studying human behavior and utilises models and tools from positive psychology that focus on wellbeing and goal efficacy. I employ a three-stage framework, first, drawing on Personal Project Analysis (Little 1983) I work with a client to identify core (and important) goals; second, I work to understand the individual and contextual dynamics that impact on a client’s goals; and third, by tapping into a client’s strengths and assets, develop a process that allows client’s thinking to broaden around an issue and to allow – over time – positive changeto take place.
I am a coach and mentor for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Research Scholars program and have significant experience in coaching mid to early career faculty in higher education towards tenure and promotion in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. I am experienced in supporting individuals execute and manage transitions, for example, to a new job, change of career and on return to work after maternity-leave.
My coaching practice draws on some 18 years of professional practice as a professor in design for mental health and my understanding of how people interact with their world.

Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) UK & EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) accredited Executive Coach and Mentor (Level 7) (2022).