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Life Coaching for Positive Thinking
Learn How to Beat Anxiety & Stress
- Increase Your Self Esteem
- Build a Positive Future

 

Tackling Negative Thoughts and Feelings

If you experience negative thoughts or anxieties you are not alone, but you may have more choice over the way that you deal with those thoughts and feelings than you recognise.

Most people have periods of their life or specific situations, circumstances or relationships in which they feel stressed or have difficulty in expressing themselves or achieving their full potential.

In such situations you can find that you:

Alternatively, you may find that you are

These and similar difficulties, self doubts and anxieties can be helped by the application of proven techniques and strategies or from the help of supportive life coaching.

Solving Problems and Improving Motivation

I offer information and specialist life coaching to:

I aim to help you fulfil your potential to the maximum in a practical and realistic way.

I am a qualified social worker as well as being an experienced life coach. I have worked successfully for 15 years to help clients learn and implement powerful personal and professional change and overcome difficulties in their life.

I have been trained in a range of different coaching and counselling methods, of which the ones I find to be most effective are:

Other core techniques which I use are:

My Coaching Expertise

I have been invited onto BBC Radio and TV to give expert coaching advice on stress related topics and improving personal effectiveness and have written specialist life coaching articles for UK life coaching organisations such as the Association for Coaching, on change management, stress control, relationship coaching and career issues.

I have helped hundreds of people to make effective, positive change in their lives, through learning specialist coaching techniques.

The techniques are practical and straightforward and do not involve painful analysis of your past. They are designed to be helpful, constructive and supportive.

I am a UK life coach and business coach but the medium of coaching on the telephone allows me to provide my service throughout the UK and worldwide.

I have coached clients from London, Bristol, Bath, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Hertfordshire, South Gloucestershire, Wales... all over the UK.

Internationally I have coached clients from the U.S.A., Europe, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Africa.

Distance is not a barrier to telephone coaching. Sessions are confidential, professional, effective and time-efficient.

Does Specialist Coaching Work?

The techniques that I recommend to help people progress are based on research into the methods and strategies that are most helpful for people to make positive and real change. I also ask clients to evaluate their progress in terms of increased satisfaction levels after a short period of coaching (5-6 coaching sessions in most cases) compared with satisfaction levels before the coaching.

Some of the results achieved for clients in terms of increased satisfaction levels include:

How Can Coaching Improve Thoughts, Situations or Emotions?

An example of a coaching model that I use to help people manage or find solutions for the thoughts and emotions which are inhibiting their behaviour is CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy).

For instance, one simple introductory exercise that I work through with clients, similar to a well known CBT approach known as the ABC Model, is to ask people to reflect on an issue that they find is a repeated problem in the following way:

  1. Describe what the typical situation is in which the problem arises
  2. Note down your thoughts, beliefs and feelings which the situation triggers
  3. Describe how you then typically act.
  4. Make a note of the consequences of these actions and how you then feel.

In a coaching session using this model I would then explore in depth with you what are your options at each stage for breaking the negative cycle. We would consider:

People find that carrying out the constructive actions and options that they have discussed with the help of a coach can bring improvements in their own abilities to cope with difficult situations and increased confidence.

Coaching promotes positive practical change which others can perceive.

Living a Balanced, Purposeful and Satisfying Life

Where appropriate in coaching sessions, I can teach or give information about:

How to Find Out More

To find out more or to book an initial coaching session

Call 0117 904 2908 or contact by email

 

How Do Coaching Sessions Work?

You can purchase individualised telephone coaching either as a one off, stand-alone coaching session or as a programme of sessions.

The sessions aim to assist you in making a practicable and often enjoyable movement to what and where you want to be. For each coaching session we arrange for you to call me at an agreed time when I guarantee to be available.

The Initial Coaching Session

This initial telephone coaching session will give you the opportunity to talk through the issues that are of concern to you and to come up with initial strategies to help you on the path towards resolving them.

Before the session you will be asked to complete a short questionnaire (provided by email) which can then be used as a starting point for discussion in the session and facilitates a personal assessment tailored to your individual needs.

At your choice, the initial session can be provided on a one-off, stand-alone basis or as an introductory session for a full programme of sessions (see below).

The content of the session is tailored to your particular needs. It will conclude with you having initial suggested steps to take in relation to your concerns be they self esteem, anxiety, stress, work, relationship or other matters.

On the basis of the initial session you can then decide whether further sessions will be helpful for you. For some clients one session will be sufficient, others will want a full programme of sessions to make the most of the coaching support and expertise available to meet your individual needs and wishes.

Programme of Coaching Sessions

If after your initial session you decide that further coaching sessions will be helpful for the issues that you want to improve on, then a programme of further sessions can be offered to address the issues.

The number of sessions in the programme can be adjusted to suit your individual circumstances and intervals between sessions can also be matched to your particular requirements and budget. Some people will want weekly sessions whereas others may only require fortnightly or monthly sessions for their individualised programme.

What is Included in a Coaching Programme?

A coaching programme will include the following:

Money Back Guarantee

Sometimes people know that they want to achieve changes and are willing to invest in coaching sessions so long as they know that they will be successful, but they are apprehensive about taking the step of purchasing sessions because they are worried in case they do not work.

I am confident in the techniques that I teach which are based on proven methods and which I have witnessed working successful on countless occasions. I offer a guarantee. After the first session or any other coaching session I provide, I will give you a full refund on request for the session if you think it has not lived up to your expectations. You can claim the refund any time up to 28 days after the session and it will be provided immediately.

What People Have Said About the Service

Below are some of the comments of people who have experienced the specialist coaching service that I provide:

 

"I feel lighter and more in control...I have a greater sense of achievement..."

"Since starting the coaching, I feel lighter and more in control. In a better position to make choices. Rather than always feeling in the dark.... I have a greater sense of achievement and feel pleased with myself. I feel I'm offering my clients a good service. I have more room emotionally and mentally to cope and enjoy/contribute in my relationships. I have more defined boundaries which make me feel more secure. I sleep better. I enjoy life more. I worry less." Claire, London, UK

"I am surprised at how calm and relaxed I am about things now..."

"I am a lot more in control of my life and have started to enjoy everyday things which I have ignored for so long. Other people have noticed a change in me and I can see that I am valued by my clients. The introduction of an action programme to help balance the work has given me a better lifestyle which is much healthier all round. Through the project plan I have been able to include leisure and health activities with decreasing feelings of guilt...

...I am surprised at how calm and relaxed I am about things now. David's coaching has given me tools with which to take control of my life and move forward. By using his constructive exercises I have been surprised and then delighted by how much difference they have made. Ideas, thoughts and feelings which had been suppressed have gradually come back and given me confidence that I can achieve my dreams." Sylvia, Kent, UK

"The life coaching service would be suitable for anyone who needs some structure and support in areas of their life where they want to make changes..."

"Since working with David I have been able to take the time to define my goals and start to work towards them. It really helps my process to talk things through with someone else and he has been great.  Breaking my goals down into achievable steps has been very useful.  In all areas my life have improved.  I’ve designed my website, have been working in my target businesses, increased my income, started socializing more, creating artwork, proceeding on course work and am generally more hopeful and focused...

...David sees to the heart of a matter, is supportive and encouraging.  His patience, his willingness to help me stick with the programme and his ability to assist in my progress have been really helpful.  His background as a social worker and lawyer is a great combination because he has great listening skills and compassion, allied with an understanding of how it is to make one’s way in the world of business...the life coaching service would be suitable for anyone who needs some structure and support in areas of their life where they want to make changes." Maria, East Coast, U.S. A.

"It has been great to have someone to talk to. You really listened..."

"It has been great to have someone to talk to. You really listened - by this I mean that you did not just listen but took in what I said. I have the feeling that what I say is not just waffle. You are an extremely helpful objective observer and have helped me to understand what I am really trying to achieve.” Fiona, London, UK

"I have successfully implemented a fundamental change in the control of my reactions which in turn leads me to react differently..."

"I have successfully implemented a fundamental change in the control of my reactions which in turn leads me to react differently and I feel better about the situation... I have adopted a more general approach to positive thinking in situations. I will see a silver lining as often as I will see a bad one. It was reassuring for me previously to think the worst scenario, because the payback was that I could be less likely to feel disappointed with the outcome of a situation. My new approach is actually a lot easier on the system." Pippa, London, UK

"David was supportive and full of practical ideas...."

"I found the life coaching really helpful for me. David was not pushy at all. He listened and with his patient and committed approach, he brought things out that I had not even realised were there. He was supportive and full of practical ideas." Charles, London, UK

"Finding your website was a Godsend...."

"Dear David

Finding your website was a Godsend...My time table plans are gradually coming back to life and I know they will help to keep me focused...Many many thanks." Julie, Bristol, UK

 

Further Information

If you are considering having coaching sessions and would like some further information about my telephone life coaching service and current fees, please Contact me by email or Call 0117 904 2908.