How could coaching
be useful for me?
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Sometimes you know exactly what you would like to change. You may be considering a career move, facing a personal or professional transition, stepping into something new, or finding that something keeps getting in the way of where you want to go.
Sometimes you may simply feel that something could be different. You might want more from an aspect of your life or work, or be curious about possibilities you have not yet explored.
And sometimes you know that you want something to change without yet knowing what that change is.
Coaching gives you dedicated time and space to think out loud with someone who is giving you their full attention. A coach can listen not only to what you say but to how you are thinking, reflect things back, notice assumptions, ask questions you might not ask yourself, and challenge you to consider different possibilities.
Of course, you can reflect by yourself or talk things through with someone you trust. What coaching adds is a relationship devoted specifically to your thinking. A friend may understandably offer advice or hold back from challenging you.
A coach can stay with your perspective while helping you notice what you may be missing, question what you are taking for granted, and explore possibilities without deciding for you what you should do.
Coaching with Philip
I bring more than thirty years’ experience in psychology and higher education to my coaching, alongside my professional coach training. That background influences how I listen, the questions I ask, and my curiosity about how people think, change and grow.
Coaching is something we create together. My role is to listen closely, notice what may be going unsaid, ask questions, offer challenge when it might be useful, and help create the conditions in which you can explore your own thinking and create change.
My role isn’t generally to advise or tell you what your next move should be. That decision remains yours.
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Working together
Every coaching relationship starts with a free, no-obligation conversation. It’s an opportunity to talk about what you’re looking for, ask any questions you have, and get a sense of whether we might work well together.
If we decide to continue, we’ll agree a way of working that suits what you want from coaching. I often work with clients over four or six sessions, usually spaced to give you time to reflect and act between conversations, but the number, length and spacing of sessions can vary.
Effective coaching is something we do together. I’ll bring my attention, curiosity and willingness to challenge; you’ll need to bring a willingness to think, reflect and explore what might need to change.
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Coaching client
Prices start from £300 for four one-hour sessions.
Footnotes for Flourishing
If you’d like a further sense of how I think about change, agency and flourishing, you can read my blog Footnotes for Flourishing.
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Contact
Interested in exploring coaching?
If you’d like to find out whether coaching with me might be useful, we can start with a free, no-obligation conversation.
There’s no obligation to continue afterwards.
Or, if you’d prefer, email me directly at philip@nextmovecoaching.co.uk.
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