Reflective Practice offers confidential, one-to-one coaching for adults seeking clarity, perspective, and sustainability in their professional lives. Coaching is particularly suited to those carrying responsibility, navigating complexity, or working within emotionally, ethically, or systemically demanding roles.
This coaching practice is grounded in over three decades of experience across leadership, mental health, counselling, and organisational life, including more than twenty years’ experience as a Chief Executive. The work is informed by deep familiarity with governance, accountability, systems change, and the personal impact of leadership and responsibility.
People come to coaching for many reasons, including:
Some clients arrive with a clear coaching focus, others come with uncertainty or a sense of being stretched or stuck. Both are welcome.
Coaching at Reflective Practice is reflective rather than directive. You will not be given advice, targets, or formulaic tools. Instead, sessions offer a thoughtful space to examine experience, assumptions, and patterns of leadership, behaviour, and relationship. The work may include:
The pace and focus of the coaching are shaped collaboratively, with regular opportunities to review direction, usefulness, and impact.
Coaching and counselling are distinct forms of work, and this distinction is held carefully. Coaching focuses on professional development, leadership, and work-related experience rather than the treatment of mental health difficulties.
Where deeper therapeutic work appears more appropriate, this will be discussed openly and ethically. Likewise, clients may move from counselling into coaching where this is appropriate, with clear contracting and boundaries.
Coaching is provided by an ICF-accredited executive coach, working in line with ICF ethical standards. The work is also informed by the ethical framework of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), supporting careful attention to boundaries, confidentiality, and safeguarding.
Professional details, fees, and contracting arrangements are shared before any work begins.
A personally held coaching practice
Reflective Practice is intentionally small and personally held. All coaching is undertaken directly by the lead practitioner rather than through an associate model. This ensures continuity, accountability, and a stable working relationship over time.
Where coaching here is not the right fit, guidance towards other appropriate coaches or services can be offered.
Through personalised coaching, we’ll help you identify your core strengths and values and build a practical plan for a fulfilling, purpose-driven life