About Karin
I am a life coach/personal performance coach and have qualified with The Coaching Academy, completing the Personal Performance Diploma. I am also a CPD accredited coach. I offer coaching to professionals, particularly those in healthcare. I will help you to set goals that are meaningful and help you plan to achieve them. I am based in the North East of England (North Yorks/Teesside) and offer coaching by phone, by Skype or face to face. I have coached clients across the U.K, in Europe and further afield by Skype.
Experience
My background is having worked as a medical doctor and I have more than 10 years experience as a consultant psychiatrist. I have worked in the NHS as well as outside of it. I have worked both in the U.K and abroad.This has given me a broad understanding of the strengths people have and the challenges and stresses we face as human beings.
I have been coaching for a year and have had the opportunity to work with individuals who want to start the process of change. I have enjoyed seeing clients make amazing discoveries. I have experienced the reward of seeing others making things happen.
I enjoy working with people and making a difference in the lives of others. Individuals are unique and I have learnt to listen deeply; each of us has our own story, our skills, our triumphs. Working within a team of different professionals has developed in me a strong sense of cooperation and a desire to understand others. I have had the opportunity to be involved in the training of junior doctors and I enjoy being a part of the individual’s development and growth.
Enriching our lives is for the benefit of all: families, communities, the world we live in. We live in an age of life enhancing knowledge and technology that needs to be shared for the benefit of all.
Coaching style
I like to create a space that is relaxing where you are able to think and be creative. I will help you to know what you want and what you can do to accomplish your dreams. I will help you to know what you find meaningful and what motivates you.
Coaching is a conversation between the coach and you to catalyse that process. Coaching enables you to put a plan in place Having a coach will help you to look at the steps you need to take to get there. I will not advise you or tell you what to do or what choices to make.
As your coach I will help you to look at what could be holding you back and what will improve your motivation. I will help you to review your past successes and build on these. Underpinning the success of your goals will be your values. Coaching will help you to discover your values and how these fit with your goals .
A personality profile may help inform your coaching sessions. It may help you to understand your style of communication,what you are motivated by and what your strengths are. DISC is a personality profile which is useful and as a DISC accredited coach, I can arrange for you to have your profile done.
Types of coaching offered include:
Work-life balance
Stress management
Career focus
Retirement planning/reinvention/re-alignment
Managing change
Understanding values
Awareness of beliefs: how they help or hinder