Life Coach David Bonham-Carter
Life Coaching Service
I am a UK life coach who specialises in providing telephone life coaching for stress, self esteem, anxiety, making life changes or related issues in relationships, career or other areas. I provide telephone life coaching across the UK and internationally. I also provide business coaching to UK small businesses - details of that service are given below.
My professional background prior to becoming a life coach was as a qualified social worker. I have a Masters Degree in social work from the University of Kent which I passed with distinction. I am also an Affiliate Member of the Association for Coaching.
Before becoming a life coach I practised for a number of years as a social worker and probation officer helping people with mental health difficulties, homeless people, young people and offenders to make significant personal and practical changes in their lives.
Training in Models of Change
I have received training in several different methods of intervention including:
- CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (particularly helpful in dealing with negative thought patterns, stress, depression and anxiety)
- Motivational Interviewing (effective as a model for helping people to change or break difficult habits)
- Person centred therapeutic techniques, such as Gerard Egan's personal centred counselling model and Carl Rogers' person centred counselling model.
- Transactional Analysis
- Brief Therapy (also known as Solution Focused Therapy) - helpful in creating positive thinking strategies.
Life Coaching Articles
I have written a number of articles on stress management, life coaching techniques and related topics, including for example an article for life coaches written for the Association for Coaching's Bulletin on applying a particular model of change to the life coaching field (see Association for Coaching Article).
Client Feedback from Life Coaching Sessions
Feedback on the benefits of coaching sessions written by some of my life coaching and business coaching clients can be viewed at the link below:
Crisis Management
I also
have
particular skills in
crisis management, which can be relevant to both individuals seeking personal coaching and to business clients, combined with a knowledge of a variety of
techniques for facilitating professional
and
personal development. I have considerable experience
in assisting people to respond to stressful or problematic
situations and to address a variety
of different kinds of
life difficulties. I am a
calm and supportive individual.
Business Coaching Service
I also provide business coaching for small business owners, particularly for those who are wanting to find a way forward in dealing with business stresses or improving life balance.
As a business coach, I have not only my own experience as a small business owner to fall back on but also training and experience in the legal profession (Before I became a social worker I qualified and worked as a commercial solicitor for a few years in London prior to embarking on a change of career direction to move into the helping professions as a social worker). My legal experience gave me a grounding and training in business matters, accounts and an analytical way of thinking which has been much appreciated by business clients. Further information about the business coaching that I provide and how it differs from business consultancy can be found at the link below:
Location and International Experience
I currently live and work
primarily in
My
work with
clients is built around research into effective
methods of facilitating progress. Its focus is on an individual's personal
values and goals to help them move towards a vision of where they want
to
be and to realise
practical professional and personal development goals.
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Information about Life Coaching
For information about the telephone life coaching service that I offer please click on the link below:
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