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Life Coach David Bonham-Carter

I am a UK life coach who specialises in providing telephone life coaching for stress, self esteem, anxiety or related issues and 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.

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 passed with distinction. 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.

As part of my initial two year full time social work training course and subsequently in practice as a qualified social worker I received training in several different methods of intervention including:

Since becoming a life coach, I have received additional training in techniques such as NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and have adapted my social work skills and expertise to helping private clients through coaching sessions to make productive personal and professional changes. I have also 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). 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:

Testimonials

I have appeared on BBC Radio and been invited to appear on TV to give life coaching advice on a variety of different matters.

As a business coach for small businesses, 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:

Business Coaching Service

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.

I currently live and work primarily in Bristol but I also maintain professional and family links with London, where I work from sometimes and where I lived for many years before coming to Bristol. The life coaching sessions that I offer are usually provided over the telephone and are therefore available to people from all over the United Kingdom and indeed internationally, as testimonials on the website indicate. On countless occasions I have witnessed the power of people to achieve positive life changes and I believe in the potential of all those I work with. An analysis of results achieved for clients can be seen in the "Improving Quality of Life" section of this website.


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