Personal Development Coaching in Brighton
 
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Laurel Alexander: Complementary Therapist for M&S and MSD

 
 

Personal Development Coaching in Brighton

Personal Development Coaching with Brighton coach Laurel Alexander

 

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Laurel is a member of the Association for Coaching

 

What is Personal Development Coaching?

People come for personal development coaching when they are at a crossroads in their life and need to make some positive changes.

I offer you a motivating environment to explore what you want in relation to personal development and how you might achieve your aspirations and fulfill your needs. By assisting you in committing to action and by being a sounding-board to your experiences, personal development coaching allows you the space and support you need to improve your life.

Coaching is not ‘therapy’ by another name although the key theoretical underpinnings, models and techniques found their origins in the field of psychology and associated therapies like gestalt and cognitive behavioural therapy which have broad ranging applications.

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The key difference between coaching and therapy is that coaching does not seek to resolve the deeper underlying issues that are the cause of serious problems. Coaching is generally more concerned with the practical issues of setting goals and achieving results within specific time-scales.

Coaching is commenced on the premise that you are self-aware and ‘whole’ and have selected coaching because you do not require a therapeutic intervention. It is possible for someone who has underlying issues to experience success within a coaching context even if the underlying issues are not resolved. If, however, you become ‘stuck’ and the coaching programme is not achieving desired results, then a psychological or therapeutic intervention may be necessary for you to move forward and achieve your goals.

Personal development is the food necessary for good mental health, and for personal growth and can help with:

  • Time management
  • Becoming more assertive
  • Improving relationship skills
  • Building self esteem
  • Managing change
  • Social shyness
  • Improving creativity
  • Communication skills

 

Brighton Personal Development Coaching Appointments and Fees

Personal Development Coaching in Brighton Laurel Alexander
Laurel's Coaching Room

If we both choose to work together after our initial conversation, I'll send you a welcome pack. This includes a coaching agreement and a questionnaire, both of which I ask you to complete and return to me before our first session. Evening and Saturday appointments are usually available as well as daytime appointments for both face-to-face coaching and tele-coaching.

Face-to-face coaching
I am based in Brighton, Sussex. One hour costs £50. You can pay online (here) or pay at the session.

Tele- coaching
One hour costs £45 and is payable in advance (here).

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Group Sessions

I also offer group coaching and skills development around personal development issues. Please contact me to talk through your requirements.

Client Comments on Personal Development Coaching

  • Laurel is very easy to talk to. M.W.
  • In the last few years, I’ve moved around the world with my husband’s work. Two year’s ago we returned to London and now we have settled in Brighton. I’ve always run my own business and recently started up an interior design company. With all the moving around of the past few years, I can hardly believe we’ve settled permanently and for the first time, I began feeling really stressed – as if I couldn’t cope and fit everything in. I had four sessions with Laurel where we looked at what was happening to me and how I could regain a sense of control. We looked at how I was organizing my time and how I managed change and through setting some realistic goals and using some cognitive behaviourial approaches, I feel on track again at last. Thanks! P.F.
  • I feel 100% more positive. M.L.

MY EXPERIENCE AS A PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COACH AND SPECIALIST

  • Personal development coaching experience with adults (1-2-1 and group) spanning more than twenty years in both the public and private sectors.
  • Facilitated personal development programmes (including coaching) for: Sussex Careers Services, Social Services, Employment Services, WEA, University of Sussex, Brighton and Hove City College, Lewes Prison, Business & Professional Women, Lewes Tertiary College, BH Ltd, Tomorrow’s People (formally Grand Met) and the Open University.
  • Qualifications and training: Advanced Diploma in Professional Stress Management, Certificate in Counselling Skills in the Development of Learning, Certificate in Education, Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Reiki 1, 2 and 3 (ART and Master/Teacher).
  • An established private practice in Brighton for coaching and therapy.
  • Published author of over 20 books on personal and professional development.
  • Published features in a range of magazines related to personal and professional development.
  • Published training resources related to personal development:
    • 675 Ways to Develop Yourself and Your People (Gower)
    • New Horizons, an accredited learning pack on personal and career development (University of Sussex)
    • Book reviewer for Positive Health magazine
  • I teach the Certificate in Coaching, Diploma in Personal Development Coaching and the Diploma in Holistic Stress Management for Complementary HealthCare, all of which are independently accredited by the National Council of Psychotherapists.
  • Member of: Association of Coaching, National Council of Psychotherapists, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and The Counselling Society.

 

Booking a Personal Development Coaching Session

If you would like to find out more about Personal Development Coaching,