People often ask me what the difference is between therapy and life coaching because I sometimes call myself both. I’m a fully trained CBT therapist, and a trained transformative life coach. Depending on who you ask you will get very different answers… And that’s due to unfamiliarity with the different professions on both sides. Working […]
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“We don’t see what’s possible for ourselves, we see what we think is possible” – Chris Finn From my 20 year career working as a psychotherapist and also a transformative life coach, there is one thing that I see that gets in the way of people getting support time and time again… This one thing is the
The root cause of all your struggles The reason why you keep getting stuck and you keep coming across the same problems and patterns in life is because there’s something going on in your psychology that you can’t see. We might call it a blind spot… Each of us have what I call a ‘core
What your therapist doesn’t know (and really should!) Read Post »
From an overwhelmed, busy and stressed mind, to A Clear Mind When your mind clears, life doesn’t suddenly “fix” itself on the outside—your experience shifts on the inside. You feel present, unhurried and deeply okay, even while life keeps moving. Thoughts lose their heaviness, insight comes more easily, and your inner wisdom feels available in the
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Are you struggling with stress or anxiety, making life seem hard? Do you feel like your baggage is holding you back and stopping you from realising your full potential? Are you trying to achieve something but keep getting stuck? Are you overwhelmed with learning strategies to cope, when instead you can just be free from
Life Coaching – What’s it about? Read Post »
One of the reasons that I left my successful career in the NHS and as a Lecturer teaching CBT and psychology, was because I no longer believed in what I was being told to teach. I was trained to teach people that in order to have resilience and wellbeing that they needed to; In other
One of the things that I think qualifies me to help others, is that I’ve struggled more than anyone I know. In the past I’ve been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) and more. I used to think I was pretty broken, that is until I fully healed. So what helped me go from
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Whether you’re looking for life coaching, mindset coaching, performance coaching, transformative coaching, or business coaching, as a top-rated Life Coach in Dorset, and former Senior Lecturer in Psychology, I can answer this question for you. I’ll break down each type of coaching below… Life Coaching I work as a Life Coach in Poole, Dorset and
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As a Business Coach in Dorset, I work with mindset all the time. Working as a Business Coach in Dorset, I work a lot with people who want to get the most out of their team (and themselves). One thing I see quite a lot of is Imposter syndrome. If you haven’t heard of
WHY WOULD SOMEONE WANT LIFE COACHING IN DORSET? People hire me for two reasons: 1) There’s something they want, and they recognise it would be easier with some support, or impossible without it. 2) There’s something they are struggling with, and they want some support in overcoming it. And so how do I do those
Beliefs are simply decisions Read Post »
We all have natural skills, talents, strengths, or gifts. We just might not know what they are yet.Sometimes, if we are lucky, we know what they are from a young age. If we are really lucky, we were encouraged to nurture them and given opportunities to do so.Other times, we might not discover them until
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Therapy-informed coaching is a mix of both psychotherapy and life coaching. Most people have experienced working with a therapist or a counsellor, but here in the UK, many haven’t experienced what it’s like to work with a life coach. Therapy-informed coaching is a blend of both traditional therapy and coaching. Coaching comes from the field
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No one better to answer this than a Psychotherapist and Life Coach. Chris Finn trained as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist as was a Senior Lecturer in CBT on a professional Masters programme training and supervising the trainee CBT therapists. Chris is also a certified Transformative Coach, fully trained mindfulness teacher and calls himself a Mindset
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