Hi, I'm Justin.

Most leadership coaching focuses on what you do. I focus on who you are, and the systemic forces that shaped you.

I trained as a psychotherapist first. Working clinically, I see how often traditional professional development fails founders, leaders, and executives from LGBTQ+ and minority backgrounds specifically. It rarely names minority stress, the low background hum of hyper-vigilance many of us carry, or the internalised narratives we bring into senior roles without noticing.

So I extended my clinical practice into psychologically and therapeutically informed executive coaching, to build a space where high-achieving professionals could do the real work without first having to explain their identity or justify their triggers.

Your rise to the top should be psychologically sustainable, not just achieved.

My approach

I bring a trauma-informed lens into the business and corporate world. In practice, that means we do not just discuss executive presence; we work on what is actually blocking authentic self-expression. We do not just manage burnout; we address the systemic exhaustion of leading in spaces that were not built with you in mind.

Experience

I have worked with people for over fifteen years, in private practice and before that across national and local charities, delivering and managing services for young people, adults and families. As a psychotherapist, I have a particular interest in identity, self and personality. As a gay man, I bring direct, ongoing experience of working with clients across the LGBTQIA+ community.