Coaching
Depth-Oriented Coaching for LGBTQ+ Founders, Leaders, and Executives
High-stakes leadership takes more than a toolkit of soft skills. It takes mastery of your internal world, particularly when that world was shaped by growing up different, staying vigilant, or learning early to manage how much of yourself was safe to show. My coaching is a psychologically informed alternative to standard executive development, built for the specific pressures of leading as an LGBTQ+ professional.
Trauma-Informed and Depth-Oriented
Three pillars anchor the work:
Psychological Depth and Self-Mastery
We move past surface habits to the behavioural patterns and defence mechanisms actually limiting your impact, then rebuild a leadership style that holds up under real pressure.
Navigating Systemic Dynamics
Leading as a queer professional carries organisational pressures most coaching never names. We work on identity labour (the ongoing effort of managing disclosure and perception at work) and build genuine psychological safety for the teams you lead.
Sustainable High Performance
Burnout is often a symptom of misaligned identity rather than overwork itself. We align your professional goals with your actual wellbeing, so the performance holds.
What Coaching With Me Actually Looks Like
Radical Psychological Safety
A confidential space to drop the professional armour and speak plainly.
Finding the Root Cause
We move past what you think the issue is, to the dynamics actually driving your behaviour.
Creative Challenge
I push you past your comfort zone, backed by real psychological support for that growth.
Sustained Outcomes
We align internal clarity with practical, measurable change.
Who This Is For
This coaching suits founders, executives, and senior leaders who want more than tactical advice. It is not the right fit if you are looking for a cheerleader or a casual chat. It is the right fit if you are ready to do substantive work on how you think, decide, and lead, not just what you do next.
What Working Together Looks Like
Every engagement starts with a strategy session, to establish what you are working with and whether we are a good fit.
Sessions can be in-person or online.
Typically sessions are 90 or 120 minutes, meeting every 2-4 weeks, for 4-6 months.
There is no “programme” to follow, everything is bespoke.
See information on my fees here.
Why Work With Me?
I bring real clinical training to the coaching room, not borrowed language.
We will not stay at the level of surface challenges and generic advice.
This is personal transformation work, not a professional development checkbox.
If you just want a cheerleader, I am not your coach.
