Do you know what you want but feel exhausted by the work involved to achieve it?
Do you know that you don’t want what you have, but are afraid of the alternative?
Perhaps you know what you want and how to get it, but feel frustrated by your lack of progress?
It’s ok, I get it. I’ve been there, and I know how to fix it.
I know how to cut through the complexity and enable you to move beyond the unhelpful thoughts, feelings and obstacles that are getting in your way. But I also have the ability to empower you with the practical and psychological skills and techniques that will enable you to choose your responses, make different choices and create new possibilities.
So, you can relax now, because I see you, and I know how it feels.
I know that even when it feels impossible to control a situation, or the behaviour of others, I can always enable my clients to find a way forward. Because no matter how dissatisfied, disillusioned or defeated they might feel when we first meet, I can always offer them a positive alternative.
My clients recognise that they don’t need to waste precious time and energy on trying to control their external environment, when they can easily develop their ability to take control of themselves. Because once we begin to change our perspectives and responses, we change our internal situation and control the impact of others behaviour on ourselves.
No matter how stuck they feel, we can always identify an opportunity for movement. A chance to flex or to shift in some small way, and begin to create momentum which removes the frustration, eliminates the anxiety and reduces the fatigue. This creates the cognitive capacity for different ways of thinking that enables them to create the life they want.
But we can only develop different ways of thinking, when someone asks us different questions. The kind of questions that bring greater clarity, challenge our assumptions and enable us to recognise the choice of opportunities available to us and inspire us to explore new possibilities.
If you’re ready for something different, Let’s Talk
You can find details of my professional background and qualifications on my Contact page.
Testimonial
“What makes Susan exceptional is her rare combination of insight, emotional intelligence, and practicality. She has a remarkable ability to help you step back from emotionally charged situations, understand the dynamics at play, and move forward with confidence and purpose.”
Alex, Senior Creative Executive, USALet's Talk
Who I Work With
The clients that value my coaching approach come from a variety of professional backgrounds and have achieved great personal and professional success. Some are executives, some c-suite professionals, and others are highly regarded entrepreneurs. Some are retired, others redundant, but they all have something in common. They are human beings who recognise the contribution that our collaborative coaching partnership plays in their personal and professional success.
They are all intelligent, capable people who recognise that despite their achievements and accolades, a part of their life is making them fearful, frustrated or fatigued. They are dedicated, hardworking and often greatly admired. The kind of people that are willing to take responsibility for themselves and others and often seen as over performers and being their own worst critic.
They possess many great strength and qualities, which is why they’ve achieved all that they have. But when the strategies that have brought them success in the past, can’t help them resolve their present situation, they all recognise that it’s time to try a different approach.
Some feel that their unhappiness results from the demands of their role and our collaboration reveals that it’s driven by an unresolved emotional need. Many blame the heavy burden of responsibility for their burnout or fatigue. Though our work together highlights that they are exhausted by conforming to someone else’s values, not their own. Others recognise that the thing that they have invested so much in, isn’t what they wanted, and our partnership enables them to finally imagine what the positive alternative could look like. And those who find the mental and emotional demands of navigating complex relationships unsustainable, find a safe space to vent their frustration and connect with their true feelings enabling them to meet their needs.
Each client is unique in their perspective and their life experience but what they do share is that they are have all given themselves permission to access the support that they need. Despite often being encouraged to believe that they should have the ability to resolve other people’s problems, as well as their own, they finally recognise that this is both unfair and unrealistic.
As a result, my clients deeply value the support of an intelligent, collaborative thinking partner who they can trust to listen intently and to challenge their assumptions or limiting beliefs. An objective, impartial and non-judgmental personal coach who has always got their back. A compassionate insightful and invested professional, capable of creating a safe confidential space where they can access the resources that they need to get what they want.
Testimonial
“What made the biggest difference was how practical and personalised the coaching felt. I learned how to reframe unhelpful thoughts, communicate with more clarity, and to embrace opportunities instead of talking myself out of them.”
Julie, Senior Governance Executive, UKLet's Talk
My Approach
My coaching philosophy is the result of many years’ experience of human behaviour, combined with my knowledge of neurology and the psychology of change. This background supports my proven coaching framework which enables me to offer powerful coaching experience that follows a simple, natural process built upon on three key principals.
Greater clarity, a greater choice of responses and a greater number of possibilities.
When we're immersed in a difficult situation, our stress hormones reduce our thinking capacity and increase our perception of risk which significantly limits our thinking. When this happens our brains find safety in familiar assumptions, habitual responses and well-intentioned strategies that fail to provide the solutions we need.
But my approach is not to offer my clients advice or recommend my solutions, it’s to create the positive psychological and emotional states that enable them to discover their own. Because they already possess all the knowledge and resources that they need, they just need the objective insight that their situation has deprived them of, and the skills to develop more resourceful responses to take control of their lives.
By taking a client-centred approach designed to ensure that your choices and new possibilities align with your values and sense of self, I draw upon a range of highly effective techniques to enable you to move forward in a way that is right for you. As we work together at your pace and within the container of a mutually agreed professional, ethical coaching agreement, we make progress based on mutual trust, respect and open communication.
If you’re ready to find out how my approach can work for you, Let’s Talk
Testimonial
“Susan's coaching approach encouraged independent thinking and provided real clarity. I highly recommend this service and feel truly grateful to have been part of this process”
Beccy, Primary Education Professional, UKLet's Talk
What I Offer
Introductory Group Experience
£149
1-day group workshop
A great introduction to my coaching approach and the opportunity to identify new possibilities.
Signature 90-Day Possibility Coaching Experience
£3,600
12 x 120-minute sessions
Perfect those committed to creating meaningful, change.
Collaborative Professional Coaching Experience-
£1,800
8 x 90-minute sessions*
Ideal for clients who value the independent perspective of an insightful, objective thinking partner.
*Please contact me for international rates and availability.
Testimonial
“Susan is calm and professional in her approach. Her friendly, warm personality enables me to relax and discuss what has been challenging me without fear of Judgement. Our meetings always leave me feeling full of inspiration and the confidence that ‘I can do this’.”
Michele, Higher Education Executive, UKLet's Talk
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"Susan introduced me to new perspectives that were extremely enlightening. There has been a huge shift in my mindset which has continued long after the coaching ended."
Vicky, Senior Clinical Practitioner, UKLet's Talk
Frequently Asked Questions
Compatibility is the cornerstone of every successful coaching partnership, and it is something I never compromise on.
As a result, our relationship begins with a complimentary Compatibility Conversation, where we explore whether we are the right fit for one another by discussing:
Whether your current challenge aligns with my areas of expertise.
Whether my coaching approach is appropriate for your needs.
Whether we both feel we can build an open, honest and productive coaching partnership.
Whether this is the right time for you to invest in yourself and the coaching process.
At the end of our conversation, we allow ourselves time to reflect before deciding whether to move forward together. Coaching is a partnership, and it should feel like the right decision for both of us.
Each of my clients is coaching journey is unique, but the majority of my clients come to me during periods of transition, uncertainty, challenge or change.
Common themes include seeking support to address a feeling of being professionally successful whilst privately unfulfilled. An equal number request my help with navigating difficult interpersonal relationships and significant life changes, overcoming feelings of dissatisfaction and identifying their core values in order to find a sense of fulfilment and purpose in their lives.
Sometimes clients arrive with a clearly defined problem, such as restoring their lives after a divorce or reinventing their professional identity. But often, they discover that the issue they first asked me to support them with is the result of something more fundamental. That recognition is always welcomed and that moment of insight is often where our most valuable work begins.
My coaching follows a proven framework, focussed on More Clarity, More Choice, More Possibility.
Some clients simply want the opportunity to think more clearly about a current challenge. Others want to develop the psychological skills required to create lasting change, while some value an ongoing thinking partnership as they continue to grow personally or professionally.
Together, we can decide which approach best meets your current needs.
The Clarity Group Workshop – Develop greater self-awareness and fresh perspectives on a current situation.
The Choice 90-Day Signature Programme – Develop clarity and the skills that enable you to make different choices and identify new possibilities.
Cadence Client Coaching Experience – Develop a collaborative thinking partnership to support your progression and strengthen your ability to successfully navigate evolving personal and professional challenges and ambitions.
The Clarity Group workshop was created to enable clients who are experiencing internal conflict regarding a personal situation which to them seems simple to resolve and yet they are finding it difficult.
They may be wondering whether to take the opportunity for promotion, or remain the job they love. They could be contemplating a career change, considering starting your own business, contemplating early retirement, or facing a difficult decision about a relationship or family situation. They may have tried talking it through with others or listing out the pros and cons and they often feel aware that the know the answer, but just can’t seem to find it.
What makes the Clarity Workshop so effective in this situation, is my use of a specific type of non-disclosure coaching questions designed to bypass the current thought loop, combined with techniques to enable viewing the situation from different perspectives in order to gain greater insight.
Although clients are not required to share any personal information in this group session, they are invited to share their experience of the process. As a result, this workshop is ideal for those who enjoy thoughtful conversation and reflective practice as well as the opportunity to question long-held assumptions and develop greater self-awareness.
This collaborative, interactive coaching experience is an excellent introduction to my coaching philosophy and approach, and ideal for those wishing to bring a period of rumination and deliberation to a close.
The Choice 90-Day Signature Programme was designed to meet the needs of clients who are seeking developmental coaching to support them through an important life change.
This highly effective one-to-one coaching journey incorporates the three tenants of my coaching frame work to enable clients to move beyond self-awareness and insight to create meaningful, lasting change through the development of new perspectives on existing situations.
Together we explore the psychological patterns influencing your thinking, challenge limiting beliefs and develop the practical skills and techniques that increase your range of responses, boost confidence and enable you to identify new opportunities and greater possibilities to achieve the life you want.
Drawing upon the principals of behavioural psychology and performance-based Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques, the Choice programme offers the deep personal coaching required to enable natural transformation and positive change.
This highly personalised coaching experience is the perfect choice for those seeking a deep, developmental partnership approach, and ideal for those wishing to frame the past, navigate the present and define the future.
The Cadence Client experience was developed in response to the demand from my professional clients, for an elite coaching partnership capable of generating momentum and identifying new possibilities in the most challenging organisational settings.
This highly effective, agile coaching experience takes the form of a responsive professional thinking partnership working collaboratively and flexibly supporting clients to keep pace with the evolving demands of high pressure, high-stakes environments.
Drawing on a range of performance coaching and personal development techniques, the Cadence coaching experience offers an adaptive, person-centred approach, which sets it apart from conventional action orientated coaching models. Each session focusses on the deep exploration of the challenges emerging that week and the development of the mindset, perspective and strategies required to approach these situations in the most constructive and effective way.
This professional possibility partnership is an excellent choice for those who value dedicated thinking space, consistent support and constructive challenge as an integral part of their continued professional development and personal life balance.
My clients value the depth of our conversations and my ability to uncover the issues that often lie beneath the obvious problem. This enables us to create momentum even in situations where clients feel stuck
But occasionally this deeper work may mean exploring topics that feel uncomfortable, because meaningful progress sometimes requires us to understand the deeper patterns influencing our thoughts and behaviour.
You can expect thoughtful questions, constructive challenge, practical psychological techniques, warmth, humour and unwavering support within a safe, confidential and professionally facilitated coaching relationship.
My role is not to tell you what to do.
It is to enable you to see things more clearly, increase your choice of responses and discover new possibilities and opportunities as a result.
Once we have agreed to work together, I will prepare a coaching agreement outlining our shared commitment, together with your proposed coaching schedule.
When the agreement has been signed and your dates confirmed, payment is required before the programme begins, in order to secure your place within my coaching diary.
I appreciate that unexpected events occasionally arise.
As my coaching diary is carefully planned around each client, I ask that you commit to the dates we agree wherever possible.
Should exceptionally circumstances, such as illness, prevent you from attending a session, I will always do my best to rearrange our coaching session at a time that is convenient for both of us.
There are three ways to work with Susan Doherty, but only one philosophy.
Helping people develop greater clarity, make better choices and create new possibilities.
The solutions to our problems come, when we finally give ourselves the time and space to think clearly. Asking for that time and space is not a luxury. It’s a lifeline. And reaching out for an open hand when we need help is not a weakness, it’s a natural human response. Whenever you feel ready, Let's Talk.
Let's TalkUse the contact form below to share a few details and I will get back to you to arrange the next step.
Susan Doherty MSc is a Professional Coach and Personal Possibility Partner.
A TCA-qualified coach, writer and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner, Susan was trained in NLP by Dr Richard Bandler, Hypnotherapy by Paul McKenna and Success Coaching by Michael Neill over two decades ago. She has continued to develop and apply these skills throughout her professional and personal life, alongside her study of human behaviour and the psychology of change.
Her coaching practice is grounded in the core principles of coaching accredited by the Association for Coaching (AC), with NLP credentials certified by the ANLP. She brings this combination of academic study, professional training and extensive experience to her work with people navigating complex personal and professional situations.
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